Nigeria Bandits Kidnap Evangelists
Bandits have reportedly abducted eight Christian evangelists in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna State amid an Islamic campaign of targeted kidnappings.
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Agency Seeks Prayers As Hundreds Die In Myanmar Coup
One of Asia's leading humanitarian agencies urged Christians Thursday to pray for Myanmar's “suffering people” after hundreds died in the South Asia nation's military coup.
...continue reading this story‘Abducted Christian Schoolgirl Has Second Child In Nigeria’
An abducted Christian schoolgirl, who refused to convert to Islam, has given birth to a second child while held captive by Islamist militants, several sources confirmed.
...continue reading this storyArmenia Condemns Azerbaijan For Demolishing Church
Armenia's leading cultural authority accuses neighboring Azerbaijan of demolishing an Armenian Church in a disputed area.
...continue reading this storyChristians Killed As Islamist Militants Attack Mozambique Town
Dozens of people, including Christians, were killed and thousands forced to flee after hundreds of Islamist militants attacked the northern Mozambique town of Palma, aid workers say.
...continue reading this storyThailand Denies Returning Christians Fleeing Myanmar Bombardments
Thailand has denied forcing back more than 2,000 mainly Christian refugees fleeing deadly airstrikes in neighboring Myanmar despite video footage suggesting many boarding boats under Thai soldiers' watch.
...continue reading this storyChina persecution: 30 officials raid house church, remove property without warrants
Amid continuing raids on house churches, more than 30 officials conducted a warrantless raid on the Mt. Olive house church in China’s Chongqing municipality last Wednesday, Christian Post reports. The officials arrived at the house church with trucks in which they removed all property from the home.
...continue reading this storyChina May Give 'Tortured Rights Lawyer' Life Sentence
China’s Communist authorities may sentence detained human rights lawyer Chang Weiping to life imprisonment, Christian rights activists warned Monday.
...continue reading this storyChristian suffer persecution through harsh laws in North African countries
Religious minorities in Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco suffer persecution through the application of “harsh and disproportionate” laws, International Christian Concern reports.
...continue reading this storyNigeria: Gunmen abduct eight Evangelists; “please pray”
Terrorists are demanding a ransom of N50million ($122,000) for the release of eight Christian evangelists they abducted in Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Friday, International Christian Concern reports.
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