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Baptist youth minister shot dead by military junta, UN official says world must act, Myanmar is “living hell”

September 22, 2021

A Baptist youth pastor was shot dead by soldiers while trying to save a congregant from a home set on fire by the military junta in Myanmar on Saturday, the Christian Post reports. Highlighting the killing, UN Special Rapporteur for Myanmar Tom Andrews said the international community must take action with regard to the “living hell” Myanmar civilians have been in since the February 1 military coup.

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Taliban carrying out mass executions, Christian missionary says

September 20, 2021

A Christian missionary and former US Army Special Forces and Ranger officer has reported that the Taliban in Afghanistan appear to have carried out mass executions since the US withdrawal last month, the Christian Post (CP) reports.

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Dozens Injured As Montenegro’s Serbian Church Installs New Leader

September 7, 2021

The U.S. government has expressed concern after dozens of people were injured in clashes as the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro installed its new leader.

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Nigeria Christians Mourn Scores Killed As Kidnappings Continue

September 2, 2021

Christians in central and northern Nigeria say they are mourning scores of fellow-believers killed in recent weeks by Islamic militants. They also remain concerned about ongoing kidnappings of Christian students, including in the nation’s troubled northeast, Worthy News learned.

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Nigeria persecution Fulani jihadists murder 37 Christians in one night; “please continue to pray for our Nigerian brothers and sisters”

August 26, 2021

Fulani jihadist terrorists murdered 37 Christians on Tuesday night during a raid on a village in Nigeria’s Plateau state, Reuters reports. With little opposition from the government, Fulani jihadists have murdered thousands of Christians in Nigeria, triggering international rights groups to warn of a genocide.

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Nigeria Militants Release Second Woman Kidnapped 7 Years Ago

August 17, 2021

There was fresh hope Tuesday that Christian students kidnapped seven years ago in northeast Nigeria will be found after Islamist militants released two young women.

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Churches Struggle As Haiti Quake Deaths Rise To 1,300

August 15, 2021

As the death toll of western Haiti’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake rose to 1,300, churches struggled to provide hope and relief to a wounded nation.

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Eritrea Detains Elderly Pastors

August 12, 2021

Three elderly “semi-retired pastors” have been arrested in Eritrea’s capital Asmara apparently, for their faith in Christ, an advocacy group said late Thursday.

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Concerns Remain After Nigeria Militants Release 28 Christian School Kids

August 5, 2021

Suspected Islamic kidnappers in northern Nigeria have released dozens of Christian school students, but parents remain concerned about scores of others still missing, Christian officials say.

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Missionary Says Myanmar Regime Uses COVID To Kill Christians (Worthy News In-Depth)

July 29, 2021

A Christian native missionary in Myanmar says “more than 200 Christian ministers” have died of COVID-19 as the military government restricts medicines and oxygen supplies.

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