LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Maintaining their innocence, 39 Christians accused of killing two Muslims after 2015 church bombings in Pakistan reached an agreement to pay victim families in exchange for acquittal this week, sources said. An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday (Jan. 29), acquitted all 39 Christians and one Muslim accused in the […]
Forced into Payment Settlement, Christians Acquitted of 2015 Murders in Pakistan
Breadwinners maintaining their innocence spend nearly five years in jail.
January 31, 2020 By -
Violence in Plateau State, Nigeria Escalates with more Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Attacks
At least 32 Christians killed in assaults this week.
January 30, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – At least 32 people were killed and a pastor’s house and church building were burned down in two nights of attacks this week by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) building and home were destroyed in an attack on […]
Christians Slain, Wounded, Kidnapped in Plateau State, Nigeria
Woman abducted in South Jos.
January 27, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians in separate attacks in Plateau state this month, in addition to the 13 Christians from the same denomination killed on Jan. 8, sources said. Herdsmen invaded Torok village in Riyom County on Jan. 20, killing Reuben Bulus, a 25-year-old member of the Church […]
Severe Attack in Northern India Devastates Families, Church
Pastor, house-church homeowner lose their means of earning a living.
January 24, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Before Pastor Jai Singh appeared before a judge in northern India and was jailed on false charges of luring people to convert, Hindu extremists had dragged him from house worship to a school where groups of six beat him in turns, he said. “From the school, they took me […]
Church Buildings Burned Down in Southeastern Sudan
Islamists suspected in setting fire to temporary structures that replaced worship halls.
January 23, 2020 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Temporary worship structures in southeastern Sudan were set ablaze on Jan. 16, three weeks after the buildings they had replaced were burned down, sources said. In southeastern Sudan’s Blue Nile state, Islamists in Bout, Tadamon District were suspected of burning down the structures erected after arsonists on Dec. 28 […]
Kidnapped Christian Student Executed by Islamic Extremists in Northeast Nigeria
Lutheran pastor shot to death in Adamawa state.
January 23, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic State-affiliated terrorists have executed a Christian university student kidnapped earlier this month in northeast Nigeria, sources said. In a video that Site Intelligence Group reported was released on the Islamic State’s Amaq news website, a boy of indeterminate age with a pistol shoots and kills Ropvil Daciya Dalep, […]
Boko Haram Executes Brethren Pastor in Northeast Nigeria
Christian leader in Adamawa state sought rescue but entrusted his fate to God.
January 21, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – The Rev. Lawan Andimi had a treasured life – loving family, an affectionate congregation, respect from his colleagues. The kidnapped district chairman of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) in Michika County, in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state, had stated in a video that he trusted in God […]
Two Young Christian Women Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Five kidnapped aid workers released.
January 20, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two young Christian women in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, on Friday (Jan. 17), sources said. The herdsmen on motorbikes rode into Gora-Gan village in Zango Kataf County at about 5 p.m. shooting villagers on sight, according to a local resident. Luka Biniyat, spokesman for the […]
Order Issued to Close Church Building in Oran, Algeria, Christian Leaders Say
Former provincial governor maintained pressure to seal building.
January 17, 2020 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – An order to close a church building in the city of Oran, Algeria was issued last fall but was not conveyed to the pastor until last weekend, sources said. Pastor Rachid Seighir did not receive the Nov. 10, 2019 closure order until Saturday (Jan. 11), he said. “This official […]
Large-Scale Killings, Kidnappings Hit Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Sources Say
Thousands displaced – then told to pay ransoms.
January 15, 2020 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – More than 200 Muslim Fulani herdsmen have attacked predominantly Christian villages in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria since Jan. 6, killing at least 35 people and kidnapping 58 others, including a mother and her 6-month-old baby, sources said. Armed with AK-47s, the herdsmen on motorcycles rampaged through 10 predominantly Christian […]