NEW DELHI, January 26, 2017 (Morning Star News) – Months after Hindu extremists and police attacked a revival meeting in northern India and shut down a church, one pastor is in hiding, and officers prohibit another from praying with members of the scattered congregation in their homes. Members of the once-thriving church, where evangelistic events […]
Pastor in India in Hiding after Police, Hindu Extremists Assault Him
Once-thriving church shuttered.
January 26, 2017 By -
Christian in India Suffers Hemorrhage from Hypertension after Bullying, Sources Say
Doctor, police suspect high blood pressure led to bleeding in brain.
January 24, 2017 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A doctor who treated a Christian who suffered a brain hemorrhage here after Hindu extremists badgered him and took him to a police station on Saturday (Jan. 21) told Morning Star News that hypertension may have caused the bleeding. K.A. Swamy, 47, fell into a coma hours after the Hindu […]
Deep Love of Jesus, Early Persecuted Church Examined in New Book
Heirloom Love: Authentic Christianity for this Age of Persecution
January 17, 2017 By -
In a world full of hate and violence, Christians are trying to impact the culture for good. But it seems we’re losing ground. What are we missing? In his timely new book, Heirloom Love: Authentic Christianity for this Age of Persecution, Dominic Sputo compels us to take a deeper look into the legendary first-century Christian love […]
Sudan Deports South Sudanese Pastor for Evangelistic Activities, Sources Say
Church leader who planted three congregations given 72 hours to leave.
January 17, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudanese authorities ordered a South Sudanese pastor to leave the country last month for evangelizing and church activities, sources said. Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) on Dec. 6 ordered pastor Koat Akot of the Sudan Pentecostal Church to leave within 72 hours after an official told him […]
Pastor in Uganda Attacked after Sheikh Sent to Kill Him Becomes Christian
Church, former Islamic extremist fear another assault.
January 12, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists ambushed a church leader in eastern Uganda last week after a sheikh they had sent to assassinate him at a church service instead became a Christian, sources said. In Amuria, about 170 miles (280 kilometers) northeast of Kampala, Bishop George Edweu of the Pentecostal Upright Church had arrived […]
Christian in Algeria Sentenced to Prison for Cartoons on Facebook
Term reduced to one year, but attorney plans to appeal to Supreme Court.
January 11, 2017 By -
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A judge in Algeria has reduced from five years to one year a prison sentence for a Christian convicted of offending Islam with cartoons on his Facebook page. Samir Chamek, a 33-year-old theater actor in Algeria’s northern area of Wilaya de Bouira, had been sentenced to five years and […]
Concerns Mount that Clergymen in Burma Have Been Killed
Two pastors missing for more than two weeks.
January 9, 2017 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Villagers in Shan state, Burma (Myanmar) are increasingly concerned over indications that two pastors in Burma have been killed. Sources told Morning Star News that the Burma army arrested Kachin Baptist Church pastors Dom Dawng Nawng and La Jaw Gam Hseng (not Catholic assistant priests as previously reported) on Dec. […]
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2016
Jihadists fight under the radar in Africa.
January 6, 2017 By -
(Morning Star News) – While war in the Middle East dominated international headlines, Islamic extremists in the shadows were taking jihad to Christian civilians in Africa with unprecedented intensity in 2016. In Nigeria, Muslim ethnic Fulanis looked less like nomadic herdsmen and more like well-armed, well-funded jihadist militants. Close Muslim relatives and Islamist village mobs […]
Christian in Pakistan Jailed under Vindictive Blasphemy Charge, Sources Say
Separately, son of slain Punjab governor threatened.
January 4, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Pakistan have filed a blasphemy charge against a Christian in retaliation for refusing their demand that he and others cede church land to them, sources said.
Sudan Acquits Pastor in Trial of Christians Charged with Capital Crimes
Three others remain in jail.
January 2, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A court in Khartoum, Sudan today released a pastor from prison after acquitting him of charges punishable by the death penalty, sources said. The Rev. Kwa (also transliterated Kuwa) Shamaal, head of Missions of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC), was acquitted of charges ranging from spying to inciting hatred […]