JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Less than a week after Muslim Fulani herdsmen kidnapped six teenage girls from a Christian-run high school in north-central Nigeria, another attack in the same county led to the killing of a Baptist woman and the kidnapping of four others from the same church, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen […]
Christian Woman Killed in Kidnapping of Four Baptists in Nigeria
Pastor’s wife among those abducted.
October 10, 2019 By -
Kidnapped Baptist Pastor in Nigeria Freed after 17 Days of Torture
Family, Christian leaders raise ransom money.
September 4, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Baptist pastor kidnapped and tortured last month in Nigeria was released over the weekend after his family and Christian leaders paid a ransom, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Kaduna state who abducted the Rev. Elisha Noma on Aug. 14 received 3 million naira (US$8,181) before freeing him on […]
Officials in Cuba Forbid Church Leaders to Attend Religious Freedom Event
Christian religious rights journalist detained.
July 16, 2019 By -
MEXICO CITY (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Cuba on Sunday (July 14) refused to allow the national presidents of two Christian denominations to board their flight to Washington, D.C., to attend a religious freedom event, sources said. The Rev. Moises de Prada Esquivel and the Rev. Alida Leon Baez, both members of the Alliance of […]
7-Year-Old in Nigeria: How Herdsmen Shot Me and Killed My Uncle
Attack also wounded another Christian.
June 28, 2019 By -
AKWANGA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – As a Baptist church member tried to fight off an armed Muslim Fulani herdsman in a village in north-central Nigeria, he told his 7-year-old nephew and other relatives to run. The boy remained, crying and calling for help. Jerome, whose real name is withheld for security reasons, recalled how gunshots […]
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Massacre Christians after Baby Dedication in Nigeria
Mother of child killed, father in ICU.
April 18, 2019 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 17 Christians who had gathered after a baby dedication at a church in central Nigeria, including the mother of the child, sources said. Safaratu John Kabiru Ali, the mother of the baby, was slain in the attack on Sunday (April 14) in Konshu-Numa village, in Nasarawa […]
Two Pastors in Burma Freed from Prison
Baptist leaders jailed for helping media cover bombing of civilian sites, sources say.
April 18, 2018 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – After spending more than a year in prison, two assistant pastors arrested by the Burma (Myanmar) army were freed on Tuesday (17 April) under a government amnesty program. Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, and La Jaw Gam Hseng, 35, were among more than 8,500 prisoners granted amnesty by newly elected President U Win Myint, sources said. […]
Two Pastors in Burma Sentenced to Prison
No basis for conviction of Baptist leaders, sources say.
October 29, 2017 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Two assistant pastors arrested by the Burma (Myanmar) army last December were sentenced to prison on Friday (Oct. 27) on false charges of unlawful association, defaming the military and spying, sources said. Pastor Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, received a prison term of four years and three months, and fellow […]
Baptist Pastor Loses Hand to Muslim Fulani Herdsman in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Second pastor in the state attacked on his farm in one week.
July 22, 2016 By -
KEFFI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two days after a slain pastor in one part of Nasarawa state, Nigeria was buried, a Muslim Fulani herder in another part of the state cut off part of the hand of another pastor working on his farm. The Rev. Hamza Alkali, 66, had to have the rest of his […]
Court Ruling in Argentina Spurs Prosecution of Aggression against Church
Criminal charges pursued in case of death threats, violence.
September 25, 2015 By -
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Morning Star News) – After years of inaction, federal prosecutors in Argentina are pursuing criminal charges against perpetrators of religious persecution against an evangelical church in Rio Tercero, Cordoba. The prosecution follows a May 29 judicial ruling that declared the long-running campaign of threats, vandalism and violence against the Pueblo Grande Baptist Church “a […]
School Principal Attacked as New Education Policy Takes Effect in Osun, Nigeria
Christian leaders say government trying to Islamicize schools.
December 13, 2013 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Educational reforms in Nigeria’s Osun state have created religious tensions in schools, resulting in Islamist youths beating a Christian principal unconscious last month, Christian leaders said. The state in southwestern Nigeria reclassified schools in September, thus merging those originally founded by Christian missionaries with other schools. The mergers, including the […]