ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday morning (Sept. 20) attacked a village in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, killing one Christian and wounding three others, including a pastor, an area resident said. The herdsmen attacked Kola village, Akwanga County, at about 10 a.m., killing Amos Vonne Wakayi and wounding the Rev. Thomas Wakayi, a […]
Herdsmen Kill Christian, Wound Three Others in Nigeria
Baptist pastor among the injured in attack in Nasarawa state.
September 22, 2023 By -
Baseless Charge in India Leaves Pastor, Family in Ruins
Hindu nationalists weaponize ‘anti-conversion’ law against Christian.
September 21, 2023 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Not even a judge’s reprimand of police spared an impoverished pastor in India from being jailed on baseless claims of fraudulent conversion, one of the latest examples of how Hindu extremists misuse “anti-conversion” laws. Pastor Bajarang Rawat, a 47-year-old convert from Hinduism in Mohanlalganj, Lucknow District in Uttar Pradesh state, […]
Muslim Mob Forces Christians Out of Building in Indonesia
Protest results in agreement to temporarily leave worship site.
September 20, 2023 By -
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob protesting a church site outside Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday (Sept. 16) has forced the congregation to temporarily move worship services online, sources said. The Indonesia Bethel Church (Gereja Bethel Indonesia, or GBI) reached a police-brokered agreement to forego worship services at their building in Depok, just south […]
Herdsmen Kill 15 Christians, Kidnap 32 Others in Nigeria
In four years, 23 pastors slain in Kaduna state, church leader says.
September 18, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Sept. 15) killed 15 Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The attack on Dogon Noma village, Kajuru County came amid disclosure that such attacks have led to the death of 23 pastors and the closure of 200 worship buildings in Kaduna state in the […]
Evangelist Slain for Leading Muslims to Christ in Uganda
Assailants said he was not supposed to live, eyewitness says.
September 15, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists on Sept. 6 beat a 33-year-old evangelist to death for leading Muslims to faith in Christ at an event in eastern Uganda, sources said. After the evangelistic event in Kituuti town, Philip Bere was pulled from his bicycle while returning to Katiryo, Kibuku District and killed when the […]
Pastor, Two other Christians Kidnapped in Nigeria
ECWA leader taken from his home early Wednesday morning.
September 14, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Gunmen early Wednesday (Sept. 13) kidnapped a pastor and two other Christians in Jos East County, Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Usman Umaru of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) was kidnapped at about 5:40 a.m. when the gunmen broke into his home on the ECWA premises, said […]
Terrorists Kill 37 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen and others massacre 10 on Sunday.
September 13, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (Sept. 10) killed 10 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, where 27 others were slain in August, sources said. The terrorists attacked Kulben village, Mangu County, at about 8:40 p.m., an area resident said. “Armed Fulani herdsmen alongside terrorists attacked Kulben community, killing 10 […]
Christian Couple Jailed, Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan
Three young children are left without parents.
September 12, 2023 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The three young children of a Christian couple jailed on baseless charges of desecrating the Koran in Lahore, Pakistan last week have no relatives to care for them and are extremely upset, a rights advocate. Shaukat Masih, 33, and his 28-year-old wife Kiran have been in judicial custody since Saturday […]
Terrorists Kill Christian Couple in Taraba State, Nigeria
Others wounded, six kidnapped in attack.
September 10, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Terrorists entering a town in Taraba state, Nigeria at about 2 a.m. on Sunday (Sept. 10) killed two Christians, wounded several others and kidnapped six people, sources said. “Six Christians were kidnapped by terrorists in the Mile Six area of Jalingo,” area resident Emmanuel Moses told Morning Star News in […]
Seminary Student Burned to Death in Attack in Nigeria
Catholic dies in terrorists' attempted kidnapping of priest in Kaduna state.
September 8, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Assailants in an area of Nigeria where Fulani terrorists have operated freely burned a Catholic seminary student to death Thursday night (Sept. 7) in a failed kidnapping attempt, sources said. In an attack at about 8 p.m. on the rectory of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Fadan Kamantan, in southern […]