ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Terrorists on Saturday (Sept. 30) killed one Christian and abducted 19 others in northern Nigeria, a day after gunmen in the country’s southwest intercepted a church bus and kidnapped 25 members. The assailants on Saturday invaded Kaduna state’s predominantly Christian Angwan Waku village, in the Kufana area of Kajuru County, […]
Christian Slain, Others Kidnapped in Separate Areas of Nigeria
19 abducted in Kaduna state, 25 taken off bus in Ondo state.
October 4, 2023 By -
Terrorists Kill 11 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Eight slain on Sunday, three others last week.
October 4, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (Oct. 1) killed eight Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, and wounded five others, sources said. The assailants attacked Du village, in Bassa County’s Kwall District, with two children among those slain and the wounded requiring hospital treatment, said Davidson Malison, spokesman of the […]
Local Officials in Laos Stop Worship, Expel Christians
Family barred from returning to village.
October 3, 2023 By -
(Morning Star News) – A month after a Christian family in Salavan Province, Laos lost their home and were expelled for their faith, officials in another province on Sunday (Oct. 1) disrupted the worship service of a house church and threatened to arrest them, according to a rights group. In Savannakhet Province’s Khampou village, Assaphone […]
Pastor in Pakistan Admits Wound Was Self-Inflicted, Leader Says
Church leader charged with making false allegations, causing unrest.
October 1, 2023 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Friday (Sept. 29) charged a pastor with making false allegations after he admitted that a gunshot wound he had blamed on Islamic extremists was self-inflicted, sources said. The Rev. Eleazar Sidhu, pastor of a Presbyterian church in Kukranwala village in the Khanuwana area of Jaranwala, Faisalabad […]
Terrorists Kill 16 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Onslaught continues in southern part of state.
September 29, 2023 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists this week killed 15 Christians in Kaduna state, Nigeria, following the slaying of another one last week, sources said. The assailants on Wednesday (Sept. 27) attacked predominantly Christian Angwan Magaji village, Kauru County, killing three Christians, after attacking Kigam village on Tuesday, where three others […]
Teenager Locked Up and Starved for Becoming Christian
Evangelistic team discovers 17-year-old during home visits.
September 28, 2023 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – An evangelistic team in eastern Uganda this month discovered a Muslim had locked up his son and starved him for more than four months for accepting Christ, sources said. Musobya Aramanzani of Nankoma, Bugiri District learned that his 17-year-old son had accepted Christ earlier this year after hearing preaching in […]
Herdsmen Kill Christian, Wound Three Others in Nigeria
Baptist pastor among the injured in attack in Nasarawa state.
September 22, 2023 By -
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 […]
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 […]