Myanmar: Burmese army continues to attack churches

The Burmese army is continuing to target and destroy churches in predominantly Christian areas of Myanmar, amid an increasingly volatile and violent situation in the conflict-wracked country, UCA News reports.

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Kidnappers Free Nigerian Priests, Cook Killed

Nigerian priest Joseph Danjuma Shekari was free Tuesday after suspected Islamic gunmen briefly abducted him from his parish house in northern Nigeria, church sources said.

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First Christian TV In Turbulent Zanzibar (Worthy News Exclusive)

A bishop leading the first Christian TV network in Zanzibar has received government permission to broadcast its first Christmas programs on the Muslim-majority archipelago.

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India State Tables Anti-Conversion Law Amid Anti-Christian Violence

Christians were concerned Wednesday as the Hindu-led government of India’s southwestern state of Karnataka was to table a harsh anti-conversion law amid attacks against churches.

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Myanmar: Burmese Army continues violent campaign against churches

The Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) is continuing to attack and loot churches in Myanmar’s Christian-majority Chin state as part of a violent campaign to impose Buddhism in the country, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

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Myanmar: Burmese army continues to destroy churches

Ignoring calls to stop its attacks on houses of worship, the Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) in late November burned down a Baptist church and a Catholic church as part of an ongoing effort to destroy the Christian-majority town of Thantlang in Myanmar’s Chin …

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