Nigeria Church Says More Than 50 Hostages Freed, But Two Killed
The United Church of Christ in Nigeria (UCCN) says one hostage died when suspected Islamic gunmen, known as “bandits,” released more than 50 church members after four months of captivity.
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Christian Kenyan Traders Killed In Somalia For Evangelizing Among Muslims
Six Kenyan traders were shot dead in Somalia by suspected Islamic fighters for spreading their faith in Christ among Muslims, Christians said Monday.
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Nigeria: Evangelical Couple Acquitted of False Charges After Three Years’ Imprisonment
While Nigeria’s Islamic government has turned a blind eye to the jihadists who murder and abduct thousands of Christians each year, a Nigerian court in Kaduna state has acquitted an evangelical pastor and his wife who were falsely accused and imprisoned on charges of kidnapping and proselytizing a 12-year-old girl, CBN News reports.
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India: Uttar Pradesh Pastor Arrested, Detained for Allegedly Converting Hindus to Christianity
Police in India’s Uttar Pradesh state raided a house church last month, arresting the pastor and detaining him for several weeks on suspicion of converting Hindus to Christianity, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
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Nigeria: Plateau State Christian Teacher Decapitated by Suspected Fulani Terrorists
A Christian community in Nigeria’s Plateau state remains afraid and on full alert after a teacher with the Church of Christ in All Nations (COCIN) was found beheaded, apparently by jihadist Fulani herdsmen on a farm in Mangu County, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
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Myanmar: Christians suffer fresh wave of persecution from military junta
Myanmar continues to be wracked by the latest in a decades-long stream of civil wars, and the country’s Christians are facing a fresh wave of violent persecution from the Buddhist extremist Tatmadaw military dictatorship, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
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