An American missionary was reportedly kidnapped on Thursday evening (April 10) during a church service in a town in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Several news outlets reported that masked armed men stormed the Fellowship Baptist Church and abducted Josh Sullivan, a missionary with a Tennessee-based church.
If you have any interest in the well being of the World Christian movement, then it's hard not to care about the 600 million-strong Pentecostal-Charismatic movement. Not only does it constitute a quarter of global Christianity, but in the Global South in particular, mainstream evangelicalism is increasingly adopting a Pentecostal flavor—taking on its practices and ministry ethos. Pentecostals are not simply a part of the story; they are shaping the direction of much of it.
African farmers work hard to grow whatever the land agrees to yield, while in the Nigerian Plateau Christian farmers face increasing threats from Fulani militias. It is rare that we read from the perspective of a victim of terrorism. This account is both an exception and exceptional. Uren, in her final year of high school, writes with terrifying yet beautiful prose of the death of her siblings and father at the hands of a band of brutal Fulani militias. Read on for a reality check.
In this next article on children and personal smart devices we see that access has become something of a rite of passage for many children. Affordability might mean children can have a smart device, but it doesn't mean they should. Parents concerned for the long-term well-being of their children must consider the implications of unfettered access to all the internet has to offer—for good or ill.
Religious freedom is a vital metric for assessing the potential well being of a nation or nations. This is especially so for Africa and the diverse religious representation in each nation there. Robust research supports the fact that freedom of religious belief benefits all, but the African continent is in danger of losing the opportunity to enjoy such benefits. Craig Bailie explains why.
A mother of six children was stabbed to death by her Muslim husband in Uganda after she attended her first church service on March 23, sources said.
Reports of targeted attacks against Christian communities and the persistent destabilizing influence of armed groups, have led to urgent debates within the European Parliament and renewed commitments from the EU to support peace and security in the region.
A West African organisation is working with local churches and rural communities in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to support small-scale farmers in the production of cereals, diversifying nutritional intake and boosting incomes in a region increasingly facing climate change challenges.
World Without Orphans (WWO), a global movement dedicated to ensuring every child grows up in a safe, loving family, has announced its 2025 Roadmap Forum: Ready, Set, Grow!, a free global online event to be held over four weeks in May.
A Muslim woman in eastern Uganda this month killed a Christian couple and accidentally took her own daughter’s life with the same poison she used on those who had led her to Christ, sources said.
The Muslim husband of a woman in Somalia sent her back to her parents for accepting Christ – without their three young children – and then her parents drove her away for sharing the gospel with her sister, sources said.
Fulani herdsmen on Friday (July 11) killed five Christians and wounded three others an area of northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state where at least 110 others have been kidnapped in the past six months, sources said.
