Terrorists on March 13 ambushed and killed an African Church pastor, his wife and son along with several other Christians on a highway in Taraba state, northeastern Nigeria, sources said.
Bethlehem remains a symbol of hope, resilience, and God’s enduring promise. The Palestinian Christian community are reflecting Jesus' light to those around them: comforting the hurting, loving the broken, and proclaiming peace where there is strife; so that the light that shone from the manger in their city, Bethlehem, will continue to shine through them to the world.
Let us all remember our Syrian brothers and sisters in faith this Christmas. Pray with them in solidarity, that their hope will be strengthened as they endure immense challenges.
Lilly Nassar, a mother of three in Bethlehem, Palestine, has had her career as a Holy Land tour operator ruptured by pandemic and war. Undeterred, she is studying for a new career and finding new ways to share her love for her precious homeland.
Technology has revolutionized communication and brought unprecedented access to information, but it has also become a potent weapon in the hands of religious persecutors as governments and other actors acquire increasingly sophisticated tools to monitor us.
Fulani herdsmen killed 15 Christians in a cluster of predominantly Christian villages in central Nigeria’s Benue state Tuesday through Thursday (March 19-21), area sources said.
Muslim residents objecting to house-church worship in western Indonesia on Sunday (March 17) compelled the pastor to discontinue using her home for services, sources said.
Two months after a Muslim told a Christian in Pakistan he could not stop him from taking the Christian’s 13-year-old daughter for marriage to his 28-year-old Muslim son, the girl was kidnapped on March 13, her father said.
Schools are increasingly becoming a target of abductions in some parts of Africa triggering concerns over the violent expansion of radical groups and the safety of school-going children. In a span of 10 days in early March 2024, 372 children were reportedly kidnapped in Nigeria and Mozambique by armed men suspected to be either bandits involved in the herder-farmer conflicts or Islamist militants.
A Christian couple in central India have not seen their two young children for more than a month after an attack by followers of traditional tribal religion drove them from their village for refusing to recant their faith.
On March 19th, the Korean Christian Public Policy Association, led by Chairman Pastor So Kang-seok, issued a statement “condemning the Russian government for arresting a Korean missionary on espionage charges and urge his immediate release.”
King Charles has been criticised for his Christmas Day speech which suggested that all faiths are the same. The monarch's Christmas Day address to the nation is an annual Christmas tradition that many households gather round to listen to on the big day. In his address this year, the King said, "The example that Jesus gave us is timeless and universal. It is to enter the world of those who suffer, to make a difference to their lives and so bring hope where there is despair.
