Four Christians killed in Benue state, central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians in central Nigeria’s Benue state on Wednesday (Oct. 9) and two others in another part of the state on Oct. 3, local sources said.
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Revealing concerns about King Charles' shifting mandate
In the British Crown's "The Sovereign Grant" annual report, King Charles is revealed as "Supreme Governor of the Church of England... protecting the space for Faith (sic) within the multi-faith nation". This reveals a subtle shift in the British monarch's mandate. Not just protecting but potentially validating all faiths, which is biblically untenable.
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Practicing your faith when your culture no longer tolerates it
The anti-Christian realities in India provide ample evidence that a culture can quickly turn against freedom of religion. Sadly, in India, some Christian leaders claim that if there is one place you can go to remain unaware of what is happening, it is in established churches on a Sunday morning! Thankfully the Holy Spirit is not so constrained and Christians continue to multiply in the midst of heightening persecution.
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Four million Christians are facing death and persecution in Myanmar
In Myanmar, the Church is often the strongest surviving institution in an isolated community, destroying it weakens not only worship but the community’s capacity to resist the oppressive control of Myanmar's military junta. Christians are often thought of as collateral damage in Myanmar’s civil war, but they are also being targeted.
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Viral West Papua documentary forces Indonesia to confront what it tried to hide
A documentary about indigenous land dispossession and military violence in West Papua has been watched more than 13.6 million times on YouTube within days, after Indonesian authorities failed to suppress organized screenings in cities throughout the country. More than 107,000 people in April 2026 have been displaced and most of them Christian.
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Christian family pressured to drop gang-rape charges in Pakistan
Muslims who abducted a 17-year-old Christian girl and gang-raped her for 10 days are threatening her family to pressure them to withdraw charges, even as police have failed to arrest most of the suspects, her father said.
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Fulanis in Nigeria kill more Christians than Boko Haram, ISWAP, report says
Fulani herdsmen and other “bandit” terrorists often allied with them killed more civilians in Nigeria over a four-year period than Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a new report states.
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'Persecution never kills the Church, but a compromised gospel will,' Patrick Fung tells Lausanne 4
By Ken KagichaPatrick Fung, the global ambassador of OMF International reminded delegates at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (Lausanne 4) in Incheon, Korea, that God used and still uses suffering and persecution to reach the unreached.
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Attempt in Indonesia to ban church’s worship ends in apology
A state civil servant’s angry halt to her Christian neighbor’s home worship on Sunday (Sept. 22) near Jakarta, Indonesia led to an uproar that resulted in her apologizing, according to local media.
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Kenyan MP drafts law that restricts student evangelism, criminalizes unregistered fellowship
By Ken KagichaReligious leaders and legal experts have faulted a bill before Kenya’s Senate that proposes to regulate religious organisations. The Religious Organisations Bill, 2024, drafted by Tana River Senator, Danson Mungatana aims to regulate and oversee the management of religious organisations.
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Muslims severely beat Christian for sharing his faith
Muslims in eastern Uganda beat an evangelist on Friday (Sept. 20), leaving him hospitalized with head injuries and a broken hand, sources said.
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'A choice to die will become a duty to die': Churches challenge assisted dying plan for the Isle of Man
Churches on the Isle of Man are urging members of parliament to reject an assisted dying bill they say is rushed and fails to protect vulnerable people.
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