Pastor, Daughter and Son-in-Law Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria – Morningstar News
Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria.
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Foreign Christians Arrested on Charges of ‘Converting’ in Nepal – Morningstar News
A Christian from South Korea arrested in Nepal on charges of “attempting to convert” was released on bail on Wednesday (Aug. 7), sources said.
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Christians in the Philippines Decry Growing Hostilities after Killing of Pastor – Morningstar News
Following the killing of a pastor on the Island of Mindanao on Friday, church leaders in the Philippines decried an alleged increase in attacks on Christian human rights defenders since the start of the Rodrigo Duterte administration in 2016.
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Why we must send more missionaries of color | Baptist Press
African American pastor Doug Logan shares why Southern Baptists must send more missionaries of color.
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Over 500 churches leave Russian Church for new Ukrainian Orthodox Church
More than 500 congregations have joined the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the past seven months after leaving the Russian-affiliated Church
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Deaf adults eager to hear Gospel in South Asia | Baptist Press
International Mission Board missionary Bethany meets regularly with a group of four Deaf friends from South Asia. These friends are Hindus and are eager to know more about the one true God.
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Celebrating New Religious Freedom Law, Bolivian Evangelicals Push for More
(RNS) — After 183 years as a Roman Catholic nation, Bolivia officially became a secular country in 2009, when a new constitution dropped any mention of the historic faith of its Spanish colonial rulers, bolstering the position of its precolonial religions. The surprising winners in the transition to the new constitution: long-ignored evangelical Christians.
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Syro-Malabar Church: Reports of protests against Cardinal Alencherry are ‘calculated propaganda’
Following reports from the Associated Press that several hundred priests protested the Vatican’s recent decision to restore Cardinal George Alencherry to his administrative duties, a spokesman for the Syro-Malabar church has disputed the report’s accuracy, and said that people wishing to see the Indian cardinal ousted from his position are publishing “calculated propaganda” against him.
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10 survivors who shared horrors of persecution at State Dept. ministerial
Last week s State Department ministerial and religious freedom was historic not only in the fact that it s said to be the largest event of its kind ever held but also united a diverse group of people ...
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Colombian bishops support marches against murder of community organizers
The Colombian bishops' conference has expressed its support for Friday's national march against the murders of social work leaders, citing the sanctity of human life and urging national reconciliation.
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China Adds Charge against Pastor, Coerces Christians to Accuse Him Falsely, Sources Say – Morningstar News
Authorities in China have added “illegal business activities” to the subversion charge against pastor Wang Yi and have coerced congregation members to falsely accuse him, according to advocacy and media reports.
