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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IMB grateful for help from Southern Baptists | Baptist Press
International Mission Board missionaries and staff are expressing thanks for the way Southern Baptists have stepped up to provide offers of housing, vehicles and job opportunities to missionaries who have accepted IMB's voluntary retirement incentive.
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Yemeni refugees’ ordeal said to be dismal at best | Baptist Press
Yemenis flee to Djibouti looking for refuge from the violence in their homeland. However, many find the conditions among refugees in Djibouti difficult. Two Christian workers hope to help these refugees meet physical needs while showing God's love.
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Pope Francis establishes new dorm for Rome’s homeless men
Pope Francis and his brother Jesuits in Rome have converted an old travel agency building into a new homeless shelter for men, just in time for the cold winter months.
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Pastor in Bangladesh Describes Attempt to Slit His Throat – Morningstar News
DHAKA, Bangladesh (Morning Star News) – Two of the three suspected Muslim extremists who tried to cut the throat of a pastor in northwestern Bangladesh last week met with him in mid-September and feigned interest in converting, the church leader told Morning Star News. Luke Sarker, the 52-year-old pastor of Faith Bible Church in Ishwardi, Pabna […]
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Supreme Court Ruling Said to Signal Positive Change in Pakistan – Morningstar News
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Supreme Court decision to uphold the death sentence for an Islamist who killed Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer because of his objections to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws signals government resolve against Islamic extremism, human rights advocates said. The high court on Wednesday (Oct. 7) upheld the October 2011 death sentence for […]
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Islamic State Threatens to Kill Christians in Syria in Video Showing Executions – Morningstar News
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – The terrorist group Islamic State (IS) late last month killed three Assyrian Christians, presumably in Syria, according to an execution video released Wednesday (Oct. 7). In the video, the group threatened to kill some 200 other Christians in Syria unless it receives a ransom of $50,000 each for their release. […]
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Sex abusing bishop Peter Ball jailed for 32 months
As Bishop Peter Ball is jailed for sex abuse, victims pledge to sue the Church of England.
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Christians in Syria Struggle to Survive amid Terrors – Morningstar News
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – His 6-year-old daughter still wakes up screaming, more than three years after the sounds and sights of war first gave her night terrors. At least a few times each week, she wakes up with her muscles clenched, her head thrown back and her mouth open, screaming. Her father, a pastor […]
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Aid Worker Assassinated in Dhaka, Bangladesh – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – The Islamic State (IS) has taken responsibility for gunning down the Italian program manager of a Christian-backed aid group on Monday (Sept. 28) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. An online statement claiming to be from the Islamic extremist IS said a “security detachment” from the terrorist organization had followed Cesare Tavella of the […]
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Three Church Buildings Torched in Tanzania – Morningstar News
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Three church buildings were set ablaze on Tuesday (Sept. 22) in an area of northwestern Tanzania where Muslim extremists have issued threats, pastors said. A pastor of one of the three churches whose buildings were gutted, Vedasto Athanas of Living Water International church, said area Christians are worried and frightened […]
