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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‘Twins’ work to reach Ivorian women | Baptist Press
Heather McAfee and Viviane Kassou don't look anything like each other, but friends call them "the twins." Learn how this missionary and Ivorian pastor's wife work together to reach Ivorian women with the Gospel.
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Prison Time Withdrawn for Pastor in Bhutan Sentenced to Nearly Four Years – Morningstar News
THIMPHU, Bhutan (Morning Star News) – A court in Bhutan yesterday reduced a sentence of nearly four years in prison to a bailable 28 months for pastor Tandin Wangyal, resulting in the father of three remaining free to attend to his family and ministry. More than 10 months after Pastor Wangyal was arrested for […]
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Ark. church explores partnering with Ivorian believers | Baptist Press
Valley Baptist Church in Searcy, Ark., explores partnering with Ivorian believers to plant a church.
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Sudan Arrests Another South Sudanese Pastor – Morningstar News
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The second pastor of South Sudanese descent in less than three weeks has been arrested without charges in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, sources said. Sudan’s National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) arrested the Rev. Peter Yein Reith of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church on Jan. 11 as he […]
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Paris tragedy leaves Parisians open to Gospel | Baptist Press
"We can sense a sort of stirring in the waters," says a Christian worker in Paris who ministers to both native Parisians and Muslim immigrants, following last week's terrorist attacks in the city.
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ISIS-Related Group Claims Responsibility for Egyptians Still Held in Libya – Morningstar News
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Contrary to published reports, 13 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya by Islamic terrorists have not been freed, relatives said. A Libyan group affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the Jan. 3 kidnapping of the 13 Copts from a housing complex in Sirte, Libya, […]
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Muslims count cost of following Christ | Baptist Press
If a Muslim accepts Christ in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, they have to count the cost -- they might lose their jobs, says a Southern Baptist missionary. They have to decide that it's worth it to follow Christ.
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WORLDVIEW: First things first | Baptist Press
IMB leader David Platt's counsel for planning your year: Listen to God; then obey Him. "We can become so consumed with the material realm, so consumed thinking about our plans and our strategies," Platt says, "[that] we become blind to spiritual realities."
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5 Years After Quake: Christian Group Delivers on Promise to Rebuild Haiti; Set to Open 30 New Schools for Over 25,000 Children
Five years after a 7 0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, Christian ministry Compassion International reveals it is on track to erect 30 new school buildings by this spring despite setbacks The ...
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Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2014 – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – In a year that saw a new level of cruelty unleashed upon Christians and other religious minorities across Syria, Iraq and Africa, one once obscure case of injustice in Sudan turned into a titanic battle that gripped the world’s attention. The battle appeared to be spiritual as much as legal. 1 – […]
