Persecuted Church Archives - Page 23 of 41

47 killed in attacks in two Nigerian states

June 26, 2023

Christians in Nigeria are among those killed in attacks on two villages in two different states. According to Morning Star News, 46 Christians were killed

Christian students killed at Ugandan high school

June 26, 2023

Islamist terrorists on June 16 killed at least 37 students, most of them Christians, at the dormitories of a private high school in Uganda, and

Catholic priest shot in the back in southwest Nigeria

June 20, 2023

Unidentified gunmen on June 7 shot a Roman Catholic priest to death in southwest Nigeria, Morning Star News reported. The Rev. Charles Onomhoale Igechi was

Ugandan woman beaten, left to die for her faith in Jesus

June 19, 2023

A Christian woman was beaten, starved and left to die in a wild animal park after putting her faith in Jesus Christ. When Sharifa Muhando’s

Pastor detained after police raid house church

June 17, 2023

Authorities took a pastor and his wife into custody May 14 following a raid upon a house church in China’s Hunan province. The human rights

Sixteen members of Nigerian church released after being kidnapped

June 8, 2023

Sixteen members of Bege Baptist Church of Masala in central Nigeria were released June 4 after being kidnapped nearly a month earlier. Gunmen abducted 43

Two Christians accused of blasphemy, face death penalty in Pakistan

June 7, 2023

Two young Christian males accused of blasphemy were allegedly beaten May 18 and ultimately charged under a statute that calls for the death penalty. Morning

Dozens of Christians killed during attacks in Benue State, Nigeria

June 6, 2023

A Roman Catholic catechist and his wife were among dozens of Christians killed in central Nigeria’s Benue State last month, Morning Star News reported. Fulani