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Christian woman persecuted by Iranian regime sentenced to 9 years in prison

BY  :  Anugrah  Kumar  Christian  Today   A Christian convert in Iran has been sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison on trumped-up charges linked to state security and anti-government activity after her Bible and Christian literature were seized during a January raid […]

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Christian bookshop named ‘champion’ by industry association

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   A Christian bookshop in Dereham has been declared one of 20 “Bookshop Champions” by the Booksellers Association as part of this year’s Independent Bookshop Week. Green Pastures is believed to be the only specialist Christian bookseller in Norfolk […]

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Pleas to remember Africa’s forgotten wars

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian Today   A Catholic missionary to the Islamic world has asked that the faithful not forget the suffering of those caught up in humanitarian crises, particularly in Sudan and other parts of Africa. Father Diego Dalle Carbonare, a Comboni missionary […]

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Why the world needs more women like Dullari

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BY  :  Peter Waddup  Christian  Today   Sometimes change begins quietly, with one woman finding her voice. Yet that single voice can create a ripple that grows into a tidal wave. A wave powerful enough to reshape families, communities and even entire societies. Across the […]

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‘Wrestle not against flesh’: Missionary pilot recounts Gospel encounter with armed hijacker

BY  : Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor    Missionary pilot Jim Streit has opened up about sharing the Gospel with a man who put a loaded gun to his face while trying to hijack his plane in December during a flight carrying Samaritan’s Purse medical […]

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Iraqi Christian complex hit by Iraqi Christian complex hit by suspected

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   A Christian community in Iraq has been hit by a drone attack, although “miraculously” there were no reported deaths or even injuries. As Iran, the US and Israel continue to hurl missiles at each other, many from other […]

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UN rights panel hears concerns about discrimination against Christians in Europe

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   A recent resolution by the European Parliament noted that anti-Christian persecution is often most severe in the land of its birth, the Middle East. Now however, a UN event has heard about the situation in Europe itself, where […]

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Trump admin. urged to place Syria, Libya on list of worst religious freedom violators

BY   :  Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter    A bipartisan federal government watchdog entity has recommended that the U.S. State Department designate more than a dozen countries as “countries of particular concern,” including Syria and Libya, as a key post overseeing the government’s monitoring of […]

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British court rejects Ukrainian extradition for Church supporter

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   A British court has rejected an extradition request by the Ukrainian government for a supporter of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) who claims to have been tortured by the country’s security services. Artem Dmytruk, a member of the […]

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Bishop of Guildford, Andrew Watson, dies from cancer aged 64

BY  :   Obianuju  Mbah  Christian  Today   The Bishop of Guildford, the Rt Rev Andrew Watson, has died peacefully at the age of 64, just weeks after disclosing that he had been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. His death on Tuesday was announced to the […]

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As missiles fly overhead, Christians in Lebanon are ‘exhausted’, says bishop

BY  :  Obianuju Mbah  Christian  Today   Almost 30,000 people have been forced from their homes in Lebanon after a series of overnight missile attacks struck Beirut on 2 March, bringing an end to the fragile ceasefire that had been in place since late 2024. […]

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Turkey should be placed on Special Watch List for barring foreign Christians, says US body

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has joined the European Parliament in taking up the issue of foreign Christians expelled from Turkey, many on “national security” grounds. Since 2020, over 200 foreign Christian workers have been […]

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