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BY : Staff Writer Christian Today Nigeria’s Christian community has suffered numerous outrages at the hands of Islamist militants this week, and the situation may well deteriorate further as Christmas approaches. Ranked 11th in the world on Open Doors’ anti-Christian persecution index, Nigeria […]
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BY : Staff Writer Christian Today A new ‘Street Preacher’s Charter’ has been launched in Parliament after a succession of fines and arrests involving pastors, some of which have led to hefty compensation payouts from police. The charter, drawn up by The Christian Institute, aims […]
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BY : Staff Writer Christian Today Leaders of a Chinese house church have been arrested for supposedly “illegally using information networks” in what may be part of a broader crackdown by the Chinese government on non-state sanctioned Christianity. This latest incident occurred at Zion […]
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BY : David Curry, Op-ed contributor A young man was recently beaten and thrown down a flight of steps for bringing his Bible to school. The story of Vusal, a Christian high school student in Azerbaijan, is a harrowing reminder of the dangers faced […]
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BY : Staff Writer Christian Today A lawyer for ADF International has told of her recent visit to Egypt where she learned more about the ongoing persecution of the largest Christian population in the Middle East. Egypt has a population of around 111 million […]
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BY : Christian Post Staff, An American church-planting missionary was abducted at gunpoint while leading a prayer meeting at his church in South Africa on Thursday, police say. Pastor Josh Sullivan was kidnapped from Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, near the coastal city of […]
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BY : Christian Today Staff Writer King Charles and Queen Camilla, while on a state visit to Italy, have met Pope Francis at the Vatican. The visit took place at Casa Santa Marta, a guesthouse in the Vatican where the Pope is currently convalescing. […]
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BY : Staff Writer Christian Today A Catholic priest in Gaza estimates that half of the region’s Christians are sheltering in the compound of his parish. Father Gabriel Romanelli, speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, said that there are […]
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BY : Christian daily International – Morning Star News Fulani terrorists on April 2 and 3 killed more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria in what the governor called a “genocide,” sources said. The attacks were carried out against seven Christian communities in […]
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BY : Michael Gryboski, Editor Christian Post A coalition of faith groups, including the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has called for Russia to return nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children taken since it began its invasion of Ukraine. In a letter sent to President Donald […]
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BY : Staff Writer Christian Today Bishop William Shomali, Patriarchal Vicar for Jerusalem and Palestine, has told of the desperate situation facing Christians and Muslims in the West Bank as a result of the ongoing conflict between Israel and its neighbours. Bishop Shomali is […]
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BY : Michael Gryboski, Editor Christian Post A historic South Carolina church that has existed since the Civil War was recently bestowed the honor of a historical marker recognizing its roots of ministering to freed slaves. First Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Bluffton, a […]
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BY : Staff Writer Christian Today Church attendance in Britain is rising thanks to Gen Z, new research commissioned by the Bible Society has suggested. The research, conducted by YouGov, found that last year around 12% of adults attended church at least once a […]
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