Church in Indonesia Stands Up to Attempt to Stop Worship

Church in Indonesia Stands Up to Attempt to Stop Worship

SURABAYA, Indonesia, March 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A church in West Java Province, Indonesia refused to yield to Muslim intruders’ attempts to stop their worship service on Sunday (March 19), the pastor said. About 60 miles southeast of Jakarta, two Muslims...
North Cyprus: Prayer for upcoming hearing

North Cyprus: Prayer for upcoming hearing

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists on March 15 seriously injured a pastor and his 14-year-old son as they were preparing for an all-night prayer vigil at their church site in eastern Uganda, sources said. Pastor John Balidawa, 35,...
Israel: Court hearing for Messianic ministry

Israel: Court hearing for Messianic ministry

JUBA, South Sudan, March 19, 2023 (Morning Star News) – For leaving Islam to accept Christ, a young mother in Sudan was chained in her home, subjected to electrical shocks at a psychiactric hospital and has lost her children, a local source said. Awatif Abdalla Kaki,...
Iran: Another Christian convert pardoned and released

Iran: Another Christian convert pardoned and released

SURABAYA, Indonesia, March 13, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslims in a village in northeastern Indonesia’s portion of Borneo Island prohibited a church from constructing a worship building, sources said. Local leaders of Selumit village, in Tarakan City in North...
Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani released

Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani released

March 5, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, once sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy, was the third Christian convert recently released from prison as part of the government’s annual amnesty marking the anniversary of the 1979 revolution....
Israel: Opposition to Messianic ministry

Israel: Opposition to Messianic ministry

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 26, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Police in Uganda have arrested two people in connection with the kidnapping of 40 Christian children lured by a Muslim posing as the leader of a Christian charity offering free education, sources said. In Arua,...
Christians’ Sunday Worship Broken Up in Indonesia

Christians’ Sunday Worship Broken Up in Indonesia

SURABAYA, Indonesia, February 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A local village official in Indonesia stopped a church service on Sunday (Feb. 19) in what became a mob intrusion, sources said. On western Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, the head of the Rukun Tetangga area of...
Christian Leader Arrested during Open-Air Event in Sudan

Christian Leader Arrested during Open-Air Event in Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan, February 20, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Authorities in southeastern Sudan on Friday (Feb. 17) arrested a church leader for preaching to Muslims, according to a local Christian group. Yousif Ayoub Hussein Ali was detained during an open-air worship...
Excessive Bail Bond Required of Christian in Pakistan

Excessive Bail Bond Required of Christian in Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan, February 20, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Catholic who spent more than three years in jail on a baseless blasphemy charge had to pay an exorbitant amount of bail for release this month, just one example of gross injustices against him and other...
Iran: Another Christian convert released from prison

Iran: Another Christian convert released from prison

NEW DELHI, February 16, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Plans to burn several church buildings in central India came to an end on Sunday (Feb. 12) after officers arrested three Hindu extremists, but not before they had set one structure ablaze, police said. Pastor Mahesh...
Christian Leader in Sudan Flees Kidnapping Attempts

Christian Leader in Sudan Flees Kidnapping Attempts

JUBA, South Sudan, February 15, 2023 (Morning Star News) – An evangelist in western Sudan has gone into a hiding following attempted attacks by Muslim extremists, he said. Ahmad Adam Mohamad, 49, of North Darfur state went into a hiding after his Muslim uncles accused...