Nov 14, 2022 | News & Stories
November 14, 2022 (Morning Star News) – The body of a pastor with an officially recognized church in Laos was found last month with signs that he was tortured and killed for his faith, area sources said. Christian leaders and police in central Laos’ Khammouane...
Nov 8, 2022 | News & Stories
HYDERABAD, India, November 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian pastor in northern India who drives a taxi for a living didn’t think he had anything to fear when a well-mannered Sikh asked him to take a slight detour. Pastor Sukhdev Mark, 47, had dropped him off...
Nov 3, 2022 | News & Stories
NEW DELHI, November 3, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother and her family in northern India have suffered assaults and threats since she and others were arrested from her son’s birthday party on false accusations of fraudulent conversion, her husband said....
Nov 3, 2022 | News & Stories
SURABAYA, Indonesia, November 2, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Two local officials in Indonesia joined Islamist organizations’ call to block construction of a Christian church, triggering objections nationwide the past two months, according to published reports. In...
Nov 1, 2022 | News & Stories
October 30, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Two Christians imprisoned in Iran for their church leadership roles were released a few days after a fire broke out in Tehran’s Evin Prison on Oct. 15, but rights advocates were mystified about why they were freed. Pastor Naser...
Oct 28, 2022 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 27, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed two Christians in north-central Nigeria on Friday (Oct. 21) after slaughtering 13 others in two prior attacks, sources said. The assailants attacked Gidan...
Oct 27, 2022 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 25, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen last week killed more than 70 Christians in a village in central Nigeria, prompting state officials to state that lack of government protection means citizens must defend themselves, sources said....
Oct 23, 2022 | News & Stories
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 23, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda were beaten and slashed with knives after leading several Muslims to Christ, sources said. Earlier this month Robert Okia, a 43-year-old father of six children, and Wilberforce...
Oct 19, 2022 | News & Stories
October 17, 2022 (Morning Star News) – When authorities in Iran summoned a Christian couple in Tehran on Aug. 13, the house-church members supposed it concerned the return of their confiscated belongings. Instead, Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife Sara Ahmadi were detained...
Oct 11, 2022 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 10, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist militants killed three Christians in an attack on a village of Chibok County, northeast Nigeria on Tuesday (Oct. 4) that wounded dozens of others and burned homes, sources said. The terrorists...
Oct 7, 2022 | News & Stories
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists on Sept. 24 sustained deep knife wounds after leading several Muslims to Christ at debates on Islam and Christianity in eastern Uganda, sources said. Andrew Dikusooka, 35, and 26-year-old Ronald...
Oct 5, 2022 | News & Stories
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 5, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in northeast Nigeria is on trial after being held incommunicado for more than four months on blasphemy charges for forwarding a WhatsApp message, sources said. Rhoda Ya’u Jatau, 45, was arrested...