Terrorists Kill 11 Christians in Plateau State, NigeriaEight slain on Sunday, three others last week. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, October 4, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (Oct. 1) killed eight Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, and wounded five others, sources said. The assailants attacked Du village, in Bassa County’s Kwall District, with … Read More

19 abducted in Kaduna state, 25 taken off bus in Ondo state. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, October 4, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Terrorists on Saturday (Sept. 30) killed one Christian and abducted 19 others in northern Nigeria, a day after gunmen in the country’s southwest intercepted a church bus and kidnapped 25 members. The assailants on Saturday invaded … Read More

Family barred from returning to their village. By the Editor October 3, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A month after a Christian family in Salavan Province, Laos lost their home and were expelled for their faith, officials in another province on Sunday (Oct. 1) disrupted the worship service of a house church and threatened to arrest them, according to a rights group. … Read More

Church leader charged with making false allegations, causing unrest. By Our Pakistan Correspondent LAHORE, Pakistan, October 1, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Friday (Sept. 29) charged a pastor with making false allegations after he admitted that a gunshot wound he had blamed on Islamic extremists was self-inflicted, sources said. The Rev. Eleazar Sidhu, pastor of a Presbyterian … Read More

Onslaught continues in southern part of state. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, September 29, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists this week killed 15 Christians in Kaduna state, Nigeria, following the slaying of another one last week, sources said. The assailants on Wednesday (Sept. 27) attacked predominantly Christian Angwan Magaji village, Kauru County, killing three Christians, … Read More

Evangelistic team discovers 17-year-old during home visits. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, September 28, 2023 (Morning Star News) – An evangelistic team in eastern Uganda this month discovered a Muslim had locked up his son and starved him for more than four months for accepting Christ, sources said. Musobya Aramanzani of Nankoma, Bugiri District learned that his 17-year-old son … Read More

Baptist pastor among the injured in attack in Nasarawa state. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, September 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday morning (Sept. 20) attacked a village in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, killing one Christian and wounding three others, including a pastor, an area resident said. The herdsmen attacked Kola village, Akwanga County, at about 10 … Read More

Hindu nationalists weaponize ‘anti-conversion’ law against Christian.   By Our India Correspondent NEW DELHI, September 21, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Not even a judge’s reprimand of police spared an impoverished pastor in India from being jailed on baseless claims of fraudulent conversion, one of the latest examples of how Hindu extremists misuse “anti-conversion” laws. Pastor Bajarang Rawat, a 47-year-old … Read More

Protests results in agreement to temporarily leave worship site.   By Our Indonesia Correspondent SURABAYA, Indonesia, September 20, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob protesting a church site outside Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday (Sept. 16) has forced the congregation to temporarily move worship services online, sources said. The Indonesia Bethel Church (Gereja Bethel Indonesia, or GBI) reached a police-brokered agreement to … Read More

In four years, 23 pastors slain in Kaduna state, church leader says. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, September 18, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Sept. 15) killed 15 Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. The attack on Dogon Noma village, Kajuru County came amid disclosure that such attacks have led to the death of … Read More