Algeria: Church leader convicted Algerian Christians request prayer for Reverend Youssef Ourahmane, vice president of the EPA, who has been convicted in absentia to two years imprisonment and fined 100.000 DZD (approx US$ 725). The EPA (Èglise Protestante d’ Algérie), is an association of more than 45 Protestant churches. In addition to his responsibility as vice president, Reverend Ourahmane is … Read More

Assailants said he was not supposed to live, eyewitness says. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, September 15, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists on Sept. 6 beat a 33-year-old evangelist to death for leading Muslims to faith in Christ at an event in eastern Uganda, sources said. After the evangelistic event in Kituuti town, Philip Bere was pulled … Read More

Iran: Ethnic Armenian Iranian citizen released Iranian Christians are delighted with the release of Joseph Shahbazian (59), an Iranian of Armenian descent. Joseph was arrested on 30 June 2020 when the Revolutionary Guard Corps raided a Christian meeting in a home in Tehran. He was charged with “acting against national security by promoting Zionist Christianity” and, after three weeks’ detention, … Read More

ECWA leader taken from his home early Wednesday morning. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, September 14, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Gunmen early Wednesday (Sept. 13) kidnapped a pastor and two other Christians in Jos East County, Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said. The Rev. Usman Umaru of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) was kidnapped at about 5:40 a.m. when … Read More

Fulani herdsmen and others massacre 10 on Sunday. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, September 13, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (Sept. 10) killed 10 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, where 27 others were slain in August, sources said. The terrorists attacked Kulben village, Mangu County, at about 8:40 p.m., an area resident said. “Armed Fulani … Read More

Three young children are left without parents. By Our Pakistan Correspondent LAHORE, Pakistan, September 12, 2023 (Morning Star News) – The three young children of a Christian couple jailed on baseless charges of desecrating the Koran in Lahore, Pakistan last week have no relatives to care for them and are extremely upset, a rights advocate said. Shaukat Masih, 33, and his … Read More

Others wounded, six kidnapped in attack. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, September 10, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Terrorists entering a town in Taraba state, Nigeria at about 2 a.m. on Sunday (Sept. 10) killed two Christians, wounded several others and kidnapped six people, sources said. “Six Christians were kidnapped by terrorists in the Mile Six area of Jalingo,” area … Read More

Catholic dies in terrorists’ attempted kidnapping of priest in Kaduna state. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, September 8, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Assailants in an area of Nigeria where Fulani terrorists have operated freely burned a Catholic seminary student to death Thursday night (Sept. 7) in a failed kidnapping attempt, sources said. In an attack at about 8 p.m. … Read More

Police dismiss case, saying assailant was insane.   By Our Indonesia Correspondent SURABAYA, Indonesia, September 5, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A machete-wielding Muslim threatened to kill members of a house church in Indonesia as he and family members on Aug. 29 broke up a worship service, sources said. In West Sumatra Province, the Sola Gratia congregation of Bethel Indonesia Church (Gereja Bethel Indonesia, … Read More

Assailants ordered him to recite Islamic profession of faith. By Our Pakistan Correspondent LAHORE, Pakistan, September 4, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A pastor was shot and wounded by hardline Muslims on Sunday evening (Sept. 3) in Jaranwala, Pakistan a week after Islamist slogans were written on the walls of his church building, sources said. The Rev. Eleazar Sidhu, pastor of a … Read More