Fulani herdsmen and others attack two villages. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, March 27, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 27 Christians in two attacks this month in Kaduna state, Nigeria, local sources said. Both attacks took place in Zangon Kataf County, where 10 Christians were killed on March 14 in Langson village and 17 … Read More

Muslim intruders told congregation to disperse. By Our Indonesia Correspondent 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 entered the building of the Simalungun Protestant Christian Church (GKPS) … Read More

Church building demolished. By Our East Africa Correspondent 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, and his son were hospitalized after a mob of … Read More

Iraq: Church leader faces blasphemy charges and threats   Christians in Iraq request prayer for a church leader, facing blasphemy charges and societal pressure, after social media comments deemed insulting to Islam.     Bishop Bahzad Mziri of the Anabaptist church, who many years ago converted from Islam to Christianity, made a comparison on social media several months ago between … Read More

North Cyprus: Prayer for upcoming hearing   On 23 March Ryan Keating is scheduled to appear in Iskele District Court on charges of illegally importing literature – the result of a joint police and customs raid on his home in January 2021 in which personal Bibles and Christian books were seized. Customs officials allege the books were smuggled from the … Read More

Muslim husband takes children from her. By Our Sudan Correspondent 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, a 27-year-old mother of four … Read More

Israel: Court hearing for Messianic ministry   On 9 March an initial court hearing took place in Ashkelon after the Sderot Municipality opened a case against City of Life Ministries (CLM) and pastor Michael Beener for alleged zoning regulation violations.     The judge recognised this case is the only example of Sderot Municipality pursuing alleged violations of zoning regulations … Read More

Another congregation wins right to build after initial ban. By Our Indonesia Correspondent 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 Kalimantan Province, stated in a Feb. 28 letter … Read More

Israel: Ongoing pressure on migrant churches   The Evangelical Alliance in Israel requests prayer after the city of Tel Aviv broke its promise to relocate churches and pressured landlords to evict the congregations they claimed violated zoning requirements as “houses of prayer.”     In November 2020, Tel Aviv Municipality issued threatening letters to approximately 25 churches, ministering mainly to … Read More