In Plateau state, masked animists attack church service. By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, September 21, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed three Christians in Benue state, Nigeria on Sunday (Sept. 18), after slaughtering at least 22 others in the same area in past three weeks, sources said. The assailants attacked predominantly Christian Tse Ngban … Read More

Judge cites nullification of apostasy law two years ago. By Our Sudan Correspondent JUBA, South Sudan, September 16, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan on Sept. 8 dismissed apostasy charges against four Christians who were threatened with the death penalty unless they recanted, sources said. Judge Ibrahim Hamza dismissed the apostasy charges against the Christians in Central Darfur state, stating … Read More

Turkey: Plot to kill church leaders?   Christians in Turkey are asking Turkish authorities to thoroughly investigate and act following recent claims that an ultra-nationalist was planning to kill Christian leaders in Malatya in 2015/ 2016.     On 25 August, Tolgahan, a young man with ultra-nationalist connections, spoke with Vedat Serin of Malatya Kurtuluş (Salvation) Church) , He claims … Read More

Pastor’s wife, three other women wounded in separate attacks. By Our Nigeria Correspondent   ABUJA, Nigeria, September 14, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Sept. 11) killed a Christian security guard as they abducted a pastor in central Nigeria and wounded the church leader’s wife, sources said. James Ngyang, a member of the church led by Pastor … Read More

Libya: Church about to be evicted The Union Church in Tripoli (UCT) has received an order to vacate their building by 27 September or be forcibly evicted. Christians in Libya request prayer for the UCT to find a new place of worship.     With this eviction order, the UCT has lost use of the building where they (together with … Read More

Libya: Convert sentenced to death for apostasy     Libyan Christians urge us to pray for a convert to Christianity sentenced to death by an appeals court in a city in western Libya.     The young man, who accepted Jesus about four years ago, was arrested by militias and detained several times during the past few years. They have … Read More

Church planters drowned in Lake Kyoga. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, September 9, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists killed five Christian workers by throwing them off a boat into central Uganda’s Lake Kyoga on Aug. 10, sources said. The evangelists from End Time Word Ministry church were traveling from Nakasongola District to Apac District on a commercial … Read More

Church building burned during night vigil, injuring members.   By Our Nigeria Correspondent ABUJA, Nigeria, September 7, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (Sept. 1) killed six Christians in central Nigeria, and the next day animists attacked a night prayer service in the country’s southwest, area residents and officials said. The herdsmen attacked the predominantly Christian village of … Read More

Sudan: Judge declines to let case proceed to court   At a 30 August court hearing against four Christians in Darfur accused of apostasy, the judge referred the case back to the public prosecutor’s office.     As MEC previously reported, the four men were arrested on 22 June following a raid on a Baptist church building in Zallengei. They … Read More

Wife and son injured in separate assaults. By Our East Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya, September 5, 2022 (Morning Star News) – A Somali pastor of a secret fellowship in Kenya is still recovering from an infected wound after attacks on him, his wife and child for leaving Islam, he said. The 33-year-old pastor, who was still in pain this week as … Read More