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WORLDWIDE – Report: Christian Persecution 2019 a Scourge of ‘Mammoth Proportions
June 2019 is an “especially menacing time” for Christians both on the domestic and international fronts, writes Christian persecution expert John L. Allen in a
MALI – 95 Christians killed in Mali attack—‘No one was spared’
Continue to pray with Christians in West Africa’s Sahel region (which includes Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger). An attack in Mali has killed an estimated 95 people,
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Hosts Rebecca Sharibu, Mom of Leah, a Kidnapped Schoolgirl, in D.C. This Week
***NEWS RELEASE*** | June 18, 2019 Mother of Boko Haram Captive Pleads with U.S. Government to Help Free Her 16-Year-Old Daughter; Millions of Nigerian Children
WORLDWIDE – Global Christian persecution is worsening while American churches slumber
On May 18, extremists in Nigeria interrupted a church choir practice and abducted 17 Christians. They are being ransomed and might never see their families again. Some of
NIGERIA – Tony Perkins, Leah Sharibu and the Saving of Every Nigerian Christian
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Yesterday, one of the most consequential men in public life, my friend Tony Perkins, was elected
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia: Pressure on churches building with evangelical church told to vacate after ten years
An evangelical church in central Ethiopia has been ordered to vacate its building, 10 years after it started meeting there, and churches elsewhere in the
EGYPT – Coptic Christian Arrested for Allegedly Insulting Islam on Facebook in Egypt
Muslim extremists ransack his parents’ home. CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A young Coptic Christian man has been arrested near Cairo, Egypt for allegedly insulting Islam
NIGER – Muslim Mob Burns Christian Church
A mob of Muslim activists ransacked and set fire to a Christian church in Niger this weekend to protest the arrest of an influential imam.
NIGERIA – Nigeria’s Christian community slowly being erased as militants step up vicious killings, kidnappings
Leah has been held captive by Boko Haram in Nigeria since early 2018 for refusing to renounce her Christian faith(Save the Persecuted Christians) It has
Nigeria – Nigeria’s Christian community slowly being erased as militants step up vicious killings, kidnappings
Leah has been held captive by Boko Haram in Nigeria since early 2018 for refusing to renounce her Christian faith (Save the Persecuted Christians) It has
NIGERIA – BREAKING: Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 20 football fans in Borno, injure 30
Boko Haram suicide bombers have detonated their explosives at a viewing centre in Konduga, Borno state, killing 20 people with about 30 critically injured. A
PALESTINE – The Suppressed Plight of Palestinian Christians
hristianity is on the verge of disappearing in the place of its birth, including Bethlehem. At a time when Christians throughout the Muslim world are
NIGERIA – Eight million out-of-school children in 10 Nigerian states and Abuja – UNICEF
Children hawking on the street used to tell the story. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory
PAKISTAN – Ex-Muslim who planned to kill Christians and faced death for becoming one tells her story
A Pakistani convert to Christianity who nearly blew herself up in the name of Allah says a spiritual journey that began with a dream transformed her
INDIA – Five Believers in India Tied and Beaten
India (International Christian Concern) – Villagers in central India ruthlessly attacked five Christians after they had made a complaint to the police. The believers were tied,
NIGERIA – Nigerians describe horrors of Fulani atrocities: ‘There is a genocide going on’
Alheri Magaji (L) speaks about the plight of the Adara community in Kaduna, Nigeria, during an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.
INDIA – Series of Attacks Leaves India’s Christians Concerned About the BJP’s Re-election
(International Christian Concern) – A series of persecution incidents have raised concerns for many Indian Christians following the re-election of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Since the
NIGERIA – Mom of Boko Haram captive who refuses to deny Christ pleads to Trump for help
Rebecca Sharibu (L) and Gloria Puldu (R) speak at the Heritage Foundation’s office in Washington, D.C. on June 11, 2019. They called for the U.S.
NIGERIA – Kebbi’s female Acting Chief Judge petitions NJC over Gov. Bagudu’s refusal to confirm her for “being Christian”
The acting Chief Judge of Kebbi State, Elizabeth Asabe Karatu, has written a petition to the National Judicial Council over Governor Atiku Bagudu’s refusal to
NIGERIA – AN ECUMENISM OF BLOOD: BOKO HARAM AND THE CHRISTIAN MARTYRS OF NIGERIA
Over the last thirty years, Nigeria has been plagued with numerous terrorist upheavals that have sometimes bordered on the apocalypse, of which Boko Haram is
VIDEO – The Uncomfortable Truth of Genocide in Nigeria
Witnesses to Violence Denounce the Fiction of a Farmer-Herdsmen Narrative ***ADVISORY*** FACEBOOK LIVESTREAM For Immediate Release | June 12, 2019 Briefing Today 2200 Rayburn HOB