NIGERIA – Nigerian Church Leader Calls for Gov’t Protection After Gunmen Kill Pastor, Abduct His Wife

Aug. 8, 2019 | Christian Post | By Steve Warren A Nigerian pastor was reportedly killed and his wife abducted for ransom by unknown assailants Sunday evening while traveling on…

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INDIA – Reporting Persecution to Police a Vanishing Option for Christians in India

July 30, 2019 | Morning Star News Pastor Shelton Viswanathan was attacked in Sheohar District, Bihar state, India. (Morning Star News) HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Persecution of Christians in…

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CHINA – China Court Upholds 7 Year Prison Sentence Against US-based Christian Pastor

July 27, 2019 | CBN News | Andrea Morris Pastor John Cao breaks a ground on a new school in Wa State, Myanmar. The prominent Chinese pastor was detained by…

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CHINA – China Adds Charge against Pastor, Coerces Christians to Accuse Him Falsely, Sources Say

July 24, 2019 | Morning Star News Early Rain Covenant Church members in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. (China Aid) Authorities in China have added “illegal business activities” to the subversion charge…

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CAR – 77-year-old French-Spanish nun beheaded in Central African Republic

Canadian Press | May 22,2019 BANGUI, Central African Republic — A 77-year-old French-Spanish nun who taught impoverished women and girls in volatile Central African Republic has been decapitated, local authorities…

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BURKINA FASO – They Had Just Gathered for Worship—Another Church Attack Kills 6 in Burkina Faso

OPEN DOORS USA | Lindy Lowry | May 14, 2019 Mirroring the April 28 attack in which gunmen executed a pastor and five congregants after a worship service in Burkina…

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BURKINA FASO – Burkina Faso church leader killed by Islamists: ‘I’d rather die than leave my community’

World Watch Monitor | May 2, 2019 An outdoor church outside a home in western Burkina Faso. It is not connected to the 28 April violence. (Photo: CIF Action via Flickr;…

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INDIA – Police in India File Charges against Pastors for Refuting False Account of Attack, Sources Say

Morningstar News | March 21, 2019 Siddhivinayak Temple in Siddhatek, Maharashtra state, India. (Wikipedia, Borayin Maitreya Larios) HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three pastors in western India have been criminally…

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RELEASE – Mexico Has Become One of the Most Dangerous Places for Clergy

***NEWS RELEASE*** For Immediate Release | March 7, 2019 Clergy Facing Extreme Violence in Mexico and Colombia According to Group’s ‘The People of the Cross’ Exhibit Data WASHINGTON—Priests are at…

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