CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN THE NEWS
RELEASE – Deadly Bloodshed Continues for Nigerian Christians
For Immediate Release | January 14, 2020 As Ongoing Violence Is Documented, Save the Persecuted Christians Reiterates Urgent Call for U.S. Special Envoy in Nigeria/Lake
NIGERIA – Bandits Kill 35, Abduct 58 Others, Demand N100m Ransom in Kaduna – 10 Villages attacked
AF-FEEDNEWS | John Shiklam in Kaduna | Jan. 13, 2020 About 35 people have been reportedly killed while 58 others were said to have been
TURKEY – Turkey’s No Longer Best-Kept Secret: Islamized Christians
Gatestone Institute | Vasileios Meichanetsidis | Jan. 12, 2020 A recent statement by a Turkish mayor belonging to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and
AFRICA – Africa’s Young Christian Communities Are Now in Islamic-Extremist Crosshairs
Hudson Institute | Nina Shea | Jan. 11, 2020 An ongoing Islamic extremist project to exterminate Christians in sub-Saharan Africa is even more brutal and
U.K. – Government to increase protections for persecuted Christians abroad, following Bishop’s review
U.K. Telegraph | Gabriella Swerling, Social and Religious Affairs Editor | Jan. 11, 2020 Persecuted Christians abroad will have their protection bolstered by the British
WORLDWIDE – Secularism and Islam are cooperating to attack the Church
LifeSite | Jan. 7, 2020 January 7, 2019 (Turning Point Project) — Jesus assured us that the gates of hell will not prevail against his
CHINA – China imposes harsh new rules governing religious groups in 2020
Fox News | Caleb Parke | Jan. 7, 2020 China is striking the “final blow to religious liberty” with new administrative measures set to take
NIGERIA – Kukah describes FG as fundamentalists without bombs
Vanguard Nigeria | Chidi Nkwopara | Urowayino Jeremiah | Jan. 8, 2020 The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has described
BURKINA FASO – Islamic radicals kill 250 civilians; human rights group details attacks on Christians
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | Jan. 7, 2020 Islamic extremist groups in Burkina Faso killed at least 250 civilians since last April, according to
RELEASE – USA – This is No Time to Abandon West Africa Amid Rampant and Intensifying Religious Persecution
*** NEWS RELEASE *** For Immediate Release | Jan. 7, 2020 U.S. Forces Need to Remain There, Augmented by a Special Envoy for Nigeria and
BREAKING – Iran fires milles at US bases in Iraq
Iran fires TENS of ballistic missiles at US bases in Iraq in operation ‘Martyr Soleimani’ after promising ‘crushing revenge’ for Trump’s decision to kill the
CAR – Extremists shoot dead two pastors after Christmas Day service in Central African Republic
Barnabas Fund | Jan. 6, 2020 Two pastors were shot dead by Muslim militants as they traveled together by car after a Christmas service on
KENYA/US – Al-Shabab attacks airstrip in Kenya, killing three Americans
Washington Post | Max Bearak | Jan. 5, 2020 NAIROBI — Al-Shabab militants launched a predawn attack Sunday on an airstrip used by the U.S.
NIGERIA – Boko Haram: Kidnapped CAN Chairman, Lawan Andimi cries out from captivity [VIDEO]
Daily Post Nigeria | Jan. 5, 2020 The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Lawan
ROME – Cdl Burke: Vatican’s global pact for ‘new humanism’ promotes one-world gov’t, opposes Christ’s Kingship
LifeSite News | Jan. 3, 2020 LA CROSSE, Wisconsin, January 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Raymond Burke is calling on faithful Catholics to “stand up
CHINA – Trump admin condemns imprisonment of Chinese pastor Wang Yi, calls for his release: ‘We are alarmed’
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | Jan. 2, 2020 The Trump administration has condemned the imprisonment of Wang Yi, pastor of one of China’s
NIGERIA – On Nigerian beheadings, “Where is the moral revulsion?”
Aleteia | Aid to the Church in Need | Jan. 2, 2020 Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, says the West readily exploits Africa’s mineral
NIGERIA – Boko Haram jihadists behead bride, bridal party days before wedding: diocese
Christian Post | Samuel Smith| Jan. 2, 2020 A jihadist insurgency affiliated with Boko Haram brutally murdered a Christian bride and her bridal party days before
IRAQ/IRAN/USA – U.S. military claims responsibility for deadly airstrike on Iran’s Quds leader
Washington Times | Dave Boyer and Guy Taylor | Jan. 2, 2020 The U.S. military claimed responsibility Thursday night for an airstrike that killed Gen.
USA – Latest anti-Semitic attacks just another reminder religious liberty is paramount
Washington Examiner | Nicole Russell | Dec. 31, 2019 When five people were stabbed at a Hanukkah celebration in New York on Saturday, it was
STPC USA – ‘Christian Persecution Is Happening Just as Jesus Said It Would’ | Kevin Jessip
‘Christian Persecution Is Happening Just as Jesus Said It Would’ LifeZette | Kevin Jessip, STPC Board Chairman | Dec. 30, 2019 ‘The silent cannot be