Stabbed Bishop Returns to Preach Two Weeks after Attack

4/29/2024 Australia — Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel returned to the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, April 28, to preach his first sermon since being stabbed two weeks earlier during a live-streamed worship service.

Christian Man Jailed, Forced to Convert to Islam

4/29/2024 Nigeria — Zachariah, a Christian living in Nigeria, has been imprisoned since January and was forced to convert to Islam to be reunited with his family.

Police Officers Honored for Sacrifice During 2018 Church Bombings

4/26/2024 Indonesia — The Indonesian National Police recently honored police officers who guarded the three churches that were bombed in May 2018 in Surabaya.

Burmese Junta Retakes Key Town Near Thailand Border

4/26/2024 Myanmar — The Karen National Union, a rebel group in Myanmar, announced this week that it was staging a temporary retreat from Myawaddy, a key border town it captured from junta forces earlier this month.

Remembering the Promise of Living Water

4/25/2024 Kenya — Rufinah met her husband, Boniface, years ago in a Kenyan town near the Somalia border. Boniface, a water-drilling machine assistant operator, worked tirelessly to help more people access safe drinking water in Somalia. On September 30, 2022, al-Shabab killed Boniface.

More than Aid

4/25/2024 Kenya — In the face of persecution, three men risked their lives to follow Jesus in Sudan. Today, with help from International Christian Concern (ICC), they’re graduating from university.

ADF Rebels Attack Christian Community in DRC Again

4/24/2024 DRC — Members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the Christian village of Mangina in Beni, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the evening of April 18, killing four people.

Islamic Extremists Set Fire to Homes of Christians in Southern Egypt

4/24/2024 Egypt — Around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, Islamic extremists set fire to several homes and shops owned by Coptic Orthodox Christians in Al-Fawakher village in Saft Al-Khammar Al-Gharbiya, Minya Governorate. As the flames grew, the extremists attempted to prevent Christians from leaving their burning homes.

Terrorists Kidnap, Murder Catholic Catechist in Burkina Faso

4/24/2024 Burkina Faso — Young catechist Edouard Yougbare was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists on April 19 in Burkina Faso.

South Korean Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Religious Freedom

4/24/2024 South Korea — South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled against a law school’s refusal to reschedule an interview due to a conflict with a religious belief. This decision highlights its commitment to religious freedom.

U.S. Withdraws from Niger Amid Ongoing Terror Threats

4/23/2024 Niger— The U.S. announced this week that it was beginning to withdraw troops from Niger, a junta-run West African nation with which Washington has maintained a security partnership since 2002.

Local Churches Demand Investigation of Christian’s Suspicious Death

4/23/2024 Vietnam — On March 8, relatives of Y Bum Bya found his lifeless body beaten and hanging from a tree. Now, local churches are calling for an investigation into the police.

Pastor in Pakistan Accused of Blasphemy by Son-in-Law

4/23/2024 Pakistan — Almas, a Christian living in Gujranwala, uploaded a TikTok video of his father-in-law, Accad, a local pastor, and claimed the video showed the pastor blaspheming the Quran.

Baptist Pastor Re-Arrested the Night He’s Released from Prison

4/23/2024 Myanmar — To mark the Buddhist New Year festival of Thingyan, officials in Myanmar released 3,300 people from prison. Authorities re-arrested one of them, a Baptist pastor, later that night.

God Freed Me from Pain and Witchcraft

4/22/2024 Asia — I am Sinta, and I am from a city that is 99% Muslim, but I have chosen the Lord Jesus as my only Lord and Savior.

12 Dead, Scores Injured After ADF Strikes Beni Again

4/19/2024 DRC — The Islamist militant group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) conducted another horrific attack late Saturday night into early Sunday morning in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), killing 12 people and injuring several others.