Worthy News reports: More than 200 homes were destroyed and 13 Christians killed in Muslim Herdsmen attacks in Nigeria Monday, where the Nigerian government continues to be silent and inactive in addressing the raids. Ungwan Rimi Kamuru village, Kikoba village, Kangbro village, Nakai Danwai, and two villages in Plateau state all suffered incursions by … Read more
Please pray for a pastor who has been falsely imprisoned in West Bengal, India. CFI was notified that this pastor, a missionary, was sentenced during a ‘trial’ in which there was not even a police report filed. His bail has been denied. Please pray: • That his false accuser will repent and confess the truth … Read more
Please pray for the thousands of young Christian men and women who are abducted every year in Egypt. Just this month alone CFI has received reports on the “disappearances” of three more young women. Authorities in Egypt avoid using the terms abduction or kidnapping to minimize the scope of these crimes against Christians. Please pray … Read more
Nearly 100 Christians were massacred by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in a Mali village on June 9, 2019. Witnesses said 50 radicalized herdsmen surrounded the village in trucks, destroyed everything and killed men, women and children. “Anyone who tried to escape was killed,” a witness told AFP. Fulani herdsmen who have been radicalized by Islamic militants … Read more
Egyptian Christians in a Minya village were attacked by Muslim extremists over a post on a hacked Facebook page. A Christian young man in the village had announced that his Facebook page was hacked a month ago. He posted a video message apologizing for any disdainful messages that may be posed by the hackers. Yet … Read more
Reports are trickling out of police in Eritrea raiding private gatherings and arresting Christians while they pray. Eritrea outlawed most Christian denominations and closed Evangelical churches in 2002. Christians who worship in unregistered churches are considered enemies of the state. Jailed without charges or trials, some are beaten, kept in shipping containers in the desert, … Read more
One week after devastating massacres in Sri Lankan churches, Christians in Burkina Faso were killed by Islamists while attending an Assemblies of God church. Two weeks later, a Catholic church was similarly attacked. These were the first direct attacks on churches in the historically religiously tolerant African nation. But in the last two years, waves … Read more
Asia Bibi finally made it out of Pakistan seven months after being acquitted by Pakistan’s Supreme Court of blasphemy charged. She was forced to live in safe houses after Muslim mobs threatened to kill her and the justices. She is reportedly in Canada where her children are living. Praise God for Asia Bibi’s acquittal and release … Read more
Islamist terrorists bombed three churches in Sri Lanka packed with Christians celebrating Easter Sunday services. Four hotels and a house were also bombed. Around 253 people were killed and 500 injured. The blasts exploded St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo, St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, and Zion Church in Batticaloa. On Sunday evening, Zion Church posted … Read more
Leah Sharibu remains a prisoner of Boko Haram – a Nigerian terrorist group pledged to ISIS – because she will not renounce her faith in Jesus Christ. In February, 2018, Boko Haram stormed Leah’s school and abducted 110 schoolgirls. Five girls were killed and 104 were freed. As the girls were put in a vehicle, … Read more