KAMPALA, Uganda — One Christian evangelist was slain and two others beaten severely for proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ in eastern Uganda.
Richard Malinga was killed in Akisim A village in Butebo District on June 17, Morning Star News reports.
Sent by a Baptist church in Pallisa District on an outreach mission, Malinga had visited homes in Butebo District to tell people about Jesus Christ.
He had received death threats from Muslim extremists in several places after some Muslims put their faith in Jesus.
On June 17, Malinga sent a text to his pastor saying that a group of Muslims had surrounded him. His body was later found at Kayete Swamp.
Wrong turn
In a separate case, Tenywa Herbert and Mukisa Siraji decided to do street preaching in a location where they had ended up after taking a wrong turn May 28 in Iganga town.
Siraji told Morning Star that an imam demanded that Muslims beat and flog the men.
The two evangelists required hospital treatment.
Approximately 12% of Uganda’s population is Muslim. Uganda’s constitution and laws allow for freedom of religion, including converting from one faith to another. However, Christian churches increasingly have received threats of violence, and some Christian converts have been attacked, killed or excommunicated by Muslim family members, the World Atlas reports.
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