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Preacher attacked, as were his rescuers

September 17, 2023

A preacher teaching about Christ’s divinity was assaulted at an evangelistic event in Uganda, and so were the Christians trying to rescue him from the melee.

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Nigerian Christians killed, abducted in August

September 16, 2023

August brought more reports of Christians in Nigeria killed, attacked and abducted. The country is No. 6 on Open Doors’ 2023 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.

Someone You Should Know — Thomas Thornton

September 15, 2023

Ninety-year-old Thomas Thornton of Muscle Shoals, pastor of Abbie Baptist Church in Leighton, has been in ministry 54 years and says ministry is the “best thing that ever happened to me and my family.”

Police raid church youth camp, detain four adults

September 15, 2023

Police in China raided a church’s summer youth camp and detained four Christian adults for “carrying out activities in the name of an illegal social organization.”

Pastor threatened with prosecution for evangelism

September 8, 2023

Baptist pastor Vladimir Burshtyn has been given an ultimatum by local officials in Belarus: stop evangelizing publicly or face criminal prosecution.

Bus accident intensifies targeting of Minsk church

September 3, 2023

The pastor of a church in Minsk, Belarus, repeatedly targeted by government entities now faces more actions following a bus accident apparently caused by road conditions.