More than 9 in 10 U.S. Protestant pastors (93%) say their church has engaged in at least one of six ways to bring attention to Christians suffering persecution within the past year, according to a Lifeway Research study.
Nigeria has led the world in the number of Christians killed for their faith. Nigeria is No. 7 on Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.
Two Christian brothers in Pakistan have been acquitted of the false blasphemy charges that had been brought against them.
The girl was lured Jan. 9 from her home in Sialkot in Pakistan’s Punjab province, then forced into a van and taken away, her father told Christian Daily International and Morning Star News.
Abdulai Ramadan’s wife allegedly attacked him Jan. 20, furious that he was conducting the Bible study after she had demanded that he renounce his faith in Jesus Christ.
Seven Christians have been sentenced to years in prison on false theft charges after being tortured into confessing, according to an attorney.
A Christian woman pregnant with her first child suffered a miscarriage after a village headman and his family members beat and strangled her.
A man from El Geneina in Sudan’s West Darfur state left Islam to become a Christian in January 2024. Upon learning about the man’s conversion, a sheikh told him in August to return to Islam.
