A Ugandan teen who was starved for four months for becoming a Christian is recovering, while an elderly Christian couple had to flee their village to save their lives.
Killings and kidnappings of Christians appear to have increased significantly in September in Nigeria, with 27 believers slain and more than 49 abducted.
Morning Star News reports that 17 Christians in Nigeria were recently killed and 35 were kidnapped in violence that often targets believers in the African nation.
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.
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.
A pastor officiating a funeral in Uganda was pelted with stones for using both the Bible and the Quran in evangelizing about Jesus Christ.
Hours after putting her faith in Jesus Christ, a Ugandan woman died at the hands of her husband.
Thirty-seven Christians were among those killed in a three-week span of violence in Nigeria’s Benue State.
