Hundreds of Christians dead as violence rocks Nigeria

Monday’s attack started at 7:30 p.m. and continued for several hours. Witnesses say the terrorists stole seven vehicles and started shooting in the streets.

Over 6,000 Nigerian Christians slaughtered by Fulani herdsmen

The church leaders said that "over 6,000 persons, mostly children, women and the aged have been maimed and killed in night raids by armed Fulani herdsmen," which is prompting their cry to the government of Nigeria ".

Nigerian military says 150 children rescued from Boko Haram

Nigeria's two most populous camps in Borno State, namely Bakassi and Dalori, together house more than 45,500 IDPs, Agim said. The military would investigate any reports of rape made in camps, he said.

Nigerian pastor Moses Alu blames preachers for ‘romancing with evil’

In an undated video currently trending on social media, Alu is seen vehemently preaching against pastors who fail to tell politicians the truth.

Armed groups free over 200 South Sudan children: UN

The 210 children released included three girls and largely came from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in Opposition, with eight associated with the National Salvation Front.
Coptic Christians

Churchgoers devastated by Palm Sunday church attack

For decades, Egypt’s Copts have felt discriminated against by the country’s Muslims, and assaults against them have intensified since the 2011 revolution — part of the Arab Spring uprisings — that ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

21 killed in Egyptian church on Palm Sunday terror attack

The victims are Coptic Christians who were observing Palm Sunday at the Mar Girgis Coptic Church in Tanta, local media reported.

Coptic Christian complex hit in Cairo bombing

A bomb explosion in the Coptic Christian cathedral complex in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least 25 people, officials told the BBC.

Family seeks presidential pardon for Algerian Christian

Bouhafs could have opted for an appeal to the Supreme Court, but an LADDH spokesman ruled out this option because it “would take much time”, while Bouhafs is said to be suffering ill health.

Kidnapped Christian Chibok girls beg parents for help

"We are not happy living here," says one of the girls, who gives her name as Maida Yakubu. "I'm begging our parents to meet the government to release their people so that we can be released."
The suffering of Christ

The happiness of suffering

Suffering for our own mistakes tends to be a source of shame. But to suffer for the sake of righteousness (because we are followers of Jesus) is a cause for joy in the Lord.
Smith Wigglesworth

Have faith in God: Smith Wigglesworth

It is grand to see people believe God. God knew all about this leg and that it was broken in two places. I said to the woman, "When I pray, something will happen." Her husband was sitting there; he had been in his chair for four years and could not walk a step.

Churches petition Murmu to save Christians in Manipur

An estimated 35,000 Meitei Christians face “total cleansing and obliteration" in all the valley districts of the hilly state, according to their memorandum submitted to Murmu on June 26.