In view of the persecutions the church is faced with, at least 10 pastors with their families were arrested as they worshipped in church services across the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh last Sunday. In addition to the detained persons, police are said to have also arrested three more believers on Monday and threatened another pastor in the State in an effort to get him to stop holding services. The Chief Executive...

  Christians Troop to Israel to Celebrate the Feast of Sukkot By Ololade Olatimehin September 27, 2018. Thousands of Christians from around the world are flocking to Israel to celebrate the biblical Feast of Sukkot this week. Christians gather to celebrate the provisions that God made for the Jewish people in the past and to “look forward to that promised Messianic age when all nations will flow to this city to worship...

A pastor along with 27 other Christians has died trying to escape fresh attacks from Fulani militia herdsmen on five predominantly Christian communities in northeast Nigeria. According to World Watch Monitor, many people from the villages of Gon, Bolki, Ndumusu, Yotti and Yanga, in Numan, Adamawa state, including Reverend Gerison Ezekiel Killa, 43, from the Boiki Lutheran Church of Christ, drowned as they attempted to escape along the Benue River. More than...

The godly care for their animals, but the wicked are always cruel.” Proverbs 12:10 New Living Translation Hurricane Florence was a powerful and long-lasting hurricane that went on record as the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the Carolinas. North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia all issued mandatory evacuation orders on September 10th and 11th of 2018 in preparation for the major storm’s landfall. The hurricane weakened from a category 4 to...

A Christian prison chaplain, Pastor Paul Song who was forced out of his position last year, has said Islamists took over the Bible classes at the London prison where he served. The evangelical pastor, who has recently been reinstated by Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP)  Brixton in London following an independent review, told The Mail that he was ousted after he was accused by a Muslim chaplain of being a ‘terrorist.’ Song insists...

Outrage ensues after a plaque containing the Ten Commandments was removed from Murphy Park in Steubenville, Ohio following complaints by Church-State separation groups. A Christian persecution support group has been vocal about their wish for the decision to be overturned and the plaque returned to the park. The Freedom From Religious Foundation (FFRF) complained that the display “violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment” and shouldn’t be permitted in the public...

Pope Francis has summoned leading bishops from around the world for a summit on the sex abuse scandal that threatens the Catholic Church. The summit was announced yesterday before Francis met American church leaders today. Pope Francis has also ordered probe into West Virginia bishop, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick accused of harassing adults. The meeting at the Vatican is believed to be the first of its kind, and signals a realization from the highest...

Catholic priest in charge of St Patrick’s Parish in Amucha, Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, Reverend Fr. Jude Egbuom and an unidentified man were allegedly killed by robbers while returning from a barber’s salon on Monday, 10th September, 2018. Punch reports that the Clergy alongside the other victim were in the car when the criminals ambushed them on Anara -Nkwerre road, Nkwerre town. An eye witness account states that the...

Tragedy struck in Awka on Thursday as unknown gunmen attacked and shot the pastor of Grace and Power Prophetic Ministry. The pastor, simply known as Elijah but popularly called Miracle Pastor, was reported to have been hit on his legs with bullets by the assailants. It was gathered that the pastor had been trailed by the gunmen from Enugu State. His church members, who had gathered for their Thursday worship, swiftly rushed...