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Worldwide Church called to stand with persecuted Nigerian Christians

Anita Laryea Thu 6 Apr 2023 6:04 BST

The Church everywhere must "do what it can to help the persecuted", says Nigerian Archbishop.

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen facing second trial over biblical beliefs a year after acquittal

Anugrah Kumar | Tue 4 Apr 2023 6:38 BST

Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen, who was acquitted a year ago after being prosecuted for voicing her traditional Christian beliefs about marriage and sexuality, is still on the defence as she faces a second trial over her biblical beliefs, her lawyers say.
Carl Lentz and wife Laura to spill 'Secrets of Hillsong' in new FX docuseries

Leonardo Blair | Fri 31 Mar 2023 6:45 BST

Months after vowing to tell their story in the aftermath of a sex and leadership scandal that led to his firing from Hillsong Church NYC more than two years ago, Carl Lentz and his wife, Laura, are set to give their first public interview in a new docuseries set to premiere on FX in May called "The Secrets of Hillsong."
Grief, fear haunt Nashville as residents gather to mourn in wake of Covenant shooting

Bob Smietana | Fri 31 Mar 2023 6:26 BST

Vigils and funeral services begin for the victims of Monday's shooting at a Christian school.
Pastor killed, wife abducted by radical Fulani terrorists in Nigeria

Morning Star News | Thu 30 Mar 2023 6:26 BST

Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor last Thursday in Kaduna state, Nigeria, two weeks after terrorists killed a Baptist pastor's son in the same state, sources said.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church refuses to leave historic Kyiv monastery

Chris Ward | Thu 30 Mar 2023 6:23 BST

Clergy from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) are defying an order from the Ukrainian government to leave a historic monastery in Kyiv.
Brian Houston was charged with DUI before Hillsong resignation

Jennifer Lee | Thu 30 Mar 2023 6:01 BST

Hillsong founder Brian Houston has admitted to being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in the US shortly before his resignation as head of the Australian-based denomination.
Terrorists kill 27 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Morning Star News | Tue 28 Mar 2023 5:18 BST

Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 27 Christians in two attacks this month in Kaduna state, Nigeria, local sources said.
Israel won't criminalize sharing the Gospel amid pushback to new bill, Netanyahu says

Michael Gryboski | Sat 25 Mar 2023 6:36 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that his government will not pass a bill that would criminalize Christian evangelism, a proposal that drew concern from American Evangelicals.
Nigeria: Militants wielding axes, machetes kill 27 Christians ahead of gubernatorial election

Anugrah Kumar | Mon 20 Mar 2023 6:59 GMT

In a recent wave of violence, militants targeted Christian communities in Nigeria's Kaduna state resulting in at least 27 deaths.
Christian mother in Sudan chained, tortured for her faith

Morning Star News | Mon 20 Mar 2023 6:31 GMT

For leaving Islam to accept Christ, a young mother in Sudan was chained in her home, subjected to electrical shocks at a psychiactric hospital and has lost her children, a local source said.
Following in the footsteps of my trailblazing medical missionary grandmother

Mercy Ships | Sun 19 Mar 2023 6:58 GMT

Little did Dr Alice Muriel Griffiths know that she would inspire her descendants to combine medicine and faith as she headed off to India as a missionary to treat patients with leprosy in the 1920s.
American missionary pilot, 2 others released from Mozambique prison

The Christian Post | Fri 17 Mar 2023 11:49 GMT

An American missionary pilot and two other men who were jailed in Mozambique for more than four months on suspicion of supporting insurgents in the war-torn nation have been released from prison.