Truck ramming of Easter procession in Nigeria ruled intentional
Investigators have concluded that a trailer truck driver intentionally crashed into an Easter procession in Nigeria, killing six Christians, sources said.
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The girl who is missing from class on International Women’s Day
Sunday March 8 is International Women's Day—a day when the world remembers that women and girls matter. That the basic needs of women and girls can provide an opportunity for exploitation is not well known, especially in the West. One By One is a ministry providing a practical way to close one of those exploitative doors.
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The Banyamulenge deserve to be heard as mass killing continues in eastern DRC
The Banyamulenge people in Minembwe, DRC are facing an existential threat as powerful forces brutally displace them from their land, burn their churches, and destroy their livelihood. Yet the international community, including the Church, remains silent. Even as war unfolds elsewhere, the plight to the Banyamulenge Tutsi deserves to be heard, and urgent action undertaken to protect their well-being.
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Benefitting from God's perfect work of patience
In the 1970s Stanford Experiment, children were driven by tangible, temporal reward if they waited before taking a marshmallow. In real life, for the believer, patience is attached to spiritual and eternal hope and truth, even when the waiting is hard. Patience is a work God does rather than a virtue we must apply.
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Transforming one woman at a time with courage to love through action
“Somebody showed me mercy. I want to show mercy to others” is the testimony of Jane Thuo, an enterprising champion of women in Kenya whose ministry Dorcas Creation has so far helped 4,000 women transform their lives through growing in their faith and marketable skills. Be inspired by Jane's story.
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Dozens of Christians slain and kidnapped in Benue state, Nigeria
Fulani attacks on predominantly Christian areas of Benue state, Nigeria have killed dozens of Christians since March 28, area sources said.
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US missionary abducted in South Africa during church service
By CDI StaffAn American missionary was reportedly kidnapped on Thursday evening (April 10) during a church service in a town in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Several news outlets reported that masked armed men stormed the Fellowship Baptist Church and abducted Josh Sullivan, a missionary with a Tennessee-based church.
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More than 50 Christians slain in Plateau state, Nigeria
Following the killing of more than 60 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria earlier this month, the death toll of a dawn attack today (April 14) on a predominantly Christian community in the state has risen to 51, according to reports.
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Christians in area of Mauritania fear for their lives after protests against their presence
By Edward RossAuthorities last week approved a demonstration by Muslims against the presence of Christians in a town of southern Mauritania that resulted in protesters exhuming the body of a Christian and dragging it through the streets, sources said.
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Muslims in Nigeria kill 70-year-old Catholic woman alleging ‘witchcraft’
Muslims who killed a 70-year-old Catholic woman in Nigeria on March 2 were motivated by a traditional healer’s falsehood that she had used witchcraft on the wife of one of the assailants, sources said.
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Four Nigerian governors accused of alleged complicity in Fulani jihadist attacks against Christians, face international isolation campaign
By Ken KagichaA Nigerian human rights and advocacy group has accused four governors in South-East Nigeria for their alleged inaction in preventing religious violence. In a report released on April 3, 2025, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (InterSociety) blamed Governors Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Charles Soludo of Anambra State, Francis Nwaifuru of Ebonyi State and Hope Uzodinma of Imo State for what it calls “conspiracy of silence and inaction maintained by their governments.”
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Christian acquitted in baseless blasphemy case in Pakistan
A court has acquitted a 62-year-old Catholic of baseless blasphemy charges after the complainant said he had “forgiven” him and wished to withdraw the case, the victim’s lawyer said.
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