The imposition of curfews in some states in Northern Nigeria has adversely affected Sunday worship and mid-week services, Christian leaders say. State authorities imposed curfews in major cities such as Jos, Kaduna, Zaria, Gusau, Dutse, Kano, Minna, and Damaturu, following the week-long cost of living nationwide protests that had been called by the civil society from August 1.
While some parts of the world experience horrific terrorism and abuse of Christians, churches have the opportunity to make the biggest difference for religious freedom in the world today. In this first part of a series on religious freedom, our attention turns to Africa.
There is a difference between an international gathering of Christians that is controlled by the West and gatherings that allow the full diversity of Christian expression to be experienced. Lausanne 4 exhibited the former, but we can do better.
Rather than simply dismissing the fantastical elements of Christmas that children seem to love, why not redirect their interest to the example of a godly Christian bishop who aimed to imitate his life on the life of Jesus?
Technology has revolutionized communication and brought unprecedented access to information, but it has also become a potent weapon in the hands of religious persecutors as governments and other actors acquire increasingly sophisticated tools to monitor us.
A Muslim in eastern Uganda burned his 19-year-old daughter with a flat iron on July 21 after learning that she had converted to Christianity, sources said.
Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday (July 30) kidnapped a prominent Christian woman and wife of the attorney general of Delta state from a church Bible study in an attack that left her driver and a policeman dead, according to various sources.
Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in Somalia attacked a second time in Lower Juba Region on July 8, wounding him in the stomach, breaking his wife’s ankle and beating his children.
Two injection shots per year used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections among women in South Africa and Uganda, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed.
A kidnapped Christian in Nigeria declined to be released so he could continue aiding a Muslim captive in her 80s, the elderly woman says on a video on social media.
Fulani attackers killed 18 Christians in a late-night assault on Friday (July 19) in central Nigeria, area residents said.
The Christian Council of Korea (CCK), a former national member body of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), has issued a statement on Jan. 17 raising concerns about the planned WEA General Assembly (GA) in Seoul, Korea this October. It challenges Sarang Church, which is due to host the global event at its facilities, to be transparent about the financial support it provides to the WEA.
