Muslim attacks his family and demolishes church building
A Muslim in eastern Uganda this month severely beat his wife and two children for putting their faith in Christ and demolished their church building, sources said.
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Devastating attack in northeastern Nigeria despite the presence of U.S. troops
Gwoza, in northeastern Nigeria, is reeling after a series of attacks that left dozens dead and hundreds displaced in spite of U.S. military presence nearby. The U.S. intervention appears to have had little immediate impact in preventing the massacres of Christians and moderate Muslims in central and northeastern Nigeria.
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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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Tens of thousands across six continents joined in prayer for IFES World Student Day 2025
By CDI StaffAlmost 30,000 people from more than 130 countries and territories united in prayer for “Immeasurably More” of God’s work in the world’s universities and colleges on Oct. 16. On World Student Day (WSD), a wave of global intercession started in the Pacific and swept across the global to the Americas.
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Orphan Sunday 2025 to rally churches around the world for children and families in need
By CDI StaffWorld Without Orphans (WWO) is calling on churches around the globe to take action for orphans, vulnerable children, and families on Nov. 9 as part of Orphan Sunday 2025.
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Kenyan Christian leaders call out corruption, appeal for integrity during funeral of former PM Raila Odinga
Christian leaders called for integrity and renewed efforts to fight corruption during the state burial of Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Oct. 19. Anglican Church of Kenya Bishop the Rev. David Kodia delivered a sermon that drew a standing ovation, condemning leaders for perpetuating the corruption that has deeply affected the East African nation.
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‘We are the Anglican Communion’: Gafcon rejects authority of Archbishop of Canterbury
By Chris EyteGafcon, a movement claiming to represent the majority of Anglicans worldwide, particularly in the Global South, has officially rejected the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury and related institutions such as the Lambeth Conference — declaring itself the true “Global Anglican Communion.”
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Sudan separates, deports South Sudanese women and children
Sudan last week deported more than 100 predominantly Christian, South Sudanese women from Khartoum in what critics say was for both religious and political reasons.
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Report urges Mozambique to reconsider proposed religious regulation law amidst growing persecution of Christians
A proposed law to regulate the registration and formation of religious groups in Mozambique is likely to compound the scale of persecution of Christians in the country. A joint report released by World Evangelical Alliance, Open Doors International, and the Associação Evangélica de Moçambique (AEM), observed that the legislation disproportionately requires Christian groups to collect no fewer than 2,000 notarized signatures to register and would mandate theological qualifications for leaders.
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Reconciling God with present suffering: a testimony
Having lost her father, her career, and her dream of becoming a mother in quick succession, Meera Davina Mahadevan found herself in a crucible of suffering. Rejecting easy answers, here she shares a fresh reflection on her journey, exploring how faith can survive, and even thrive, in the deep valleys of suffering and loss.
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