Christian News

Kidnappers in Nigeria have killed at least 35 people they abducted from a village in the country’s northwestern Zamfara state despite ransoms being paid for their release, officials said Tuesday.

The bodies of a young interfaith couple were discovered in southeastern Pakistan after Muslim family members protested against the marriage of the Muslim woman to a Christian, sources told Worthy News on Tuesday.

Details have emerged about a massacre of at least 32 people, including women, children, and a three-month-old baby, in what Christians called “a brutal attack” on the mainly Christian village of Jebu, in Nigeria’s northern Plateau State.

A group of Republican lawmakers introduced a sweeping resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives condemning the systemic persecution of Christians across Muslim-majority countries and calling on President Donald Trump to make the issue a top priority in American foreign policy.

Residents in Nigeria’s Plateau State are reeling from attacks by Islamist hardliners that killed dozens of civilians, most of them predominantly Christian farmers, several sources said.

A heartbroken Christian widow cried out for help Wednesday, saying her teenage son was “abducted” by Muslim extremists in Pakistan’s Punjab province and “forced to convert to Islam.”

Christian leaders have condemned the recent destruction of a Pentecostal Church building in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, calling it part of an increase in persecution against Christians in Sudan.

A 37-year-old man was killed by his Muslim relatives in eastern Uganda after converting to Christianity and openly praying to Jesus, according to multiple Christian sources.

Despite a general slowdown in global music streaming growth, Christian and gospel music is experiencing a remarkable surge across the United States, pointing to a broader cultural shift toward spiritual interest and faith-based content among younger listeners.

A Pentecostal church is celebrating what it calls a major victory for Christian freedoms after Hillingdon Council backed down from enforcing a ban on street preaching, leaflet distribution, and the public display of Bible verses in Uxbridge town centre.

Iranian Christian convert Mehran Shamlooei was arrested on July 3 upon arrival at Mashhad International Airport after being deported from Turkey, where he had sought refuge to avoid serving a harsh prison sentence handed down for his faith.

A devastating plea for prayer has emerged from Lebanon as Pastor Chady El Aouad of Abundant Life Church in Beirut confirmed the martyrdom of a fellow minister and over 20 of his family members amid the violent upheaval in Suweida, Syria. Pastor Khaled Mezhir, leader of the Good Shepherd Evangelical Church in Suweida, was reportedly killed along with his wife, parents, and extended family during fierce fighting between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin factions in the war-torn southern province.

A young Christian has been detained in Pakistan’s second-largest city after he was reported to local police over alleged “blasphemous” remarks about Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, which could carry the death penalty in the Muslim-majority nation.

Christians in Indonesia’s West Java province are reeling from mob attacks carried out by Muslim hardliners seeking to prevent church services and halt the construction of places of worship.

A mass sea baptism involving five churches and 92 believers has drawn national attention in Britain. Christians call it a powerful sign of a “quiet revival” spreading nationwide.