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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of a Greek church foundation by refusing to allow it to register its land. The court stated on 15 November that the Greek Orthodox Taksiarhis Church Foundation, part...
Police in Mali reported the arrests of two people in the capital Bamako following the disappearance of a German church minister. Hans-Joachim Lohre, who has lived in Mali for around 30 years, failed to appear for a service he was scheduled to...
Certainly, the Lord has placed us in nations and communities – villages, towns, cities, counties, states – to which we owe an obligation. But as Christians we must understand who, ultimately, “our own” really are. The Apostle Paul instructs us, “Therefore,...
A pastor in Laos has been found dead just a few days after disappearing, with villagers alleging that he was murdered for his faith. One resident of Donkeo village in Nakai district, Khammouane province, said that he saw three men bundle Pastor...
Prior to 2016 it was almost impossible for Egypt’s beleaguered Christian community to gain the necessary permission to construct or renovate church buildings. Believers in Egypt refer to this period as “the crisis era”. Things changed when the government of President Abdel...
A five-year-old girl was killed on 15 November as the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) shelled a kindergarten in a Christian-majority area of Kayah State.  The girl had been sheltering at the kindergarten in Demoso township with her family after they were forced to...
A church minister was abducted while conducting a worship service in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. Gunmen attacked the service in the early hours of 19 November, causing the congregants and the minister, Victor Ishiwu, to flee. The assailants followed Reverend...
There are four main drivers of global food insecurity: economic shocks, illness and disease, conflict, and extreme weather events. Now researchers from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)  have predicted an “increased frequency of extreme weather events” that will worsen the ongoing global...
Pray for the communities of northern Mozambique, both Christian and Muslim, who are suffering from an ongoing campaign of terror.
Four men were wounded as a Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) shell struck the premises of a Bible school in northern Shan State on 3 November. Several shells were fired on the school, which is run by the Kachin Baptist Convention in Kutkai Township,...