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UK churches asked to pray for Eritrea as persecution threatens to spread abroad

UK churches are being asked to pray for Eritrea where a history of persecution against Christians is threatening to spill over into neighbouring Ethiopia.

Aid group asks for continued prayer for 17 kidnapped missionaries

The Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries urged continued prayers for their 17 missionaries being held captive by the 400 Mawozo gang in Haiti as families of 26 Americans being held hostage around the world recently pressed the Biden administration to push more aggressively to free their loved ones.

The cost of being a Christian? 100 kilos of pork

A Christian family from northern Vietnam has been made to pay their community in 100 kilograms of pork to stop them from further persecution.

Jordan Peterson's daughter describes 'very sudden' conversion to Christianity

Mikhaila Peterson, the daughter of '12 Rules for Life' author Jordan Peterson, says she has experienced an "absurd" amount of peace after converting to Christianity.

Unusual secrecy attends Biden's first meeting with Pope Francis as president

The unusual clampdown surrounding what is expected to be a roughly hour-long conversation is all the more curious as this pope and president are perhaps more aligned on world affairs than any combination since Reagan met the equally anti-communist, socially conservative John Paul II.

Missing Copts were detained by Libyan authorities - Open Doors

A group of Copts who went missing in Libya were detained by the authorities over their immigration status, Open Doors has said.

Horrific violence against Christians in North Korea detailed in new report

Prison guards in Communist North Korea struck the heads of Christian detainees suspected of Bible study until "blood spurted upwards", according to a new report from human rights organisation Korea Future.

Archbishop 'gravely concerned' by LGBT proposals in Ghana

The Archbishop of Canterbury has distanced himself from Anglican bishops in Ghana who have come out in support of a Bill that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender.

End sexual violence against Christian women, petition urges

Christian women and girls around the world live with "double jeopardy" because of their gender and religion, Aid to the Church in Need has warned.

Fears for 17 Christians missing in Libya

A group of Egyptian Coptic Christians has gone missing in Libya, sparking fears for their safety and even of a possible repeat of the 2015 massacre of Coptic Christians by ISIS.

Message of forgiveness after gang threatens to kill 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti

The families of 17 kidnapped missionaries in Haiti have said they are "giving forgiveness" to the notorious gang holding their loved ones for ransom.

Hundreds of acts of persecution against India's Christians in 2021 - human rights groups

Human rights groups in India say they have documented over 300 incidents of Christian persecution in just the first nine months of 2021, warning that this year might be the worst in terms of the number of such incidents in the country's history.

10 years on, life for Christians in post-Gaddafi Libya 'as dangerous as ever'

Due to escalating conflicts between the various groups that fought against Gaddafi, the country has descended into a state of civil war, and Christians are especially vulnerable in areas where radical Islamic groups are active, says Open Doors' World Watch Research analyst Michael Bosch.