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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Maps shape mental images and destinies of nations and Africa deserves better
The continent of Africa looks different depending on which calculations you choose to make a three dimensional reality into a two dimensional representation, and the choice is largely determined by who is in charge and what narrative they wish to portray. The African Union has decided it is time to take charge and give the world a better perception of the African continent. Jim Olang hopes this will help lift African confidence in the wider world.
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The great bee hug and the power of supportive communities
Consider the bees and how they work together to ensure that they thrive. So it is with our Christian life. We need one another in order to thrive in our walk with Jesus. In an era of increasing individualism and correlated loneliness we do well to remember that we are all part of one body, never meant to be living, working, or ministering alone. Without others clustering close to us and us to them in supportive mutuality, the world can be a cold and threatening place.
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As we come to Pentecost Sunday 2025 it is time to return Pentecost to the people
If you have any interest in the well being of the World Christian movement, then it's hard not to care about the 600 million-strong Pentecostal-Charismatic movement. Not only does it constitute a quarter of global Christianity, but in the Global South in particular, mainstream evangelicalism is increasingly adopting a Pentecostal flavor—taking on its practices and ministry ethos. Pentecostals are not simply a part of the story; they are shaping the direction of much of it.
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A young Nigerian eye witness recalls the day extremists attacked
African farmers work hard to grow whatever the land agrees to yield, while in the Nigerian Plateau Christian farmers face increasing threats from Fulani militias. It is rare that we read from the perspective of a victim of terrorism. This account is both an exception and exceptional. Uren, in her final year of high school, writes with terrifying yet beautiful prose of the death of her siblings and father at the hands of a band of brutal Fulani militias. Read on for a reality check.
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Nigeria’s Anglican Church breaks from Church of England over appointment of newly elected same-sex affirming Archbishop of Canterbury
Nigeria’s Anglican Primate, Archbishop Henry Ndukuba, has declared that the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, is severing her spiritual ties and can no longer recognize the leadership of the Church of England or its newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally, describing her election as “insensitive and devastating” for the global Anglican Communion.
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Madagascar church leaders call for peace and dialogue amid ongoing Gen-Z protests against government
By Ken KagichaFollowing weeks of youth-led protests in Madagascar that have led to the death of at least 22 people and destruction of property worth millions of dollars, church leaders in the southwestern Island nation off the coast of the Indian Ocean have called for "peace, protection of life and the common good."
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Kidnapped pastor in Nigeria slain after ransom payment
Suspected Fulani criminals in western Nigeria kidnapped and killed a Christian pastor despite receiving 5 million naira ($3,125 USD) in ransom, sources said.
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Nigeria security agents prevent clergy from officiating funeral service in Jos, arrest Christian journalists covering altercation
Nigeria’s security agents on Saturday prevented the president of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) from entering the sanctuary during a funeral service at the church’s headquarters in Jos, Plateau State, and arrested two Christian female journalists who were covering the altercation at the event.
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Report finds 100 million Christians worldwide lack access to a Bible: ‘A modern famine of the Word’
By CDI StaffA new global assessment has found that an estimated 100 million Christians live without access to a Bible, revealing both legal restrictions and severe shortages across dozens of countries. The Bible Access List, released Thursday by the Bible Access Initiative, combines data and expert analysis from 88 countries to identify where Scripture is most difficult to obtain.
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Evangelical groups call for end of child exploitation as UN highlights global crisis: 138 million children forced to work
By Chris EyteThe World Evangelical Alliance and the Salvation Army urged governments to “act with urgency” to end child labor after a United Nations expert warned that 138 million children worldwide remain trapped in exploitation, including 54 million in hazardous work.
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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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