Video shows pastoral couple kidnapped a year ago in Nigeria
A video of a pastor and his wife kidnapped in March 2023 appeared on Sunday (May 5) in which he pleaded for help from the government of Nigeria and Christian leaders.
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The fastest-growing mission field on earth
Across Africa, millions of children are growing up in rapidly changing communities filled with tremendous opportunities and significant challenges. It’s an extraordinary opportunity to reach the next generation with the gospel.
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Lives transformed from pain to purpose
In many communities, loss, poverty, illness, and social rejection still live quietly inside ordinary homes. Rwanda knows what it means to rebuild while still carrying deep scars and results from the ministry of Love to Help Organization is testament to the resilience of vulnerable Rwandan women and children facing dire circumstances.
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Xenophobia and the call to Christ-like compassion
In South Africa today, scriptural injunctions about welcoming the foreigner confront a present crisis: the persistent reality of xenophobia. On both sides of the issue are strong feelings that have led to violence. But violence will not lead to a better future for all. It requires leadership that affirms human dignity, values that are embodied in Christ.
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An African perspective on discrimination that creates migrant churches
It may not be every migrant's story, but when a person feels often enough that they do not fully belong they instinctively look for somewhere they do. This relates as much to churches as it does to host societies in general. But churches should be different. Biblically faithful theology demands it of it. Here is advice for pastors who desire to mature their congregants into the full stature of Christ.
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Fulani herdsmen kill 12 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen attacked residents of a village in central Nigeria’s Plateau state as they slept at 2 a.m. on April 19, killing 12 Christians, sources said.
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Slaughter of Christians continues in central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (April 28) killed two Christians in one area of Benue state after killing five Christians the previous day in another area, sources said.
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Muslim soldiers detain, torture Christians in Sudan
Three Christians were detained and tortured for weeks in southern Sudan after soldiers at a Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint found one of them carrying a Bible, one of the victims said.
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Herdsmen kill at least six Christians in southeast Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen on Sunday night (April 28) killed at least six Christians, including children, in an attack in southeastern Nigeria, sources said.
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ECWA pastor slain in Kaduna state, Nigeria
A Christian pastor was killed last week as he traveled to minister to church members in northern Kaduna state, sources said.
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Africa surpasses Middle East as the epicenter of terrorism, according to 2024 global index
By CDI StaffSub-Saharan Africa has, for the first time, surpassed the Middle East as the center of terrorism activities, further putting at risk Christians and missionaries in parts of West Africa. The Global Terrorism Index 2024 report indicates that terrorism-related violence has significantly increased in Africa specifically in the Sahel region which spreads across a dozen countries from East, Central and West Africa.
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What does "never again" mean when others become victims
Auschwitz stands as a permanent memorial to horrors against humanity. However, memory can be manipulated and newly published research from a leading Jewish scholar has confirmed that there is much cause for concern. While antisemitism should absolutely be met with moral outrage, it should not eclipse compassion for other suffering groups, especially not for our fellow followers of Jesus within those groups. We need to be led by a biblical understanding of remembrance.
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