Almost 11 villages were attacked simultaneously in Nigeria’s Plateau State last weekend, leading local pastors to plead for recognition and assistance. Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam decried the bloodshed happening in Nigeria’s Plateau State in a recent video....
On a recent Sunday morning, the local authorities broke into a church service in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, and demanded that children under the age of 18 leave the service immediately. One of the women pleaded with the officer to allow her to stay at the...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) joined the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church (UMC) as well as United Methodist bishops in the Philippines in appealing to the government of the Philippines for assistance and cooperation in extracting three United...
Nigeria–In a 60-hour killing spree that began last weekend, about 200 Christians were slaughtered in Plateau State even as the U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom was departing Nigeria. By Emmanuel Ogebe Ambassador Sam Brownback’s...
An open-air preacher who had been criminally charged for sharing his faith outside a high school has now had those charges dismissed. In December of last year, Ryan Lee Grimes preached outside a high school in Pittsburgh after school had been dismissed and students...