http://www.christianpersecution.info Fri, 16 May 2008 02:30:01 -0400 Fri, 16 May 2008 02:30:01 -0400 Worthy News Builder http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/zimbabwe-christians-facing-famine-and-persecution-aid-workers-say/ Christians in several areas of Zimbabwe faced more food shortages Wednesday, May 14, amid ongoing turmoil and reported persecution of churches in the country, once called 'the breadbasket of Africa.' Wed, 14th May 2008 02:49:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/algeria-christian-sentenced-for-carrying-bible/ An Algerian Christian detained five days for carrying a Bible and personal Bible study books was handed a 300-euro (US$460) fine and a one-year suspended prison sentence last week, an Algerian church leader said. Mon, 12th May 2008 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/algeria-christian-sentenced-for-proselytism/ An Algerian Christian was handed a two-year suspended sentence for “proselytism” yesterday amid an ongoing government crackdown on 26 of Algeria’s 50 Protestant congregations, a church leader said. Mon, 14th Apr 2008 07:04:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/algeria-continues-widespread-church-closures/ Groups of devoted Christians in Algeria were without places to worship Saturday, March 29, after authorities closed down more than a dozen Protestant churches amid anger over alleged attempts by evangelical believers to convert Muslims. Mon, 31st Mar 2008 09:26:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/ethiopia-muslims-kill-worshipper-in-church-attacks/ Eight Muslims wielding razor-sharp machetes and knives broke into two village churches in southern Ethiopia earlier this month and began wounding worshipers, instantly killing one Christian. Mon, 17th Mar 2008 06:48:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/ethiopia-attack-on-church-leaves-4-dead-70-injured/ Last week, Christians gathering at local churches in a southern region in Ethiopia were enjoying singing and worship when, without warning, hundreds of men armed with machetes and clubs leapt through the open windows and indiscriminately began attacking everyone present. The attackers barricaded the doors to try to prevent people from escaping. Mon, 17th Mar 2008 06:53:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/nigeria-church-looted-and-demolished-in-kano-state/ Christians in several areas of Nigeria's Kano State remained anxious Tuesday, March 4, after a government-backed mob armed with machetes reportedly set fire to a church building, before looting and dismantling the property, while a bishop narrowly escaped death, rights watchers said. Wed, 5th Mar 2008 05:15:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/algeria-expels-american-protestant-pastor/ An elderly American pastor and former chairman of the Protestant Church of Algeria was preparing Thursday, February 28, to launch an appeal against plans by authorities to deport him from the country. Thu, 28th Feb 2008 05:24:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/eritrea-releases-christian-prisoners-torture-continues-elsewhere/ An influential independent Christian rights group confirmed late Wednesday, February 27, that Eritrea has released dozens of evangelical Christians, but warned that some 2,000 other believers remain imprisoned in the African nation "due to their faith in Christ." Thu, 28th Feb 2008 05:26:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/eritrea-releases-dozens-of-evangelicals/ Dozens of evangelical Christians spend another day in freedom in Eritrea after they were unexpectedly released from prison by security authorities, Christians said. Mon, 25th Feb 2008 05:40:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/nigeria-churches-destroyed-one-killed-after-muslim-marriage-row/ A Muslim man's failed attempt to marry a young Christian woman resulted in him accusing her of "blasphemy", triggering violence in the Nigerian town of Yana that left at least one person dead, seven Christians hospitalized and five churches destroyed, a Christian news agency reported Tuesday, February 11. Wed, 13th Feb 2008 03:06:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/chad-convert-loses-family-members-for-his-faith/ A little over a year after becoming a Christian in Ngudungudu, Chad in December 1995, Jeje Nehamiah Baki left the town to meet up with his nomadic family in the wilderness. Fri, 8th Feb 2008 00:32:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/egypt-court-rules-against-convert/ In a blow to religious freedom in Egypt, a Cairo court has ruled against a Muslim convert to Christianity who requested that his religious affiliation be changed. Fri, 1st Feb 2008 01:09:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/house-church-members-flee-somaliland-amid-government-crackdown/ Members of a house church in the breakaway Somali republic of Somaliland have fled to neighboring Ethiopia after hearing that the government wants to arrest them as part of a crackdown on evangelical Christians, an influential human rights group said Thursday, January 24. Fri, 25th Jan 2008 00:42:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/dozens-killed-in-kenya-church-fire/ At least dozens of people were burned to death in a Protestant church in western Kenya where they had taken shelter from tribal clashes sparked by a disputed vote that gave the president a second term, police and Red Cross sources said Tuesday, January 1. Tue, 1st Jan 2008 23:10:00 -0500