What will Christmas 2025 look like for Christians in Nigeria?
This Christmas will be a time of deep prayer and remembrance, rather than a celebration.
Persecution
Anglican pastor's wife, church member killed in attack during worship, church burned
Gunmen attacked Christians in southeast Nigeria as they were gathering for worship, killing an Anglican priest’s wife and another church member and abducting another priest earlier this month.
Pakistan: Presbyterian pastor shot dead after surviving earlier attack
A Presbyterian pastor who survived an attack in September was gunned down by an unidentified assailant outside his home in front of his daughter last week in Pakistan, his family said.
Pakistan’s Parliament passes law establishing commission to focus on minority rights
Pakistan’s parliament has approved long-delayed legislation to establish a National Commission for Minorities Rights.
Why the world cannot ignore Christian Armenian hostages in Baku
If we believe that the freedom of belief is a universal human right, then we cannot look away from Armenian Christians.
Thousands of Christians rally in Delhi against ‘rising, sustained, systematic’ attacks
Around 2,000 Christians from across India gathered in New Delhi to protest rising, sustained and systematic violence against the religious minority community. Speakers at the gathering called attention to a 500% rise in reported violence since 2014, and largely with impunity.
Video footage shows 8 Evangelical leaders’ last moments before they were killed
Newly released video appears to show eight Christian religious leaders being transported by armed men in a Colombian river shortly before they were executed and buried in a mass grave.
Trump admin. restricts visas for Nigerians linked to anti-Christian violence, persecution
In response to mass killings and violent attacks against Christians in Nigeria, the U.S. Department of State announced that the United States will restrict visas for Nigerians who have participated in or supported violations of religious freedom, a restriction that could also apply to family members in some cases.
Anglican priest dies in captivity after being kidnapped in Nigeria amid wave of abductions
Amid a rash of mass kidnappings in Nigeria, an Anglican priest in Nigeria abducted along with his wife and daughter has died in captivity, leaders of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion announced on Wednesday (Nov. 26).
24 abducted schoolgirls freed in Nigeria week after wave of mass abductions
Twenty-four schoolgirls abducted in northwest Nigeria were released Sunday following a security operation. Their kidnapping was one of several mass abductions across the country over the previous week that have left hundreds still missing.
