70-Year-Old Missionary Shot & Wounded in Nigeria May 11, 2020 News Muslim Fulani herdmen shot Canon James Adebayo Famonure four times as he was leading family devotions, also wounding three other family members. The attack is the latest in a series launched against Christian farmers in central Nigeria in a conflict driven by land use disputes, Islamist ideology, and widely available weaponry. The current coronavirus seems to be making things worse.
Congolese Archdeacon Murdered by Islamic Militants February 15, 2020 News The Ven. Ngulongo Year Batsemire, archdeacon of Eastern DRC's Diocese of Eringeti, was murdered near his home by members of the militant Allied Democratic Force, for refusing to convert to Islam.
New Primate for Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East November 18, 2019 News A June 2019 Pew report described all twenty countries of the province as places where the levels of government restriction on religion is either high or very high.
Guilt and Persecution April 25, 2019 News Bp. Philip Mountstephen: “There is a lot of post-colonial guilt around a residual sense that the Christian faith is an expression of white Western privilege.”
Bishop Curry Responds to Sri Lankan Attacks April 23, 2019 Clips, News Presiding Bishop Michael Curry: “I’m praying for the power of love to overcome the forces of hatred and violence.”
The Russian Church in Transition and Reflection April 23, 2019 Essays & Reviews Two books illuminate the ecclesiastical and theological environment in which Russian Orthodox Christians began their long 20th century.
How Should Churches Protect their People? March 29, 2019 News Workshop in Boston explores security options for parishes.
Abp. Welby on a ‘Daily Threat of Murder’ December 5, 2018 Clips, News Archbishop of Canterbury writes in defense of Middle Eastern Christians.
Sudanese Bishop Pleads for Rescue July 9, 2018 News Samuel Enosa Peni: “Many church leaders have been killed. They take everything on your body.”
Concerns for Pakistani Christians April 11, 2018 Clips, News Religious-freedom activists feel heightening concerns for Pakistan’s Christian minority.
