By Barnabas Aid The Christian community in Egypt continues to be targeted with killings and kidnappings as the country is afflicted by Islamist violence and instability. The removal of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July and passage of a new constitution last month have given Christians hope of better times ahead in Egypt, but at…
Open Doors USA Editor’s note: Hanna is a Christian woman living in Damascus, Syria, with her husband. She and her husband have two young daughters. Hanna, who works in a school, tells us what daily life is like in Damascus. The schools have started again, so we get back to the uncertainty. We are getting…
By FoxNews.com Copts whose church was one of dozens destroyed by Muslim Brotherhood supporters have returned to the charred house of worship, with their pastor vowing the violence suffered by his flock will make them “better Christians.” “This will learn us to be better Christians,” said Pastor Sameh Ibrahim of a torched congregation in Minya,…
By Alex Murashko Christian leaders in the U.S. responded quickly to the bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon on Monday that left at least 3 dead and more than 130 injured, by sharing their own grief over what is being called a terrorist attack, and calling for prayer. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they…
ABUJA, NIGERIA – Nigerian Christians appealed for prayers Tuesday, April 2, after Easter season violence in troubled central Nigeria left as many as 80 people dead and displaced some 4,500 others. At least 19 people were killed since Easter Sunday when gunmen believed to be nomadic Muslim cattle herders attacked the mostly Christian Atakar group…