Opens Doors has reported that Islamic militants in Somalia found an underground church leader who escaped a kidnapping attempt earlier and killed him last week.
Islamic extremist al Shabaab rebels shot Madobe Abdi to death on March 15 in Mahaday village, 31 miles north of Johwar.
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Open Doors reports that five pastors arrested without a warrant in China’s Shanxi Province as they were on their way to file a complaint over the demolition of their church building, have been sentenced to prison terms of three to seven years.
By Success Kanayo Uchime, Special to ASSIST News Service
NORTH KOREA – It’s very disheartening to note the level of persecution of Christian in North Korea, even in the hands of the government officials who’re supposed to protect them in accordance with the country’s constitutions.
Compass Direct News reports:
Three Christians incarcerated in military prisons for their faith have died in the past four months in Eritrea, including the death on Friday Jan. 16 of a 42-year-old man in solitary confinement, according to a Christian support organization.
Over 200 million Christians around the world are beaten, tortured, oppressed, arrested…killed. All for their faith in Jesus Christ. When they cry out for help — will you be watching?
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