• Christian Family in India Receives Notice to Stop Worship in Their Home

  For 12 years Mahendra Nagdeve had met with friends and relatives in his house in Madhya Pradesh state, India to worship Christ until he received a notice from city officials this month.

  

• Kidnappings, Threats of Massacre Terrorize Christians in Kano State, Nigeria

  Kidnappings, along with threats of massacres by Islamic extremists, are continuing with the approval of some state officials in a concerted effort to eliminate Christianity, church leaders said.

  

• Somali Muslims Break In, Beat Children of Christian Widow in Kenya

  Hard-line Muslims on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya attacked a Christian widow's children, ages 13, 17 and 21, leaving two of them seriously injured and still in pain 11 days after the assault, sources said.

  

• Christians in India Praise God in Spite of Police Brutality, Month in Jail

  Six Christians facing false charges, two of them beaten by police, were jailed for a month for praying for a sick woman in eastern India, they said.

  

• Five Christians Killed, Five Others Missing in Muslim Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria

  Five Christians were killed and five others are missing after attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria's Plateau and Benue states in the past two weeks.