persecuted Christians

Christian Aid Ministries in Ohio announced Monday that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages, while another 12 remain abducted.

Two Christians were killed in an attack on a church service in Nigeria on Sunday (Oct. 31), with eight others slain in earlier assaults on predominantly Christian villages, sources said.

A Christian sentenced to death six years ago based on Pakistan's blasphemy laws was acquitted by a high court in Lahore on Monday, Oct. 5.

Morning Star News reports that tribal animists in central India drove a Christian family into the jungle last week, with one later intercepting their 9-year-old girl and threatening to kill her if she went to school again, her father said.