• Church Building In Algeria Looted, Vandalized: Congregation Has History of Opposition From Islamists

  Unknown "thugs" who wrote a jihadist slogan on a church building in the center of this city on the Algerian coast on Thursday night (Jan. 7) looted and damaged the property, sources said.

  

• Christian Persecutions in Africa: Pastor Hacked to Death, Bible Study Members Poisoned in Eastern Uganda

  A pastor in eastern Uganda was hacked to death on Wednesday (Dec. 23) as he and other church members resisted an effort by Muslims to take over their land, area church leaders said.

  

• Police Break Spine of One Christian, Nose Of Another in Tamil Nadu, India

  Police hostility toward Christians in India continued this year as officers in Tamil Nadu reviled two Christians for their faith and seriously injured them, sources said.

  

• Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill 15 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria, Including 1 Y/O Child

  Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Dec. 13 attacked two households and a compound of displaced people in this village near Jos, killing 15 Christians, including two small children.

  

• Maoist Rebel Group Suspected in Killing of Pastor, Son in the Philippines

  Christians on the Philippine island of Mindanao believe Maoist rebels are responsible for killing a Baptist pastor and his adult son near a southern town on Nov. 27.