Nigerian Christians afraid to gather as attacks by Islamist herders mount
LAGOS, Nigeria (RNS) — Ruth Abah, 28, no longer walks to her local church, St. Paul’s, which now lies in ashes. Instead, the mother of two locks her doors and prays with her children, fearful the next attack could come at any moment.
Christian leaders organize counseling, prayer amid DR Congo violence
“You need to listen to them during counseling sessions as they express their anger and cry uncontrollably about what has happened to them.”
Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest
KIGALI, Rwanda (RNS) — On a recent Sunday morning, a dozen people congregated in a home in the Nyabisindu neighborhood of Rwanda’s capital to ponder their next steps after the government shuttered numerous churches for noncompliance with health and safety regulations.
