Evangelical Focus Staff

Seventeen people have been killed in a terrorist attack that has also left around 20 people seriously injured in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The bomb blast occurred during Sunday worship at a Pentecostal church in Kasindi (Eglise du Christ au Congo ECC) in the northern part of the country, near the Ugandan border.

Renowned hip-hop and electronic artist M.I.A. continues to open up about her conversion to faith in Jesus.

Raised by an atheist father and a Christian mother (who came to faith in the UK), M.I.A, whose real name is Mathangi Arulpragasam, was not interested in Christianity for most of her life, she told Relevant.

The Brazilian Evangelical Alliance has issued a statement to reject the protests that took place in Brazil on Sunday, where a group of anti-government demonstrators violently assaulted the headquarters of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Presidential palace.

The protesters do not recognize the validity of the October election result and called for a military intervention to oust Lula da Silva, who was elected president against Jair Bolsonaro by almost two million votes.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled against the government of Bulgaria for violating the right to religious freedom of evangelical Christians in the country.

In 2008, the City Council of Burgas, Bulgaria, warned all school administrators in the city that evangelicals were “carrying out a massive campaign of agitation, tricking new members, and disuniting the Bulgarian nation”.

Christians in Uganda have faced two recent attacks which left one family without a home after a house church was burned to the ground, and two others were beaten by a mob.

On November 20, religious extremists burned down a house where a cell fellowship was meeting in eastern Uganda, a week after a group of locals in another area caned two Christian converts, sources said.

Netherlands qualified for the quarter finals of the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 and they are facing Argentina on 9 December to seek a place in the semi finals.

Among the most experienced is striker Memphis Depay, who is described by coach Louis Van Gaal as “an extraordinary player” and “so important for this group, not only as footballer but also as a human”. Depay scored one of the three goals that sent the United States home in the previous round.

Ecuador’s national football team scored the first two goals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup against the host and celebrated by kneeling down, looking up to the sky and offering them to God in the Muslim-majority country.

The World Cup championship kicked off on Sunday in the Muslim-majority country with Ecuador’s match against Qatar at the Al Bayt stadium, which ended in a 2-0 win for the visiting team.

The Glasgow Sheriff’s Court in Scotland has ruled that Scottish Event Campus, operator of the Hydro Arena, did not respect the religious freedom of Christians when it cancelled the booking of the venue that was to host an event with evangelist Franklin Graham.

Family and congregants are still searching for answers after a Ukrainian pastor and his wife were allegedly kidnapped by Russian forces after they refused to cooperate with the occupying military.

Armed and masked men in military uniform seized Baptist pastor Leonid Ponomaryov and his wife Tatyana on September 21 from their home in Russian-occupied Mariupol, reports Forum 18, a research organization specializing in religious freedom and based in Oslo, Norway.

As everything gets ready for the largest soccer event in the world, Christians pray to see a change in the absolutist emirate of Qatar.

The 32 national teams who have won a ticket to the World Cup are ready. And Qatar celebrates being the first Arab country ever to organize the largest football event.