We work by acting on behalf of the persecuted Church, making their needs known to Christians around the world and making the injustice of their persecution known to governments and the international community. We work by aiming the majority of our aid at Christians living in Muslim environments, channelling money from Christians through Christians to Christians. We work by using the money to fund projects which have been developed by local Christians in their own communities, countries or regions and acting as equal partners with the persecuted Church, whose leaders often help shape our overall direction.
Barnabas Fund – November 15th – Update 2
Updates on the persecuted Church Barnabas Fund, November 8th, 2023 Hyacinth Alia – a church leader and Governor of Benue State, Nigeria – condemned a violent attack on three Benue villages on 17 October in which nine people were killed. He also called on security forces to act against the armed militants. Around 45,000 Nigerian […]
Barnabas Fund – November 1st – Update 1
The Shepherd’s Academy continues to grow. Barnabas Fund, 17th October 2023 (excerpts) Barnabas Aid’s theological and pastoral training programme, The Shepherd’s Academy (TSA), continues to grow, with over 800 grassroots church leaders from more than 30 countries now registered. TSA provides training opportunities for church leaders in the Global South who often struggle to access […]
Barnabas Fund – October 18th – Update 2
Updates on the persecuted Church – 10 October 2023 Barnabas Fund, 11th October 2023 (excerpts) A church leader in Algeria has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and a £605 fine for holding an unauthorised religious meeting in a place not permitted for religious worship. Pastor Youssef Ourahmane, of the Protestant Church of Algeria (EPA), […]
Barnabas Fund – October 4th – Update 1
Updates on the persecuted Church – 26 September 2023 Barnabas Fund, 26th September 2023 (excerpts) More than 13,000 ethnic Armenian Christians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh since Azerbaijan seized control of the enclave in a military offensive launched on 19 September 2023. Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, Primate of the Armenian Church of the UK and Ireland, said, “There […]
Barnabas Fund – September 20th – Update 2
Updates on the persecuted Church – 12 September 2023 Barnabas Fund, 12th August 2023 (excerpts) A church minister in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria, was burned to death on 7 September by Fulani Islamist extremists. Three other men were able to escape, but he died in the blaze. “There was no reaction or support from the […]
Barnabas Fund – August 30th – Update 1
Updates on the persecuted Church – 22 August 2023 Barnabas Fund, 22nd August 2023 (excerpts) On August 19, Ehsan, a young Pakistani Christian man, uploaded a video on his TikTok account showing solidarity with the Christian community in Jaranwala, Punjab following anti-Christian riots on August 16. Ehsan, from Sahiwal, 62 miles to the south, was […]
Barnabas Fund – August 16th – Update 2
Updates on the persecuted Church – 14 August 2023 Barnabas Fund, 25th July 2023 (excerpts) 21 people were killed in 2 Christian villages in the Barkin Ladi Area of Plateau State, Nigeria on 9th August. Fulani Islamist extremists attacked Batin village at around 1.30am, killing 17. The gunmen then murdered 4 more people in nearby […]
Barnabas Fund – June 14th – Update 2
Updates on the persecuted Church – 6 June 2023 Barnabas Fund, 7th June 2023 (excerpts) Five North Korean Christians were arrested as they attended a secret church service in a farmhouse at 5am on Sunday 30 April. Believers in prison or labour camps in North Korea are often singled out for especially harsh treatment and […]
Barnabas Fund – May 31st – Update 1
Updates on the persecuted Church Barnabas Fund, 23 May 2023 (excerpts) An Australian missionary doctor who has been held by al Qaeda-linked militants in Burkina Faso since January 2016 was released on 19 May. Dr Ken Elliott, 88 years old, is reported to be in good health, and has been reunited with his wife, Jocelyn […]
Barnabas Fund – May 17th – Update 2
Updates on the persecuted Church Barnabas Fund, 10 May 2023 (excerpts) More than 50 people from the Christian-majority Kuki tribal group have been killed in anti-Christian violence that has raged in Manipur, India, since 4 May. About 114 church buildings have been burned down and there have been targeted attacks on around 67 Kuki villages. […]