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Plan to build church in Krasnodar park sparks rare public protest

Plans to build a church honoring Russia’s war dead in a riverside park in Krasnodar prompted a rare public protest in which local residents appealed to President Vladimir Putin to stop the project.

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Lightning strike kills congregants during overnight church tent service in Limpopo

Three church congregants were killed and five others injured when lightning struck inside a church tent during an overnight prayer service in Radimana village, Limpopo.

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Dead animals dumped outside multiple churches in Hampshire (New Forest)

A man pleaded guilty after dead deer and lamb carcasses were left near several churches around the New Forest area of Hampshire between February and April.

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Kidnapping during church service in Kogi State, Nigeria

Bandits abducted approximately 20 worshippers from the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Ayetoro Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area, Kogi State, during a Sunday church service.

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Armed Robbery Attempt at Church North of Durban Leaves Three Shot During Prayer Meeting

A Tuesday-night prayer gathering was disrupted when armed suspects entered a church north of Durban and opened fire during an attempted robbery. The incident underscores the vulnerability of worship services to opportunistic violent crime.

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Hate-crime vandalism at Mayflower Congregational Church in Billings

Leaders at Mayflower Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) in Billings reported finding six swastikas and a slur spray-painted on an exterior wall on a Saturday morning, the day before the church’s annual Christmas pageant.

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Vandalism targeting Westhope Presbyterian Church in Saratoga

Westhope Presbyterian Church in Saratoga, California reported repeated vandalism incidents in 2025 in which signs supporting Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ+ community were torn down, cut up, or stolen from church property.

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Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)

JNIM is a Salafi-jihadist organization operating in the Maghreb and West Africa that was formed through the merger of Ansar Dine, al-Mourabitoun, Katiba Macina (Macina Liberation Front/FLM), and the Saharan branch of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

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Nativity scene animals assaulted and Protestant church desecrated during Erbach Christmas market vandalism

Two donkeys in a living Nativity scene were punched at the Erbach Castle Christmas market, and a Protestant church in Erbach was reportedly desecrated when suspected offenders defecated inside.

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Plan to build church in Krasnodar park sparks rare public protest

Lightning strike kills congregants during overnight church tent service in Limpopo

Dead animals dumped outside multiple churches in Hampshire (New Forest)

Kidnapping during church service in Kogi State, Nigeria

Armed Robbery Attempt at Church North of Durban Leaves Three Shot During Prayer Meeting

Hate-crime vandalism at Mayflower Congregational Church in Billings

Vandalism targeting Westhope Presbyterian Church in Saratoga

Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)

Nativity scene animals assaulted and Protestant church desecrated during Erbach Christmas market vandalism

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