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The Weekly Briefing

A clear, evidence-based overview of Christian persecution around the world.

Verified incidents, emerging trends and the context behind them, gathered from reporting around the world so the church can pray with insight and respond.

01 / Editor's Briefing

Weekly analysis

The Week in Focus

Most serious incidents

Nigeria  · Pastor killed on way to church among 9 slaughtered in fresh attacks in Nigeria

Ukraine  · The direct Russian attack on the Church of St. John the Baptist in Kramatorsk, Donetsk

Nigeria  · Faith And Miracle International Church Accuses Guru Maharaji Of Alleged Armed Attack

Emerging patterns
12 incidents that week, down from 15 the week before.
Where it is concentrated
Most in Nigeria (3 of 12). 1 with no country given.
Read the full analysis

Incidents

12

−20%

vs. previous week

9

−61%

vs. previous week

Countries

8

−27%

vs. previous week

How People Affected is counted

The sum of people killed, injured, abducted, arrested or displaced in each incident that happened that week. An incident several outlets reported is counted once, with the largest toll its reports give. Cumulative tolls are not added.

02 / Key Incidents

View all incidents
Nigeria

Pastor killed on way to church among 9 slaughtered in fresh attacks in Nigeria

Pastor killed on way to church among nine slaughtered in fresh attacks

Sep 21, 2026 The Christian Post ↗

Ukraine

The direct Russian attack on the Church of St. John the Baptist in Kramatorsk, Donetsk

Church was directly attacked by Russian forces in Kramatorsk, Donetsk

Sep 23, 2026 outono.net ↗

Nigeria

Faith And Miracle International Church Accuses Guru Maharaji Of Alleged Armed Attack

Sep 22, 2026 pmparrotng.com ↗

03 / Severity Distribution

12 Incidents
  • Critical (8%) 1
  • High (42%) 5
  • Unrated (50%) 6

04 / Incidents by Country

top 5
#CountryIncidents
1Nigeria3
2Ukraine2
3Italy1
4China1
5Pakistan1

05 / Eight-Week Trend

incidents per week
05101520Week of 2026-07-29: 127/29Week of 2026-08-05: 118/5Week of 2026-08-12: 198/12Week of 2026-08-19: 108/19Week of 2026-08-26: 118/26Week of 2026-09-02: 119/2Week of 2026-09-09: 169/9Week of 2026-09-16: 129/1612

Persecution Monitor aggregates and cross-references public news reporting surfaced through Google News. This briefing is informational only and reflects the limits of available reporting.