By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)– Algerian Christians have urged prayers for a pastor and his assistant who were jailed and fined for evangelizing in Algeria, an Islamic nation, BosNewsLife learned.
Pastor Rachid Seighir of a church in Oran’s coastal city, and a salesman helping in the book and stationery shop the pastor runs, were sentenced to two years imprisonment, trial observers said.
They were also fined some $3,800 each in local currency during the February 27 court procedure held in absentia, according to Christians familiar with the situation. Both will appeal the sentence, supporters said.
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife) Islamic militants have released a Nigerian pastor who they threatened to kill unless their demands were met, security sources said. Bulus Yikura of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) was held .