(From Mission Network News, 1/26/26, mnnonline.org) Uganda (MNN) – Ugandan Christians are facing pressure from East and West, as reports of attacks surface across the country. A physical attack on a pastor this month illustrates what Stephen Wesley with VOM Canada says is a trend increasing since 2018. On the western front, Wesley says the violence is originating in Uganda’s neighbor country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“There is a lot more from the Allied Democratic Forces coming into Uganda and attacking.”
In the East, it’s a different story. There, Muslim-majority communities team up against their Christian counterparts. Wesley says while the attacks were initially more verbal than physical, the intensity of violence is increasing. Reports indicate that attacks are especially ramping up against evangelists and recent converts.
“Because that is the evidence of Christianity’s expression in those places,” Wesley says. “If the church was silent and was not evangelistic, then they would feel no threat.”
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