Original reporting
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Humanitarian
Churches Respond to Colombia Quake, Ecuador Floods and Sudanese Refugees in Egypt
Churches in Colombia, Ecuador and Egypt are feeding, sheltering and supporting people hit by disaster or displacement. The Colombian quake killed at least 132 people, and a Methodist district in Egypt now serves more than 1,300 members, most of them refugees.
Persecution
Egyptian Coptic Deacon Killed by ISIS in Libya for Refusing to Renounce Christ
Sources report that Milad Malak, a 20-year-old Coptic Christian deacon, was tortured and killed by ISIS-linked militants in Libya in October after refusing to convert to Islam. The case has drawn attention to threats faced by Christians and converts in Libya, Egypt and beyond.