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1. Fervent Prayer Sought for Imprisoned Pastor Brunson Ahead of July 18 Hearing

... cing heavy persecution worldwide, and was also part of a protest organized by Magdi Khalil with Coptic Solidarity for Brunson last month in Washington, D.C. Brunson was arrested by the Turkish governme ...

Created on 17 July 2018

2. ACLJ Continues to Fight the Good Fight for Persecuted Believers in China

...  severe persecution merely because they believe in Jesus. The International Religious Freedom Report produced by the U.S. State Department has designated China as one of the "Countries of Particular Concer ...

Created on 16 July 2018

3. 16 Christians Arrested Under New Anti-Conversion Law

A group of 16 Indian tribal Christians who visited another tribal family in the eastern state of Jharkhand to talk to them about Christianity are in police custody after the local village head accused ...

Created on 16 July 2018

4. Missionary Encountered Both Heaven and Hell Behind Bars

... ing publicly as the head of Voice of the Martyrs' Africa team, Jašek was arrested at Khartoum airport in December 2015 at the end of a four-day trip during which he researched accounts of state-sponsored persecu ...

Created on 13 July 2018

5. Why You Can't Expect a Book-of-Acts Faith Without Serious Suffering

Do you hate your suffering? Revive Israel's Asher Intrater says you don't have to. On the contrary, suffering is one of the key principles in the foundation of the Christian faith. Not only that, but it ...

Created on 10 July 2018

6. This Is Now the Deadliest Place in the World to Be a Christian

A new wave of attacks by Fulani herdsmen against Christians is leading one international human rights advocate to call on the U.S. Congress to appoint a special envoy to investigate. "Nigeria is now the ...

Created on 11 July 2018

7. US Ambassador Seeks to Wipe Out Religious Persecution Worldwide ...

"No one should live in fear because of their religious beliefs. One person's bondage is another person's burden to break,' with those words, former U.S. Senator Sam Brownback sent a message to the world ...

Created on 09 July 2018

8. 2 Pastors, Mother of 8 Shot to Death

...  in the north and middle belt account for 45 percent. Nigeria ranked 14th on Open Doors' 2018 World Watch List of countries where Christians suffer the most persecution. Meanwhile, Lord Ahmad of Wimbl ...

Created on 06 July 2018

9. Church of Muslim Converts Told to Shut Down

A church in Kyrgyzstan that is home to many former Muslims has been ordered to cease its Sunday worship. A local source told World Watch Monitor that services at the church, which is led by a convert from ...

Created on 06 July 2018

10. Will House Churches in China Survive?

... uld end by August. The bookstore and cafe shop, which were operated legally for several years by the church, were also forced to shut down. This type of blatant persecution and discrimination should no ...

Created on 06 July 2018

11. Advocate for Pastor Andrew Brunson Compares Turkey to Roman Empire Under Nero

Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, is a no-nonsense lobbyist faithfully advocating for the release of pastor Andrew Brunson who's been imprisoned in ...

Created on 05 July 2018

12. Jesus-Followers Caught With Nets, Killed With Machetes as Islamists Unleash 'Cleansing'

An increase in violence against Nigerian Christians has caused many to issue dire warnings of an impending "genocide" and "cleansing" of Jesus-followers in the African nation. Christian persecution chari ...

Created on 05 July 2018

13. Will Imprisoned Missionary Andrew Brunson Be Set Free Later This Month?

An article in the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet Daily News suggests the Turkish government could release imprisoned American pastor Andrew Brunson at his next court hearing, July 18. The newspaper reports ...

Created on 02 July 2018

14. Twitter Locks My Account for Telling the Truth About Muslim Slaughter of Christians

UPDATE: At 12:10 PM, July 3, after my 12-hour lock-out had ended, I received this email from Twitter support: Hello,We have restored your account, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have ...

Created on 02 July 2018

15. Government Rips Away Religious Freedom From Chinese Minors

On a recent Sunday morning, the local authorities broke into a church service in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, and demanded that children under the age of 18 leave the service immediately. One of the ...

Created on 29 June 2018

16. Pastor Brutally Gunned Down in 'Murder Capital of the World'

A Mexican pastor interviewed last year by World Watch Monitor was shot dead earlier this month in another exhibition of lawlessness in the troubled city of Juarez, which is just across the border from ...

Created on 28 June 2018

17. About 200 Christians Murdered in Heinous Killing Spree

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LATEST UPDATE. In a 60-hour killing spree that began last weekend, about 200 Christians were slaughtered in Plateau State even as the U.S. ambassador at large for international religious ...

Created on 26 June 2018

18. At Last! Pastor Freed From Torture, Prison Breaks Out Into Loud Worship

Imprisoned Huoshi Church Pastor Yang Hua returned to his home in Guizhou province this week after suffering mistreatment during his two-and-a-half year jail term for a falsified charge. According to his ...

Created on 21 June 2018

19. ACLJ: Help on the Way for Christian Victims of Genocide

After years of living in terror, and fleeing a nightmare, Christians in Iraq are finally starting to receive the much-needed aid they require to start over. The brutality and bloodshed Christians have ...

Created on 21 June 2018

20. 2000-Year-Old Christianity Under Massive Threat From Forces the West Supports

Two thousand years of Christianity in Syria could be wiped out by the very forces Western governments are supporting, an Anglican vicar has claimed. Rev. Andrew Ashdown, who has made ten trips to Syria ...

Created on 20 June 2018