SYRIA – The Plight of Ancient Christians in Northeast Syria
FaithWire |Sanharab Barsoum | Nov. 7, 2019 The views expressed in this commentary piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Faithwire. Outside of Tel…
SYRIA – The Road from Damascus: How a Syrian Christian Spoke at Harvard’s Commencement
Christianity Today | Ryan Burge | Nov. 7, 2019 Following Turkey’s recent incursion into Syria and establishment of a “safe zone” in coordination with Russia, the beleaguered nation faces another…
REPORT – Persecuted and forgotten? Ancient Christian communities in north-east Syria after the US evacuation
The Tablet | Nov. 7, 2019 Donald Trump’s decision to order the evacuation of remaining US forces from north-east Syria might have sealed the fate of its age-old Christian communities…
STATEMENT – Save the Persecuted Christians Praises Passage of House Resolution on Armenian Genocide
STATEMENT | November 6, 2019 WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), which advocates on behalf of hundreds of millions of Christians facing heavy persecution worldwide, is lauding the approval of a…
INDIA – Five Christians in Northeast India Beaten After Refusing to Recant Christian Faith
International Christian Concern | Nov. 6, 2019 Last Friday, November 1, five Christians from India’s Odisha state were beaten mercilessly with bamboo rods after they refused to recant their Christian…
USA – EXCLUSIVE: Dept. of Homeland Security to work with Las Vegas faith-based leaders
Fox5Vegas | Kyla Galer | Nov. 5, 2019 LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- Churches, temples, mosques -- many people consider them their "safe place" or somewhere to turn for guidance. Places…
USA – When You Are Persecuted in One Place, Flee to Another. But Not to America.
Christianity Today | Jayson Casper | Nov.5, 2019 Both US policy and Middle East wisdom discourage suffering Christians from resettling in the West. Zero. The United States did not resettle…
FRANCE – French cathedral robbed in battering-ram raid | Catholic Herald
Catholic News Agency | Catholic Herald | Nov. 5, 2019 Thieves stole chalices, ciboriums and other liturgical objects A cathedral in southwestern France was robbed of chalices and other religious…
INDIA – U.S. Pastor Stranded in India Awaiting Hearing
Word & Way | Morning Star News correspondent | Nov. 5, 2019 Tennessee pastor Bryan Nerren, shown with his wife Rhonda and their children, is stranded in India awaiting a…
CHINA – New rules threaten church property in northern China
UCA News | Nov. 4, 2019 Catholics in China are increasingly worried that church buildings that do not have permits aligned with strict new religious regulations will be deemed illegal…
USA – Elderly Christian Man Brutally Beaten by a ‘Transgendered Lady’ for Preaching Gospel on NYC Subway
FaithWire | Will Maule | Nov. 4, 2019 An elderly man has been viscously attacked on the New York subway for simply preaching the gospel. According to witnesses, the 79-year-old…
SYRIA – Volunteer medic killed in Turkey’s Syrian invasion
Jerusalem Post | Seth J. Frantzman | Nov.4, 2019 UN secretary-general was in Turkey over the weekend and appeared to support Turkey’s operation, while NATO has called for restraint November…
MEXICO – Commission calls for update three months after Pastor kidnapping
Premier U.K. | Nov. 4, 2019 Pastor Aarón Méndez Ruiz and Alfredo Castillo de Luna were forcibly taken from a migrant shelter in the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo…
WORLDWIDE – Stand in the Gap T.V. interviews Dede Laugesen, executive director of Save the Persecuted Christians | Video
Stand in the Gap T.V. | American Pastor's Network | Nov. 3, 2019 https://vimeo.com/365613088
TURKEY / NIGERIA – Turkey: Arming Genocide of Christians in Nigeria?
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | Nov. 3, 2019 Has Turkey used its national airline for weapons shipments to Nigeria? (Image source: Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia…
VIDEO – Christian Persecution
D. James Kennedy Ministries | Nov.3, 2019 Save the Persecuted Christians Executive Director Dede Laugesen spotlighted in "Truths that Transform" program by D. James Kennedy Ministries. The program on worldwide…
MIDDLE EAST – The unseen genocide
The Mass Media | Matthew Reiad | Nov. 1, 2019 In history classes, we are often taught about atrocious genocides that have occurred all over the world. The Armenian Genocide…
USA – Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Nathan Sales on the Release of the Country Reports on Terrorism 2018
U.S. Dept. of State | Nov. 1, 2019 MS ORTAGUS: Happy Friday. Good afternoon. Okay. The State Department is releasing its Annual Country Reports on Terrorism, which describes the global counterterrorism…
IRAQ – Deadly protests in their country leave Iraqi Christians between hope and fear
Aleteia | Xavier Bisits-ACN-USA | Nov. 1, 2019 Iraqi Christians, concentrated in the north of the country, are far from the epicenter of deadly protests in Baghdad, but their fate…
USA – After Baghdadi’s death, ISIS statements portray terrorist group as intent on exacting revenge
Washington Post | Souad Mekhennet |Nov. 1, 2019 When the Islamic State finally broke its silence about the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, it did so with a 1,200-word communique…
AFRICA – Terrorist Attacks Increase in Africa’s Sahel, U.S. Warns
The Wall Street Journal | Jessica Donati and Courtney McBride | Nov. 1, 2019 WASHINGTON—Africa’s Sahel region is emerging as a new frontier in the fight against terrorist groups, according…
IRAN – Court hearing for Christian convert
Middle East Concern | Nov. 1, 2019 Iranian Christians request prayer for Christian convert Ismaeil Maghrebinejad who is scheduled to attend a court hearing on 2 November. Ismaeil (65) was…
USA – With religious persecution on the rise, US Commission on International Religious Freedom needed now, more than ever
Save the Persecuted Christians supports USCIRF reauthorization Fox 21 Del Marva | Oct. 31, 2019 Over 100 National groups, religious scholars, and human rights activists urge Congress to support religious…
TURKEY – As Turkey Invades Northeast Syria, Christians There Are on the Brink
National Review | Oct. 31, 2019 America, Russia, and the Syrian government are standing down. The Armenian genocide of last century turns out to be only the beginning. After decades…
USA – Anglicans Moved for the Persecuted Church-II – Juicy Ecumenism
Juicy Ecumenism | Faith McDonnell | Oct. 31, 2019 ...Then came prayer time. New Wineskins Executive Director, Jenny Noyes, announced that the closing 30 minutes or so of the night…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Coalition Joins Millions of Believers Worldwide for Two Sundays of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
For Immediate Release | Oct. 31, 2019 Nov. 3 and 10 Mark International Days of Prayer for the Persecuted Church; STPC Maintains News Aggregator to Share Stories of Persecution Worldwide…
USA / SYRIA – Why Christians in the U.S. should be ‘truly frantic’
Baptist News | Jeff Brumley | Oct. 30, 2019 Headlines about Turkey’s October offensive in northern Syria have all but faded. But the danger is far from over for Christians…
WORLDWIDE – Gaffney: Christian persecution taking place around the world is “simply unimaginable”
Center for Security Policy, Frank Gaffney | Breitbart | Oct. 30, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJNf4hAdyDA&feature=youtu.be Center Executive Chairman, Frank Gaffney, joins Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Daily to talk about the impeachment…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians’ Coalition Partners Sending Much-Needed Aid to Syria
For Immediate Release | October 30, 2019 The Shai Fund, Christ’s Mandate for Missions, Indigenous Ministries and The Nazarene Fund Giving Food and Other Aid in Northeast Syria, Hit the…
INDIA / USA – Tennessee pastor arrested and stranded in India, attorney says
Tennessean | Natalie Neysa Alund and Brinley Hineman | Oct. 30, 2019 A Middle Tennessee pastor has been arrested in India and is unable to return to the U.S. due to alleged religious…
CHINA – Dictatorships at U.N.: China’s Concentration Camps Bring Happiness
Breitbart | Frances Martel | Oct. 30, 2019 A group of 54 United Nations members issued a statement Tuesday defending China for building over 1,000 concentration camps to imprison, torture,…
ALGERIA – USCIRF Alarmed Over Systematic Church Closures in Algeria
USCIRF | Oct. 30, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is deeply concerned by the Algerian government’s forcible closure of at least 12 Evangelical…
USA – Anti-IS coalition to meet in Washington on November 14, US says
Times of Israel | Oct. 29, 2019 WASHINGTON — More than 30 nations fighting the Islamic State group will gather in Washington on November 14 in a French-initiated meeting as…
INDIA – American Pastor Arrested and Detained in India | Persecution
International Christian Concern | Oct. 29, 2019 Pastor Targeted After Telling Customs Officials He Is a Christian 10/29/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that…
SYRIA / USA – Baghdadi Operation Named After Christian Woman Who Refused to Give Up Faith Before ISIS Killed Her
FaithWire | Emily Jones | Oct. 28, 2019 The US military operation that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dedicated to Kayla Mueller, a young…
SYRIA / NIGERIA – Hold Some of the Champagne on Al-Baghdadi
Center for Security Policy | Frank Gaffney | Oct. 28, 2019 This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. America achieved an important victory over the Islamic State yesterday…
WORLDWIDE – Report: Persecution of Christians worse in Asia; Mideast might not recover
Catholic Philly | Bronwen Dachs for CNS | Oct. 28,2019 Egyptian Muslims cry as ambulances transport the bodies of victims killed after a Dec. 11, 2016, explosion inside the Coptic…
IRAN – Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi returns home from prison but now faces exile
Article 18 | Oct. 28, 2019 Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi has returned home after six years in prison for his religious activities, but he now faces two years’ exile in…
EGYPT – Egypt policemen charged in torturing street vendor to death
Associated Press | Oct. 28, 2019 CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian prosecutors have referred 10 policemen to trial, three years after allegedly torturing a street vendor to death. No date for…
STATEMENT – Save the Persecuted Christians: International Religious Freedom Day Marks Important Benefits of International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
October 27, 2019 | For Immediate Release Permanent Reauthorization of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Is Crucial, with 80% of Global Population Living in Countries Where Religious Freedoms Are Oppressed …