CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN THE NEWS
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
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
WORLDWIDE – Gaffney: Christian persecution taking place around the world is “simply unimaginable”
Center for Security Policy, Frank Gaffney | Breitbart | Oct. 30, 2019 Center Executive Chairman, Frank Gaffney, joins Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Daily to
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
USA / SYRIA – Remarks by President Trump on the Death of ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
The White House | Oct. 27, 2019 THE PRESIDENT: Last night, the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr
USA – USCIRF Observes International Religious Freedom Day
USCIRF | Oct. 27, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today commemorates
VIDEO INTERVIEW – Stand in the Gap: Saving the Persecuted Christians (Part 1)
Hosted by the Honorable Sam Rohrer & Pastor Isaac Crockett. Stand in the Gap will bring clarity to cultural confusion and making sense of the
USA – One-year commemoration of Tree of Life synagogue shooting marked around the world
The Associated Press | Oct. 27, 2019 One-year commemoration of Tree of Life synagogue shooting marked around the world Marked around the world Sunday with
SYRIA – Christians face new threat in Syria
The Catholic Register | Michael Swan | Oct. 26, 2019 For Christians in Syria and Iraq, Turkey’s invasion into Syria could be the tipping point
CHINA – Survivors and victims on shocking state-sanctioned organ harvesting in China
Fox News | Hollie McKay | Oct. 26, 2019 Having hepatitis C may very well have saved Jennifer Zeng’s life. In February 2000, she was