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Egypt’s Coptic Women Face Systematic Abduction and Forced Conversion

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The systematic targeting of Egypt’s indigenous Coptic Christian women has reached alarming levels, according to a recent investigation. Coptic Solidarity, an organization promoting equal citizenship rights for Egypt’s largest Christian minority, has ...

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ChinaAid Rescues Persecuted Hong Kong Family to Freedom in Texas

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A Hong Kong family facing persecution has found new hope in Texas, thanks to ChinaAid, an international non-profit Christian human rights organization committed to religious freedom. The family’s struggles began in 2016 ...

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Global Christian Persecution Reaches 360 Million, Report Shows

New report reveals 360 million Christians face persecution globally, with Islamic terrorism remaining the primary threat to religious freedom.

More than 360 million Christians worldwide faced persecution and discrimination in 2024, according to the latest World Watch List report from Open Doors. The findings highlight an intensifying crisis of religious freedom ...

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Blinken Reaffirms US Religious Freedom Commitment But Ignored Christians Say Critics

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to protecting religious freedom at home and abroad in a statement marking National Religious Freedom Day on January 16. But, as critics ...

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Putin’s War on Faith: 500 Ukrainian Churches Destroyed

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In a basement somewhere in occupied Ukraine, Christians gather in whispers. Their church is gone now – one of hundreds destroyed since Russia’s war began. According to UNESCO’s latest verification, 468 cultural ...

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Missionaries and Pastors Who Died Serving in 2024

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Metro Voice regularly reported on the challenges of Christian believers around the world in 2024. The year marked yet another unprecedented record of violence as we witnessed the tragic loss of dozens ...

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India’s New Anti-Prayer Law Claims First Christian Pastor in Unprecedented Arrest

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A Baptist pastor has become the first person arrested under a controversial new law in India’s Assam state that criminalizes prayer healing. It marks what religious freedom advocates call a concerning escalation ...

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Faith Under Fire: Belarus’ Assault on Religious Freedom

In Belarus, where the freedom to follow one’s religion has been reduced to a privilege given at the discretion of an authoritarian government, a terrible change is taking place. The ground-breaking “Faith ...

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Anti-Christian hate crimes on the rise across Europe

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Hate crimes against Christians are soaring in Europe. A new report cited 2,444 incidents in 2023, including 232 personal attacks on Christians, ranging from harassment and threats to physical violence. These incidents ...

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Sunday will mark International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

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Christians are urged to pray for other believers facing persecution on Sunday, November 10, which is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. “Since Oct. 7, 2023, the whole Middle ...

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Pastor risks life sharing the Gospel as Christians killed in Nigeria

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Pastor Eli Abdullah Tinau lives in the charred room that remains of his home after an attack by militant Fulani Muslims, an increasingly violent group accused of killing thousands of Christians in ...

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Ministry meets needs of Lebanese Christians persecuted by Hezbollah

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Christian humanitarian organization Help The Persecuted is stepping up its efforts to address the growing physical and spiritual needs of persecuted Christians and other vulnerable communities in Lebanon. The efforts come as ...

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China releases U.S. pastor after 18 years in prison on false charges

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A U.S. pastor, who was imprisoned in China for 18 years on trumped-up charges after helping build a church in Beijing, was freed over the weekend. David Lin, 68, was detained by ...

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Arizona street preacher continues miraculous recovery after being shot last fall

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Arizona street preacher Hans Schmidt is continuing to recover after being shot last November. “It’s a miracle, absolutely a miracle,” he said. “I should not be alive. Realistically, I should be dead. ...

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Missionary held hostage says God was with him throughout ordeal

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There is always hope for hostages being held in Gaza and elsewhere. A missionary who was held captive by Al-Qaeda for years said God was with him the entire time. Dr Ken ...

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Ministries report mosques closing, Iranians coming to Christ

Not all of the news coming out of Iran is bad. A million Iranians have accepted Christ as tens of thousands of mosques in the Islamic country have closed, according to reports ...

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Nigerian, other Christians slaughtered while Christians focus on Last Supper

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As Christians in the West were fuming over what they saw as a blasphemous interpretation of The Last Supper at the Olympics, as many as 76 Christians died for their faith in ...

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Former MO Rep. Vicky Hartzler joins U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

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Former Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler hopes to advance the cause of faith without fear around the world in her new role as a commissioner on the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious ...

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Day of the Christian Martyr June 29 will focus on ISIS victims

Christians around the world will observe the Day of the Christian Martyr on June 29, which church tradition holds was the day that the Apostle Paul was beheaded in Rome. In advance ...

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Murdered Missouri missionary couple buried.

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The funeral for a Missouri missionary couple murdered in cold blood in Hait took place Tuesday, June 4 in Neosho. A prayer vigil last week saw hundreds attend as their peers shared ...

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1991 – 2024: Swapping Christ for a Holy Russian Empire

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The world was changing in wonderful and confusing ways. The Berlin Wall, that concrete block demarcation between the free West and the Iron Curtain of communism, fell to the ground two years ...

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Iranian president, foreign minister dead in helicopter crash

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwestern East Azerbaijan province on Sunday, Iranian state media confirmed on Monday morning. Raisi was a fanatical hardliner responsible for ...

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How Bibles are secretly distributed by Voice of the Martyrs

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Since its founding by Richard Wurmbrand, Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) has used “creative means to get Bibles into restricted nations.” In a recent fundraising email, VOM asked potential donors to join ...

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Persecution of Christians in West on the rise, watchdog leader says

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Persecution of Christians in the United States and throughout the West is on the rise, according to Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern in Washington. “Basically, we are frogs in the ...

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Faith leaders want Congress to tackle religious persecution

More than 100 religious freedom advocates are encouraging the U.S. Senate to pass bipartisan resolution SR-569, which would integrate religious freedom into U.S. foreign policy and address worldwide violations of faith. The ...

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