A coalition of U.S. Christian leaders has sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging decisive action to free 23 Armenian Christian hostages and one Azerbaijani Christian convert held by Azerbaijani authorities. ...
Read More »Global Christian Persecution Reaches 360 Million, Report Shows
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 ...
Read More »1,200 Vietnamese Find Christ as Graham Preaches Despite Communist Persecution
The gospel is reaching places that may have been unimaginable a generation ago. Evangelist Franklin Graham recently preached to 24,000 people who filled the Cần Thơ Stadium in Vietnam during the Season ...
Read More »Blinken Reaffirms US Religious Freedom Commitment But Ignored Christians Say Critics
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 ...
Read More »Putin’s War on Faith: 500 Ukrainian Churches Destroyed
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 ...
Read More »Missionaries and Pastors Who Died Serving in 2024
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 ...
Read More »India’s New Anti-Prayer Law Claims First Christian Pastor in Unprecedented Arrest
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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »For the Martyrs plans march in Washington to call attention to persecuted Christians
Christians under Taliban rule in Afghanistan are among more than 340 million people around the world suffering persecution for practicing their Christian faith. The annual March for the Martyrs will take place ...
Read More »Nigerian activists run schools to counter Boko Haram violence
LASSA, NIGERIA — When Rebecca Gadzama meets with the teachers she oversees, they sometimes hold the meeting outdoors, under trees in open fields. It gives them a chance to spot danger and run ...
Read More »Global hymn sing focuses on Christian persecution
Thousands of churches and missions agencies in 48 countries will join together in a united effort to draw attention to Christian persecution and the need for evangelism. On Feb. 21, thousands of ...
Read More »Wycliffe Associates to launch Bible translation in high persecution regions
In a region where conversion to Christianity is punishable by death, Wycliffe Associates plans to launch 10 new Bible translation projects in the next 30 days. The projects will employ the MAST ...
Read More »Worldwide persecution of Christians at “historic levels” says report
According to the 2015 Open Doors World Watch List, the Middle East Remains Most Violent While Africa Sees Largest Increase in Persecution of Christians While the year 2014 will go down in ...
Read More »