Billy Graham chaplains respond to mass shootings
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ANS) -- Teams of crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) are on their way to El Paso, Texas,...
Christian villages bombed and evacuated
ERBIL, KURDISTAN (ANS) -- Around 10 Christian villages in the northern Kurdistan Region have been evacuated due to frequent and increasing Turkish bombings targeting...
Public Awareness, Pressure Helps Persecuted Indians
NEW DELHI, INDIA (ANS) -- Morning Star News reports an attorney representing Christians threatened at a wedding in northern India – with police joining...
Chinese Christians Forced to Stop Activities
GUIYANG CITY, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA (ANS) -- Authorities in China have accused Christians in Guizhou of carrying out “illegal religious activities” and forced them...
Is the American Church Asleep Regarding Persecution?
CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (ANS) — David Curry, head of Open Doors USA, penned an editorial for USA Today last month where he admonished American churches...
Cuban Religious Freedom Defender Released
HAVANA, CUBA (ANS) – Cuban religious freedom defender, Ricardo Fernandez Izaguirre, was released from prison on Friday, July 19 after spending four out of...
‘A sign of Hope’
BASRA, IRAQ (ANS) -- A place "open to all" and to which "everyone will have access" without distinction or prohibition on an ethnic or...
Middle Eastern Christians flown to Australia
AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- More than 100 Middle Eastern Christians in constant danger of violence or even death have already been flown in 2019 to...
Muslim extremists order Christian Tamils to convert or move
SRI LANKA (ANS) -- Many Tamil Christians and Hindus in Sri Lanka are being ordered by Muslim extremists to convert to Islam or leave...
Eight Iranian Christians arrested in morning raids
IRAN (ANS) -- Eight Iranian converts to Christianity, including five from one family, were arrested at their homes in a coordinated operation carried out...