Korean Pastor Stabbed to Death in Turkey
TURKEY (ANS) -- A church leader from South Korea was stabbed to death on Friday, November 22, 2019 in Southeast Turkey.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW)...
Thousands of persecuted Christians hungry and desperate around the world
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (ANS) -- As anti-Christian violence soars in West Africa, thousands upon thousands of families have lost their homes, possessions, livelihoods and crops,...
Police put Christian Houses under Surveillance in India
HYDERABAD, India (ANS) -- Police in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state have put several house churches under surveillance in order to stop worship, in...
Mexican Priest Assaulted, Extorted and Held at Gunpoint
MEXICO (ANS) -- Father Alberto Ruiz Pérez, a priest who runs a migrant shelter in the Mexican state of Jalisco, was assaulted, extorted and...
Three Algerian Churches Closed by Authorities
NORTHERN ALGERIA (ANS) -- Algerian police closed the Light Church (L’eglise TAFAT or Lumière) in the city of Tizi Ouzou in northern Algeria on...
Open Doors Responds with Aid in Northern Syria
SANTA ANA, CA (ANS) -- Open Doors is responding to immediate and urgent needs in northern Syria after Turkish troops invaded last week.
David Curry,...
War erupts again in Syria
LANCASTER, PA (ANS) – Turkey’s military offensive against north-east Syria is bringing death and destruction, panic and flight.
Barnabas Aid says Christians are fleeing the...
Nigerian Pastor’s Wife Killed by Abductors
KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA (ANS) -- Details have emerged of the circumstances surrounding the death of a pastor’s wife who was abducted by armed assailants...
Decade of Tears and Blood
JOS, NIGERIA (ANS) – A decade after Boko Haram began a bloody campaign to impose sharia (Islamic law) on all of Nigeria, Christian leaders...
“Urgent moral duty” to stop Religious Persecution
NEW YORK (ANS) – In what is a first for a sitting US President, Mr. Trump spoke on the issue of religious freedom at...