March for the Martyrs plans DC rally with Enes Freedom to focus on religious persecution
United StatesRNS Advocates for religious freedom, including basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom, are planning to gather on the National Mall this weekend to draw attention to the plight of persecuted Christians across the globe. The March for the Martyrs is set to be held on Saturday, 24th September, for the third year in row with […]
Turkey orders deportation of pastor’s wife and mother-of-three in string of expulsions
World Watch Monitor A Christian woman and mother-of-three has been told she has to leave Turkey, one of the latest incidents in a series of expulsions of Christian expatriates from the country. Joy Anna Crow Subasigüller, originally from Florida, USA, and her Turkish husband Lütfü were married seven years ago. They settled and started a […]
Books: Behind the headlines – Christian pastor Andrew Brunson’s memoir of his two years in a Turkish prison
DAVID ADAMS reads US pastor Andrew Brunson’s memoir about the 735 days he was detained in Turkey…
GOD’S HOSTAGE
For February and March, 2020 – we’re reading American Andrew Brunson’s account of his arrest and imprisonment in Turkey, God’s Hostage: A True Story of Persecution, Imprisonment, and Perseverance.
Religious freedom watchdog, facing recent controversy, awaits reauthorisation
Washington DC, USRNS The US Commission on International Religious Freedom, whose funding runs out on Saturday, could be reauthorised by week’s end if Congress passes an omnibus bill that includes a section recommending it stay in business. Since its creation in 1998, the independent agency has drawn attention to repression of religious minorities across the […]
THE INTERVIEW: ANDREW BRUNSON TELLS OF “FIGHT FOR MY FAITH” IN TURKEY
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with freed American missionary Andrew Brunson about a new book detailing his final two years in Turkey where he spent months in a cramped cell before he was released following a campaign by US politicians and Christian leaders…
As religious freedom summit ends, US State Department announces new alliance, sanctions
Washington, DCRNS Trump administration officials announced a new alliance with US partners focused on religious freedom and new sanctions against foreign military officials supporting countries the US considers to be instigators of religious persecution. The developments on Thursday were among the highlights of the last day of the State Department’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. […]
Andrew Brunson at religious freedom summit: “It’s wonderful that I can be here in person”
Washington, DCRNS Pastor Andrew Brunson, who was detained in Turkey for two years on terrorism and spying charges before being released in October, said he is enjoying the simple things in life. “For me to be back with my wife and my children, this is what I wanted,” said the Evangelical Presbyterian minister in an […]
Widower of Emanuel Nine victim, formerly detained pastor call for unity on prayer day
Washington, DCRNS Standing before a National Day of Prayer gathering, Rev Anthony Thompson called himself an example of the day’s theme of loving one another – no matter what. “Can you love someone who hates you because of the colour of your skin?” he asked the crowd of more than 200 assembled Thursday at the […]
Andrew Brunson case increased “hate speech” against Turkey’s Protestants, says church report
World Watch Monitor Turkey’s high-profile criminal case against Protestant pastor Andrew Brunson has triggered a significant increase in public hate speech against the nation’s small Protestant community, creating what its church leaders last week called a “climate of insecurity” for its congregations and individual members. According to the Turkish Association of Protestant Churches’ annual human rights […]