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US, Hungarian Governments Launch Partnership To Combat Christian Persecution

Gradual Dismantling The Christian Moral And Political Framework: Is Religious Liberty Dying In The UK?

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Brazilian Veterinary Student Faces Up To 10 Years In Prison For Social Media Comments On Gender Ideology

“No one should face a decade behind bars for expressing an opinion on a matter of public concern,” said Julio Pohl, Legal Counsel for ADF International, which is providing legal support to Borges. “Weaponising Brazil’s expansive ‘transphobia’ laws to punish peaceful expression is a profound violation of freedom of speech.”

ADF - February 10, 2026

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Education Department Adds Protections on School Religious Expression

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Mexican Pastor Arrested, Bound, and Exiled From Community For Refusing To Bow To Catholic Statue

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Brazilian Veterinary Student Faces Up To 10 Years In Prison For Social Media Comments On Gender Ideology

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US, Hungarian Governments Launch Partnership To Combat Christian Persecution

Christian Persecution

Gradual Dismantling The Christian Moral And Political Framework: Is Religious Liberty Dying In The UK?

Education Department Adds Protections on School Religious Expression

Mexican Pastor Arrested, Bound, and Exiled From Community For Refusing To Bow To Catholic Statue

Top European Court Takes Up Cases of Christians Banned from Turkey

Florida Church Can Resume Worship Services, Appellate Court Rules

As Nigeria’s Government ‘Lives In Denial’ About The Genocide Of Christians, America Races to Intervene

NHS Reinstates UK Christian Nurse Suspended for ‘Misgendering’ Patient

First Arrests Made Following St. Paul Church Attack, ‘More To Come’

Sunday’s Invasion At Cities Church Shows The Deeply Spiritual Side To The Marxist Movement

Compromise Is A Gospel Issue, And We Must Not Back Down

Cities Church Responds to Worship Disruption: ‘Jesus Is Real’

Report Finds Support For Religious Liberty In America Is Stronger Than Ever

163 Worshippers Abducted from Two Churches in Nigeria

Anti-ICE Mob Targets Minnesota Church As Pam Bondi Warns: The Intimidation Of Christians Will Not Be Tolerated

Working Overtime To Squelch The Church: Christian Persecution Reports Reach All-Time High

National Religious Freedom Day: Celebrating the Freedom that Started It All

Policy Changes Aim to Make Religious Freedom a Priority in the U.S. Military

Christian Advocates Urge Trump to Protect Pakistani Refugees After Slavery, Blasphemy Cases

Appellate Court Hears Case of Church Forced to Provide Employee Abortion Coverage

Targeting Biblical Beliefs: SPLC Continues To Dodge Consequences For Its ‘Hate Map’ Designations

ISIS Warns Nigerian Christians to Convert, ‘Spare Their Blood’

Pro-Family Coalition Urges Executive Order To Protect Religious Freedom Of Christian Parents

The CCP Is Sending A Chilling Message To All Believers: Obedience To God Will Be Punished

Hunted For Faith In Christ: Shining A Spotlight On The Crisis Faced By Nigerian And Syrian Believers

9th Circuit Unanimously Affirms Religious Ministries Can Hire Like-Minded Individuals

Will The World Finally Face The Truth About What’s Happening To Believers In Nigeria?

Nigerian Officials Ignored Early Warnings Before Deadly New Year’s Eve Attack

The Fall Of An Anti-Christian Regime? What Maduro’s Capture Could Mean For Venezuelan Christians

Mother Awaits Higher Court’s Decision After Being Barred From Taking Her Child To Calvary Chapel

New Year Begins With Major Federal Actions To Protect Religious Liberty For America’s Service Members

Student Accused of Vandalism After Memorializing Charlie Kirk on Rock

The Freedom Of Churches To Speak Up On Politics, And The Lawsuit That Could Bring The Issue Before The Supreme Court

Trump Administration Speaks Out As Woman Becomes First In The UK To Face Criminal Charges For Silent Prayer

A Serious Freedom Of Speech Problem: The Three Big Threats To UK Street Ministry

US Launches Christmas-Day Strike On ISIS Targets In Nigeria Amid Rising Attacks On Christians

Indian Court Rules That Bible Distributions, Preaching Are Not Crimes

Christmas In Genesis: From The Beginning Sinful Mankind Was Promised The Savior

ADF Urges USDA To Protect Churches, Religious Orgs In Rural Development Programs

Crack Down On Christians: Chinese Communist Party Carries Out Mass Arrests In Lead Up To Christmas

Members of Congress Urge Federal Courts to Allow Ten Commandments Displays in Public Schools

Ideologically Extreme: Tony Perkins Testifies Against Southern Poverty Law Center Before Congressional Commitee

Christian Persecution

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Brazilian Veterinary Student Faces Up To 10 Years In Prison For Social Media Comments On Gender Ideology

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US, Hungarian Governments Launch Partnership To Combat Christian Persecution

“Christians are the most persecuted religious group worldwide, yet atrocities and attacks against them too often go unaddressed,” the State Department said. “Such persecution presents a threat to American security and undermines the values upon which our nation was built. The United States continues to call on our allies to join in providing life-saving assistance to those endangered by religious persecution.

Christian Persecution

Gradual Dismantling The Christian Moral And Political Framework: Is Religious Liberty Dying In The UK?

The rights now under threat—freedom of conscience, speech and worship—were birthed from the Christian conviction that every person first stands accountable to God, not the state. When the Christian conviction is removed, the secular state, which is never neutral, expands to fill the vacuum. Once Christ is no longer recognized as Lord over national life, political authority becomes absolute, and Christian dissent becomes suspect.

Education Department Adds Protections on School Religious Expression

Mexican Pastor Arrested, Bound, and Exiled From Community For Refusing To Bow To Catholic Statue

Top European Court Takes Up Cases of Christians Banned from Turkey

Florida Church Can Resume Worship Services, Appellate Court Rules

As Nigeria’s Government ‘Lives In Denial’ About The Genocide Of Christians, America Races to Intervene

NHS Reinstates UK Christian Nurse Suspended for ‘Misgendering’ Patient

First Arrests Made Following St. Paul Church Attack, ‘More To Come’

Sunday’s Invasion At Cities Church Shows The Deeply Spiritual Side To The Marxist Movement

Compromise Is A Gospel Issue, And We Must Not Back Down

Cities Church Responds to Worship Disruption: ‘Jesus Is Real’

Report Finds Support For Religious Liberty In America Is Stronger Than Ever

163 Worshippers Abducted from Two Churches in Nigeria

Anti-ICE Mob Targets Minnesota Church As Pam Bondi Warns: The Intimidation Of Christians Will Not Be Tolerated

Working Overtime To Squelch The Church: Christian Persecution Reports Reach All-Time High

National Religious Freedom Day: Celebrating the Freedom that Started It All

Policy Changes Aim to Make Religious Freedom a Priority in the U.S. Military

Christian Advocates Urge Trump to Protect Pakistani Refugees After Slavery, Blasphemy Cases

Appellate Court Hears Case of Church Forced to Provide Employee Abortion Coverage

Targeting Biblical Beliefs: SPLC Continues To Dodge Consequences For Its ‘Hate Map’ Designations

ISIS Warns Nigerian Christians to Convert, ‘Spare Their Blood’

Pro-Family Coalition Urges Executive Order To Protect Religious Freedom Of Christian Parents

The CCP Is Sending A Chilling Message To All Believers: Obedience To God Will Be Punished

Hunted For Faith In Christ: Shining A Spotlight On The Crisis Faced By Nigerian And Syrian Believers

9th Circuit Unanimously Affirms Religious Ministries Can Hire Like-Minded Individuals

Will The World Finally Face The Truth About What’s Happening To Believers In Nigeria?

Top European Court Takes Up Cases of Christians Banned from Turkey

Florida Church Can Resume Worship Services, Appellate Court Rules

As Nigeria’s Government ‘Lives In Denial’ About The Genocide Of Christians, America Races to Intervene

NHS Reinstates UK Christian Nurse Suspended for ‘Misgendering’ Patient

First Arrests Made Following St. Paul Church Attack, ‘More To Come’

Sunday’s Invasion At Cities Church Shows The Deeply Spiritual Side To The Marxist Movement

Compromise Is A Gospel Issue, And We Must Not Back Down

Cities Church Responds to Worship Disruption: ‘Jesus Is Real’

Report Finds Support For Religious Liberty In America Is Stronger Than Ever

163 Worshippers Abducted from Two Churches in Nigeria

Anti-ICE Mob Targets Minnesota Church As Pam Bondi Warns: The Intimidation Of Christians Will Not Be Tolerated

Working Overtime To Squelch The Church: Christian Persecution Reports Reach All-Time High

National Religious Freedom Day: Celebrating the Freedom that Started It All

Policy Changes Aim to Make Religious Freedom a Priority in the U.S. Military

Christian Advocates Urge Trump to Protect Pakistani Refugees After Slavery, Blasphemy Cases

Appellate Court Hears Case of Church Forced to Provide Employee Abortion Coverage

Targeting Biblical Beliefs: SPLC Continues To Dodge Consequences For Its ‘Hate Map’ Designations

ISIS Warns Nigerian Christians to Convert, ‘Spare Their Blood’

Pro-Family Coalition Urges Executive Order To Protect Religious Freedom Of Christian Parents

The CCP Is Sending A Chilling Message To All Believers: Obedience To God Will Be Punished

Hunted For Faith In Christ: Shining A Spotlight On The Crisis Faced By Nigerian And Syrian Believers

9th Circuit Unanimously Affirms Religious Ministries Can Hire Like-Minded Individuals

Will The World Finally Face The Truth About What’s Happening To Believers In Nigeria?

Nigerian Officials Ignored Early Warnings Before Deadly New Year’s Eve Attack

The Fall Of An Anti-Christian Regime? What Maduro’s Capture Could Mean For Venezuelan Christians

Mother Awaits Higher Court’s Decision After Being Barred From Taking Her Child To Calvary Chapel

New Year Begins With Major Federal Actions To Protect Religious Liberty For America’s Service Members

Student Accused of Vandalism After Memorializing Charlie Kirk on Rock

The Freedom Of Churches To Speak Up On Politics, And The Lawsuit That Could Bring The Issue Before The Supreme Court

Trump Administration Speaks Out As Woman Becomes First In The UK To Face Criminal Charges For Silent Prayer

A Serious Freedom Of Speech Problem: The Three Big Threats To UK Street Ministry

US Launches Christmas-Day Strike On ISIS Targets In Nigeria Amid Rising Attacks On Christians

Indian Court Rules That Bible Distributions, Preaching Are Not Crimes

Christmas In Genesis: From The Beginning Sinful Mankind Was Promised The Savior

ADF Urges USDA To Protect Churches, Religious Orgs In Rural Development Programs

Crack Down On Christians: Chinese Communist Party Carries Out Mass Arrests In Lead Up To Christmas

Members of Congress Urge Federal Courts to Allow Ten Commandments Displays in Public Schools

Ideologically Extreme: Tony Perkins Testifies Against Southern Poverty Law Center Before Congressional Commitee

Socialist Nicaragua Adds Bibles To The List Of Items Prohibited From Entering The Country

The Genocide Of Christians In Nigeria And A War Of Propaganda To Convince The World Nothing Is Out Of The Ordinary

‘The Devil Is In The Details’ Of Bill C-9: Canadian Gov’t Demonizes The Bible As ‘Hateful,’ Revokes Long-Standing Religious Exemption

Both Side Of The Bloody Conflict In Sudan Have A Common Enemy: Christians

Teacher Fired for Calling England a Christian Country Wins Appeal

Appeals Court Hears Case of Pastor Removed from Police Board for Christian Beliefs

Under The Microscope: How Communist Nations Persecute Christians Through Intense Scrutiny, Red Tape

Supreme Court Hears Arrested Evangelist’s Case

Poisoning Public Debate: BBC News Misleads UK Population About ‘Conversion Therapy’

U.S. Launches New Visa Restrictions Targeting Perpetrators of Anti-Christian Violence in Nigeria

School Bans Youth Pastors From Talking About Jesus With Students

University Sides With Student Flunked for Citing Scripture in Gender Essay

Assault On Religious Freedom: Quebec ‘Secularism Minister’ Applauds Bill Aiming To Stifle Public Prayer, Religious Speech

Pompeo: The Plight Of Nigerian Christians Has Never Really Received The Attention It Deserves

Washington School District Makes Families Jump Through Hoops to Send Kids to Bible Classes

Four Christian Workers Abducted In Pakistan After Seeking Lawful Wages Witheld By Muslim Employer

Education Department Adds Protections on School Religious Expression

The Guidance On Constitutionally Protected Prayer And Religious Expression In Public Elementary And Secondary Schools, released Feb. 5, states that under recent Supreme Court rulings that interpreted First Amendment rights in schools, “all members of a public school community have a constitutional right to religious expression in public schools, including a right to engage in prayer.”

Mexican Pastor Arrested, Bound, and Exiled From Community For Refusing To Bow To Catholic Statue

On Jan. 15, the pastor was ordered to pray to an image of St. James during a festival. When he refused, another mayordomo reported him to local authorities, who arrested him. After five days, officials bound him with a rope, led him out before 180 men — among whom were his uncle and cousin — and expelled him from the community. They forced him to sign a document explaining his departure. Without a copy of his own, Martínez fears the story was fabricated to portray him as having left voluntarily.

Top European Court Takes Up Cases of Christians Banned from Turkey

The government’s use of these codes effectively labels individuals as a “threat to public order and security,” a classification normally reserved for terrorism suspects. In practice, however, those targeted have no criminal records and no evidence of unlawful conduct — the only thing that they have in common is openly practicing and sharing their Christian faith.

Florida Church Can Resume Worship Services, Appellate Court Rules

“Being deprived of religious liberty involving worship is an irreparable harm. Coastal Family Church was unconstitutionally forced to choose between cancelling worship services or be in contempt of court. Every Sunday a church is forced to close its doors inflicts irreparable spiritual and constitutional injury on its congregation.”

As Nigeria’s Government ‘Lives In Denial’ About The Genocide Of Christians, America Races to Intervene

The disturbing response only stoked fears that the nation is once again turning its back on the evil stalking Christians in Nigeria’s remotest areas. Kenneth Ononeze, a Kaduna state pastor, was livid. “What’s federal and state government doing to rescue them?” he demanded to know. “Are they still living in denial that Christian genocide is not going on?”

NHS Reinstates UK Christian Nurse Suspended for ‘Misgendering’ Patient

The NHS Trust has dropped a disciplinary case against a U.K. Christian nurse who was suspended after publicly criticizing a warning she had received from the Trust for “misgendering” a biological male who had been convicted of pedophilia and identified as female.

First Arrests Made Following St. Paul Church Attack, ‘More To Come’

“So far, we have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who allegedly played a key role in organizing the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota,” Bondi said on social media. “Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP.”

Sunday’s Invasion At Cities Church Shows The Deeply Spiritual Side To The Marxist Movement

Paul warned young Timothy that persecution would come upon those who desired to live godly lives. The godless disruptors in St. Paul entered a holy place, a sanctuary set aside for the worship of Almighty God, to prohibit it from sharing God’s Word on a Sunday morning. This is further evidence that spiritual warfare is growing in these last days. These attention-seeking, Scripture-twisting, self-righteous political activists turned the worship service into a circus, but I wonder if they realize that the forces of darkness fueled their rage.

Compromise Is A Gospel Issue, And We Must Not Back Down

For too long we have allowed Christian truth to be gnawed at until it becomes barely recognisable from the beliefs and expressions of our forefathers. If Christians are free to speak the truth, we must also be free to challenge the invasions—however subtle—which seek to subvert the truth too.

Cities Church Responds to Worship Disruption: ‘Jesus Is Real’

Two days after left-wing “agitators jarringly disrupted [their] worship gathering,” the elders of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn. issued a statement addressing the incident. “Jesus is real,” they began. Thus, from the outset, they framed the issue as a clash of worldviews, correctly implying that those who would break up Christian worship do believe the truth that Jesus is God the Son Incarnate, the Savior and Lord of all. That true belief is protected in America, although some extremists choose to act and pretend as if it were not.

Report Finds Support For Religious Liberty In America Is Stronger Than Ever

“As we celebrate National Religious Freedom Day, it’s encouraging to see that a growing number of Americans reject the idea that faith belongs behind closed doors,” said Rienzi. “The Founders recognized that our nation is stronger when we allow our neighbors to bring their beliefs into the public square without fear, even when those beliefs cut against the grain.”

163 Worshippers Abducted from Two Churches in Nigeria

Nigerian officials said that 163 worshippers were kidnapped on Sunday when heavily armed bandits raided at least two churches during services. The abductions reportedly occurred in a rural Christian community in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state in north-central Nigeria.

Anti-ICE Mob Targets Minnesota Church As Pam Bondi Warns: The Intimidation Of Christians Will Not Be Tolerated

“I just spoke to the Pastor in Minnesota whose church was targeted,” she detailed. “Attacks against law enforcement and the intimidation of Christians are being met with the full force of federal law. If state leaders refuse to act responsibly to prevent lawlessness, this Department of Justice will remain mobilized to prosecute federal crimes and ensure that the rule of law prevails.”

Working Overtime To Squelch The Church: Christian Persecution Reports Reach All-Time High

Open Doors International, which has been ranking countries since 1993 based on reports of violence against Christians, released its 2026 World Watch List on Jan. 14. Open Doors CEO Ryan Brown said that 388 million Christians live in regions of the world where they are highly susceptible to persecution for their faith. “The enemy is seeking to attack that which is advancing. … As those numbers increase, it shows that the enemy is working even harder to try to squelch the Church.”

National Religious Freedom Day: Celebrating the Freedom that Started It All

Religious liberty is the building block of a free society. America’s Founders listed it as the first freedom in the first clause of the First Amendment. Why? Because without the freedom to worship and live out our faith, all other liberties—civil, economic and social—come crumbling down. We need that First Freedom to be truly—and fully—free.

Policy Changes Aim to Make Religious Freedom a Priority in the U.S. Military

The President’s Religious Liberty Commission recently held an important hearing in which it heard testimony about the attacks on religious freedom happening in the military. However, even considering the many challenges that religious service members face, it’s not all bad news. Big things are happening in favor of faith in America’s military.

Christian Advocates Urge Trump to Protect Pakistani Refugees After Slavery, Blasphemy Cases

Christian advocacy groups urged U.S. President Donald J. Trump not to close America’s doors to Christian refugees from Pakistan, citing cases of bonded labor, abduction, and alleged misuse of blasphemy laws targeting the country’s Christian minority.

Appellate Court Hears Case of Church Forced to Provide Employee Abortion Coverage

“The church’s religious belief is that it is facilitating abortion by covering it through the church’s plan. There is absolutely no argument otherwise that there would be no abortion coverage here but for Cedar Park seeking out an insurer, negotiating the terms and signing a contract,” Gray said during the hearing.

Targeting Biblical Beliefs: SPLC Continues To Dodge Consequences For Its ‘Hate Map’ Designations

Concerning the recent ruling, critics are sounding the alarm, as the outcome means the SPLC has managed to avoid facing direct legal consequences for its hate map designations, even as criticism continues over the map’s weaponization of labels to target opponents, silence dissent, and create a climate of hostility.

ISIS Warns Nigerian Christians to Convert, ‘Spare Their Blood’

The Islamic State has warned Nigerian Christians that they can “spare their blood” by renouncing their faith in Christ, according to a social media post from a West Virginia congressman and a Jan. 8 news report.

Pro-Family Coalition Urges Executive Order To Protect Religious Freedom Of Christian Parents

These four recommendations would prevent federal and state governments from unconstitutionally withholding adoption and foster care licenses from Christians or taking children with sexual identity confusion away from loving, Christian parents. States like Colorado, Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon, Washington and California require prospective foster parents to affirm a child’s same-sex attraction and sexual identity confusion.

The CCP Is Sending A Chilling Message To All Believers: Obedience To God Will Be Punished

“The impact on China’s Christian community is profound. When a faithful church like Early Rain is repeatedly targeted, the CCP is sending a chilling message to all believers: obedience to God will be punished, and conscience must bow to ideology. Yet history shows that persecution does not extinguish faith — it refines it.”

Hunted For Faith In Christ: Shining A Spotlight On The Crisis Faced By Nigerian And Syrian Believers

Those speaking out against these atrocities are concerned over the lack of coverage by prominent news sources and attention from political leaders around the world. Some have attributed the removal of nations, such as Nigeria, from the Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) and lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria as global measures that would have otherwise kept pressure on entities that severely violate international religious freedom.

9th Circuit Unanimously Affirms Religious Ministries Can Hire Like-Minded Individuals

In a unanimous decision Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that the Yakima Union Gospel Mission is free to hire like-minded employees who share and live out the mission’s religious beliefs and purpose to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ through its homeless shelter and other community service programs.

Will The World Finally Face The Truth About What’s Happening To Believers In Nigeria?

Joel Veldkamp, head of international communications for Christian Solidarity International, said politics often taints the CPC list. Nigeria was on the list during Trump’s first term, but the Biden administration removed it. “It’s one of the most egregious omissions,” Veldkamp told CBN News. “More Christians are killed in Nigeria for their faith every year than in the rest of the world combined.”

Nigerian Officials Ignored Early Warnings Before Deadly New Year’s Eve Attack

At least eight people, all residents of the predominantly Christian Bum community in Chugwi, Vwang District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria, have been confirmed dead following a late-night armed attack.

The Fall Of An Anti-Christian Regime? What Maduro’s Capture Could Mean For Venezuelan Christians

These past few weeks, Venezuela has been in the news as a narco-terrorist state, but in addition to that, it has become a territory where anti-Christian socialism violates the religious freedom of millions of believers. And we, as Christians, cannot think of a better way to rebuild a free Venezuela than respecting religious freedom.

Mother Awaits Higher Court’s Decision After Being Barred From Taking Her Child To Calvary Chapel

In 2024, Portland District Court barred Bickford from reading her Bible or religious materials to her daughter Ava and taking her to church or to religious events, such as Christmas or Easter services. Ava, 12-years-old at the time, was also prohibited from contacting church friends and church members at her church, Calvary Chapel Church.

New Year Begins With Major Federal Actions To Protect Religious Liberty For America’s Service Members

“For too long, woke activists have been able to reduce religious freedom within the military with very little resistance, including limiting the freedom of our military chaplains. The ministry of military chaplains continues a tradition of service provided to our service men and women since 1775, making sure that those who fight to defend our nation have the spiritual guidance they need.”

Student Accused of Vandalism After Memorializing Charlie Kirk on Rock

“No student should be censored, punished and shamed by school officials simply for sharing her views,” said ADF senior counsel Travis Barham. “Charlie Kirk boldly defended open and respectful discourse on school grounds literally until his last breath, and this courage inspired many across the country, including the student who painted the message on Ardrey Kell High School’s spirit rock."

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