“The United States and the international community must take a strong stand against the unlawful church closures and unjustified arrests and imprisonments of pastors.”

Christian Persecution

Physical Attacks On Churches Saw A 600% Increase In 2023, Annual Report Shows

In 2023, the report counts 4,998 believers who were killed because of their faith, some 15,000 churches or Christian properties that were attacked, and around 4,000 Christians who were detained by authorities. Additionally, nearly 300,000 believers were driven from the homes by war or extremism.

Religious Freedom

Charges Dropped Against UK Woman For Silently Praying: ‘Her Story Has Put The World On Notice’

"Her story has put the world on notice that fundamental freedoms are vulnerable in the UK. There is now an urgent need for legal changes to stem the tide of policing by politics."

Religious Freedom

Jury Orders Christian Clerk Pay $100k For Hurting The ‘Feelings’ Same-Sex Couple, Liberty Counsel Says

She told Fox News that to her, it was not an issue simply about homosexuality, but about “upholding the Word of God and how God defined marriage from the beginning of time.”

Children in the Crosshairs

Forbidding Biblical Truth?: California School District Prohibits Christian Club From Elementary School

“Many studies have shown that knowledge of the Bible is actually critical to a student’s education. Importantly, it is also illegal for the school district to display hostility toward any particular religion or religious text."

Christian Persecution

Calling Good Evil: Why Christians Are Being Labeled The New Troublers Of Society

Our public officials are turning against Christianity, and it’s happening all over the world. The entire world has become increasingly hostile to Judeo-Christian values.

Religious Freedom

Firestorms and Falsehoods Erupt After Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Protecting Religious Freedom

Mainstream news organizations weren’t the only ones peddling misinformation. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser claimed at a press conference: “This was a made-up case without the benefit of any real facts or customers.”

Christian Persecution

Watchdog: New Bills in Pakistan Violate International Law, Trample On The Freedom and Safety Of Christians

A Christian watchdog group is sounding alarms over two bills Pakistan’s legislature has passed that would increase penalties for blasphemy and fail to protect the rights of religious minorities, especially Christians, in the predominantly Muslim nation.

Religious Freedom

The Truth Of The Bible On Trial In Finland: Could A Conviction Hold Grave Ramifications For European Christians?

“If I would be convicted, it would have consequences around to Europe, because the LGBT advocates, they are so active and aggressive. And they have very strong networks … so it would have effects to other European countries.”

LGBT+ Agenda

‘Keep Standing For Truth’: The UK Christians On The Frontlines Of Opposing Transgender Ideology

But this list isn’t simply to praise those who’ve stood. It’s to remind Christians that we have stood firm when the opposition has been fiercest and when God’s pattern for men and women has been mocked.

Berean Review

We’re Entering A New Era In The United States, Where There Will Be A Cost To Following Jesus

In some ways, even the freedom of religion in our country feels like it is slipping away, as “cancel culture” seems to take ever-greater precedence over the First Amendment. In 1 Peter 4:12-19, we are told how we should respond when the world attacks us for our faith.

Isaiah 5:20

Tennessee School District Training Program Taught Staff That Christians Are ‘Privileged, Oppressors’

Even in conservative Tennessee, little children are being indoctrinated with poison that — if left unchecked — will destroy families, communities, and civilization.

Christian Persecution

Persecution Of Christians Rising: Wife in Uganda Killed For Receiving Christ As Lord And Savior

The killing was the latest of many instances of persecution of Christians in Uganda that Morning Star News has documented. Uganda’s constitution and other laws provide for religious freedom, including the right to propagate one’s faith and convert from one faith to another.

Coronavirus

City Pays Costly Settlement For COVID-19 Arrests of Maskless Churchgoers

The judge noted that the city had given incorrect advice to its officers about the application of the code, and the plaintiffs were reasonable in their damage requests.

Religious Freedom

Franklin Graham: Pray That The State Of Colorado Will Follow SCOTUS Protection Of Speech

“Can you believe that Jack Phillips has been tied up with these court cases for 11 years? Jack is not going to design a cake that says a male can become a female—and he shouldn’t have to”

Religious Freedom

Why Democrats In California Won’t Tolerate The ‘Presence’ Of The Cross In Public

Why tear down Christian symbols if, as they claim, the Bible isn’t true? Why fight to remove crosses from coast to coast as if you’re threatened by something you don’t even believe in?

Christian Persecution

‘What I Said Was Biblically Sound’: Councillor’s Life Torn Apart For Tweet Calling Pride A Sin

Cllr Lawal said: “It is now almost impossible to say something biblically truthful on sexual ethics in UK society without being cancelled and having your life ruined.“

Religious Freedom

Pompeo: The Status Of Freedom In Any Nation Should Be Measured By Its Commitment To Religious Freedom

Our nation must never become a place where the government’s view of morality holds more power than an individual’s belief in God. That’s why we must continue to push back against these assaults on religious liberty.

Religious Freedom

Christian Preschool Denied State Funding Unless It Forgoes Biblical Beliefs And Morality

“Colorado officials are unconstitutionally forcing Darren Patterson Christian Academy to make the untenable choice of adhering to its religious beliefs and forfeiting participation in an otherwise generally available public program…”

Christian Persecution

Biden Admin’s Timidity On The International Scene: Horrifying To Americans, Deadly To Believers

The Biden administration should not be kowtowing to China — they should be holding them accountable for their systematic and egregious violations of fundamental human rights, chief among them religious freedom.

Christian Persecution

Employer Withdraws Job Offer Over Candidate’s Christian Views On Marriage And Sexuality

“What I cannot do, and you cannot reasonably expect me to do without yourselves being discriminatory, is make my participation in the ‘promotion of homosexual rights’ a condition of my employment.”

Deceptions

Commentators And Activists Are ‘Blatantly Distorting The Facts’ About Religious Freedom Centered SCOTUS Decision

“This manufactured sideshow is a frantic attempt to delegitimize a historic Supreme Court decision, a client whom Colorado censored for seven years, and a court that upheld a foundational American principle."

Christian Persecution

Franklin Graham: ‘Never Before In America Have We Seen Such Open Contempt For The Word Of God’

"Behind the disdain and hatred for Christ and His followers is the evil one, plus his minions who for a season have been allowed by God to work evil on Earth."

Christian Persecution

Christian Charity Wins Lengthy Legal Battle After UK Bank Unlawfully Closes Ministry Accounts

"This must never happen again to another individual, church or Christian ministry. The government must act now to protect Christian ministries from such brazen discrimination.”

The Restrainer

The Gov’t Can’t Mislabel Speech As Discrimination To Censor It: SCOTUS Issues Major Free Speech Victory

Gorsuch authored the majority opinion, which said that, “In this case, Colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance.”

Christian Persecution

Biblical Worldview Described As ‘Unrealistic Hysteria’ By New Zealand Tribunal

"It is obvious that many within the education system will not tolerate Christians or their Biblical worldview. Consequently, many children will leave the education system with that same attitude..."

Christian Persecution

Truth and Intolerance: Is ‘Religious Freedom’ A Code Word For ‘Christian Supremacy’?

It is not intolerant to say that two plus two equals four, and not five. It’s the truth. You have a right to believe that the answer is five, but that idea is inferior to the truth, and it will harm you in many ways.

Christian Persecution

Trial Begins For Malta Man Facing Jail For Sharing How He Left Homosexuality to Follow Jesus

"If Individuals have sexual relations with a person of the same sex, they commit the homosexual act in God’s eyes, and that is a sin. Just like every other sin, one can repent from it and ask God for forgiveness and ask Him for strength to overcome"

Christian Persecution

Doctor Vindicated After Being Fired For Biblical Beliefs: ‘We Cannot Love People Truly When We Live And Disseminate A Lie’

“David Mackereth’s case challenged the sanity of our society, and our society was found wanting. If we tolerate this as a society, if we give in on the essential freedom of thought, conscience and religion, no other freedom is safe."

Christian Persecution

Homeland Security Lists Faith Groups As ‘Likely Targets’ of Violence Ahead of 2024 Election

National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) bulletin warned about the increased risk of attacks on communities across the nation—including “faith-based institutions.”

Christian Persecution

‘Violence Against Christians Is Being Normalized’: Two Elderly Men Brutally Assaulted Praying Outside Planned Parenthood

"Violence against Christians is being normalized & promoted by the media and the government. Christians should pray for those who think violence will silence the truth about God..."

Christian Persecution

Pompeo: Biden Admin Sees Religion As An ‘Unfortunate Feature Of A Backward Society Trapped In The Past’

According to emails recently obtained by ACLJ through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process, the Biden Administration seems more worried about promoting its woke agenda than securing religious freedom.

Christian Persecution

It’s Really ‘About Me Being A Christian’: Teacher Banned By UK Secretary Of State For Education For ‘Misgendering’

“Indoctrinating children across the country to bow before the Pride flag is celebrated, but if Christian beliefs are raised or expressed in the classroom, you can face having your career and life torn apart."

Christian Persecution

‘Constant Threat’: Christians In Crosshairs as Iranian Executions Rise, Report Warns

More than 97% of Iranians are considered Muslim by their government, but as Oklahoma-based Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) notes, those numbers don’t reflect the increasing numbers who are reportedly leaving Islam and following Jesus Christ.

Religious Freedom

Christian Legal Groups Raise Concerns Over Biden’s New School Prayer Guidance

“This guidance may lead to more violations of student and teacher rights sooner rather than later, and we stand ready to support students and teachers in protecting their rights”

Christian Persecution

When Did Christian Beliefs Become Radical?

There are so many other issues associated with the church that have resulted in, by and large, a lukewarm church that has greatly contributed to the increasing secularization of the culture.

Christian Persecution

A Legacy Of Censorship: How Communist Concepts Have Led To Suppression Of Christian Views

“A lot of the hate speech laws that we have in Europe today are cut-and-paste from Soviet times and communist countries. Even though these communist regimes have all collapsed, the legacy of censorship that they introduced has continued on to this day.”

Christian Persecution

UK Gov’t Faith Adviser Publishes Review Targeting The Use Of Christian Terms Like ‘Apostasy’ As ‘Extremist’

All this begs the question as to by what authority does Colin Bloom assert that calling someone else an unbeliever or a heretic is ‘extremist’? Christians should be very concerned about the definition of extremism proposed by Bloom and should have no hesitation in speaking out about it.

Religious Freedom

Courage To Speak Openly: UK Christians Arrested, Fired For Standing on Biblical Truth

"If they openly speak of Biblical teachings about sexuality, hell, the uniqueness of Christ—they are in danger of losing their job, being canceled by the wider culture, and even being ostracized by churchgoers who hope to make some kind of peace with the hostile culture."

Children in the Crosshairs

Teacher Tells Children They Would Be ‘Dealt With Severely’ For Objecting To LGBT Lessons

“We are concerned about the focus of the school and the manner in which it has approached LGBT issues. We believe that this has infringed upon our rights as parents to raise our son in accordance with our deeply held Christian beliefs.“

Religious Freedom

‘Cause For Concern’: FRC Report Highlights 300% Increase In Hostility Towards Churches in The First Quarter Of 2023

"Americans appear increasingly comfortable lashing out against church buildings, pointing to a larger societal problem of marginalizing core Christian beliefs, including those that touch on hot-button political issues related to human dignity and sexuality"

Children in the Crosshairs

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