“No instance of vandalism or other crimes against churches is acceptable, and political leaders should be quick to condemn such actions and affirm the importance of religious freedom,” Del Turco said. “Religious freedom does not rely on legal protections alone, but also on cultural support. We must bolster cultural support for religious freedom and respect for our Christian heritage.”

Christian Persecution

Nigerian High Court Overturns Absurd ‘Kidnapping’ Conviction Of Pastor Who Helped Persecuted Converts Flee To Safety

Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF International) reported that a man the organization calls “David” (a pseudonym used to protect his identity) helped two women move to a safer area after they converted to Christianity. Islamist militants detained David, a church leader, as well as another church leader involved in the relocation, and tortured them. After they were handed to the police.

Christian Persecution

Contraband Bibles, Forced Labor: A Staggering Number Of Christians Face Severe Persecution

“If your Christian faith is discovered in North Korea, you could be killed on the spot. If you aren't killed, you will be deported to a labor camp and treated as a political criminal. You will be punished with years of hard labor that few survive. And it's not only you who will be punished: North Korean authorities are likely to round up your extended family and punish them too, even if your family members aren't Christians.”

Christian Persecution

Ten Years Ago, The Ark Encounter And Mike Johnson Fought Against The State Of Kentucky—And Won

Many Christians told us we shouldn’t go against the state. But we saw our responsibility was to do battle with the State that was clearly discriminating against a Christian organization and undermining First Amendment rights in regard to religious freedom. We understood that the more one gives in to such situations, the more our freedoms would be undermined.

Religious Freedom

Street Evangelist Arrested For Preaching In ‘Protest Zone’ Petitions Supreme Court

Kelly Shackelford, CEO of First Liberty Institute, believes the case revolves around a core issue—freedom of speech. “No American should face criminal charges for sharing their faith in a public space. The First Amendment guarantees all Americans the right to express their point of view, religious or secular, perhaps no more so than on a public sidewalk.”

Religious Freedom

New US Secretary Of Veterans Affairs Takes Action To Remove Censorship Of Chaplain Sermons

Erin Smith, associate counsel at First Liberty, thanked Collins on behalf of First Liberty. “We thank Secretary Collins for his protection of religious liberty. Secretary Collins made it clear that the government has no business censoring anyone’s sermon, including military chaplains.”

Religious Freedom

Retired Irish Pastor Prosecuted For Sermon On John 3:16 Outside UK Hospital

“Should a law designed to stop abortion protests be used to criminalize Gospel preaching?” Calvert said. “… Prosecuting someone for preaching John 3:16 near a hospital on a quiet Sunday is an outrageous restriction on freedom of religion and freedom of speech."

Religious Freedom

Case Thrown Out Against Christian Preacher Prosecuted For Stating ‘Jesus In The Quran Is Not The True Jesus’

“My aim always when preaching is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and that all of us can only be saved if we follow His teaching. It was intimidating to be attacked and surrounded by such an angry mob, but I was determined to stand my ground and not back down over my beliefs."

Religious Freedom

Ignoring Legal Precedent And SCOTUS Decisions, 9th Circuit Rules Church Must Pay For Abortions

“The majority’s ruling is shocking. It bars the courthouse doors to a church who has actually been required to include abortion coverage in its employee health plan for five years in violation of everything it believes. That conclusion is unprecedented and contradicts what the Supreme Court, other circuits, and the Ninth Circuit itself already said.”

Africa

70 Christians In Congo Church Found Beheaded In Devastating Massacre By Islamic Terrorists

“Open Doors strongly condemns this heinous act of violence against civilians and calls upon civil societies, governments, and international organisations to prioritise civilian protection in eastern DRC where armed groups, such as the ADF, are operating.”

Christian Persecution

Thousands Of Christians Killed And Imprisoned For Their Faith In 2024, Report Reveals

In 2024, 4,476 Christians were murdered around the globe because of their beliefs. Another 4,744 were imprisoned. Those numbers are reported by Open Doors—a global ministry dedicated to serving persecuted believers—which has released its 2025 World Watch List.

Christian Persecution

‘Expressing Biblical Truth Is Not Discriminatory’: In Groundbreaking Victory, UK Court Rules In Favor Of Fired Christian Teacher

“I pray that today will prove to be a landmark day for Christian freedoms and free speech. Christians have the right to express their beliefs on social media and at other non-work-related settings without fear of being punished by their employer. Expressing Biblical truth is not discriminatory.”

Religious Freedom

Trump Launches ‘Task Force To End War On Christians’: We Don’t Have A Free Country Without Religious Liberty

“While I’m in the White House, we will protect Christians in our schools, in our military, in our government, in our workplaces, hospitals and in our public squares,” Trump said. “And we will bring our country back together as one nation under God.”

Christian Persecution

After 4 Years Of The Left Targeting And Endangering Christians, It’s Time For A New Administration To Enter Office

How does government hostility, combined with bad policy, translate to persecution overseas? Very simply. When our democratic government targets Christians here, repressive regimes — communist or Islamist — are emboldened to persecute believers even more aggressively.

Religious Freedom

Finance Committee Calls On Canadian Government To Revoke Charity Status Of Religious Orgs

The Standing Committee on Finance in December presented 462 recommendations for the government to implement. Item 430 recommends that the government “Amend the Income Tax Act to provide a definition of a charity which would remove the privileged status of ‘advancement of religion’ as a charitable purpose.”

Christian Persecution

Scores Slaughtered On Their Way To Church, As Nigerian Gov’t Continues Its Refusal To Protect Christians

Militant Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria slaughtered 50 Christians between Nov. 24 and Dec. 6, including women and children on their way to church, according to multiple news reports.

Christian Persecution

In Wake The Armed Takeover Of Syria, Religious Freedom Groups Urge Prayer For Christian Population

“Like all Syrians, the Christian community is stunned by this rapid change in Syria’s political reality,” Chris Summers, global head of content at Open Doors, said in a statement. “In this kind of situation, uncertainty is always present—no one knows how the new leadership in Syria will treat minorities, including Christians."

Religious Freedom

‘Unconstitutional’: After Years Of Denying Permission For Bible Club, New York School District Is Forced To Backtrack

“The school’s actions are unconstitutional, and their justification is legally flawed. The Supreme Court has made clear that the Free Exercise Clause protects religious practices by both students and employees in public school settings.”

Religious Freedom

New Report Shines Light On The Biden Administration’s Efforts To ‘Control And Eliminate Faith-based Universities’

“As our report details, the Biden-Harris Department of Education has been engaged in a long-running scheme to punish Christian colleges that are ideologically opposed to the left’s agenda. The unfair targeting of these institutions has been egregious, and it needs to stop immediately."

Religious Freedom

Judge Dismisses Petition to Strip Iowa Calvary Chapel Of Its Tax-Exempt Status

Responding to LGBTQ ideology targeting children, the pastor organized a book reading of “Jesus and My Gender,” a children’s book that states humans are made in the image of God while affirming the Biblical definition of male and female. In retaliation, Brooks and a group of Iowa taxpayers submitted a petition to the director of the Iowa Department of Revenue on Nov. 29, 2023.

Christian Persecution

Anti-Christian Hostility And Restrictions on Religious Freedom Sharply Increase Across Europe

Public universities in Europe are seen as being particularly hostile to people with Christian or other “alternative” worldviews, OIDAC says. A 2023 study of four British universities found that Christian students were one of the groups most likely to report hostility and discrimination: “In particular, students with pro-life views across Europe have reported hostility and even death threats.”

Religious Freedom

District Court Rules In Defense Of Religious Freedom After Washington State Targets Christian Shelter

“The Constitution gives religious organizations the freedom to hire employees who are aligned with and live out their religious beliefs,” Tucker said. “We are pleased the court ruled to protect the ministry’s constitutional rights as this lawsuit proceeds.”

Christian Persecution

Persecuted Pastor Urges International Community To Stand Against Weaponized Laws Targeting Churches

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

Religious Freedom

The Governor’s Promotion Of Humanism As The Established Religion Of Kentucky Needs To Be Challenged

"His latest decision to impose a statewide ban on so-called 'conversion therapy' is an attempt to bring California-style liberal ideals to Kentucky, threatening the values of free speech and parental rights that are cherished by families across the Commonwealth."

Christian Persecution

Liberties Eroded: Governments Throughout The West Are Increasingly Targeting Churches

The handwriting on the wall indicates that governments throughout the West are becoming increasingly hostile to Christians and local churches. The same pressure is mounting in places like Germany, Great Britain, Australia, and Canada.

Anti-Semitism

UK Media Blames Pastor For ‘Fanning Hatred’ After Muslim Woman Storms Church: ‘I Am Here To Kill The God Of The Jews’

The Metropolitan Police were urgently called to The Angel Church in Islington, London, last Sunday after a Muslim woman stormed the building screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ and ‘I am here to kill the God of the Jews.’ Local media, however, refused to describe the attack as Islam related or motivated.

Religious Freedom

A Matter Of Religious Liberty: Christian University Plunged Into Legal Battle For Firing Transgender Employee

ADF’s Baylor told World, “Religious organizations ought to have the [right] to draw their workforces from among those who share their religious convictions. It’s wrong for the government to force religious employers to retain employees who reject the employer’s religious teachings.”

Christian Persecution

UK High Court Ruling Shows The Teaching Profession Is ‘Not A Safe Place To Navigate For Christians’

"I believe affirming children in a transgender identity in the classroom is psychologically damaging for them. I refused to go against my Christian faith and conscience and cause a child harm. I refuse to apologise for that. I do not believe it is any child’s best interests to affirm them in something that is untrue."

Morality

Oklahoma Public Schools Now Required to Teach the Bible

“The Bible is a necessary historical document,” Walters said in an announcement, “to teach our kids about the history of this country, to have a complete understanding of Western civilization, to have an understanding of the basis of our legal system, and is, frankly … one of the most foundational documents used for the Constitution and the birth of our country.”

Christian Persecution

At Least 80 Christians Killed In Targeted ISIS Massacre In The Democratic Republic of the Congo

“We have understood that the objective of the ADF [militants] is to convert everyone into a Muslim and this is a persecution of a great level,” local Pastor Kambale Aristote said. “We ask all Christians to continue to intercede for us.”

Christian Persecution

Iraqi Court Orders Christian Woman And Her Children to Convert to Islam

An Iraqi Christian wife and mother, Elvin Joseph, has been ordered by an Iraqi court to convert to Islam, along with her three children, based on the nation’s Personal Status Law. Akram Mikhail, a lawyer who has experience representing Christians, said he has seen other cases like Joseph’s. The law, he said, “forces someone to convert to Islam.”

Religious Freedom

‘Terrifying’: UK Police ‘Weaponize Their Authority’ Seeking To Root Out Christian Council Member

The story involves arrests, interrogations, media censorship and collusion between police officers and Labour party activists. The beliefs expressed by Cllr Stevens included backing a fellow Conservative councillor’s right to express his Christian beliefs.

Religious Freedom

New Report Calls On Biden Admin. To Step Up Its Protection Of Religious Freedom Globally

“While 25 years has passed since USCIRF was created, it is more important now than ever to ensure that promoting freedom of religion or belief remains a key tenet of U.S. foreign policy.”

Religious Freedom

UK Lawyers Argue Employing Christians May Lead LGBT People To Suicide, Calls John 3:16 ‘Triggering’

The organisation’s lawyers argue that they can’t employ someone like Felix because his views on sex and gender might ‘damage’ the mental health of people identifying as LGBTQ+. They take their argument to the extreme when they assert that those identifying as LGBTQ+ might kill themselves if they discover [an employee] is a Christian.

Corruption

The Agenda To Eradicate Biblical Christianity From American Culture

In the latest obvious attack on God, believers, and the biblical worldview, the Biden Democrats used a high-profile opportunity to offend Christians. Days before Easter, they banned religious (read “Christian”) images at the White House and also declared March 31 (Resurrection Sunday) the “Transgender Day of Visibility.”

Christian Persecution

‘Creeping Culture Of Censorship’: UK Police Concede After Unlawful Silencing of Street Preacher

Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK, said, “Dia Moodley’s case exposes a clear double standard in British policing when the issue concerns the expression of core beliefs; particularly Christian beliefs.

Morality

The New Frontier — Dismantling Institutions Which Hold A Biblical Worldview

Forcing Christian ministries to hire employees who disagree with Scriptural truths on these fronts is the camel’s nose under the tent. It would turn these ministries into watered-down, secularized versions of themselves, without the same grounding, passion and mission they have operated with for centuries.

Christian Persecution

‘The World Will Hate You’: UK Politician Cleared After Biblical Tweet Ignites Firestorm

“How I have been treated is really troubling for a democratic society. It must ring alarm bells as this can now happen to anyone that is not in support of this extreme LGBT movement."

Religious Freedom

Self-Proclaimed ‘Atheist’ City Official Targets Home Church, Demands Christians Stop Meeting

“Hundreds of thousands of Americans meet every day in homes for prayer meetings, Bible studies, book clubs, card games, and other gatherings. Why would Weare city officials stop this small, Christian congregation from legally doing likewise?”

Christian Persecution

House Resolution Moves Forward To Place Nigeria Back On The CPC List For Its Slaughter Of Christians

“Both the victims of persecution in Nigeria and international religious freedom advocates have been crying out for years for the U.S. to take a greater response to the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria and the increasing and devastating use of blasphemy laws and allegations.”

Religious Freedom

‘No Verse From The Bible Should Be Prohibited’: Preacher To Appeal Conviction For Holding Sign With Scripture Passage

“If it is now a criminal offence to hold a sign with a verse from Psalm 139 on it in a London street, then none of us is free. I have been ordered to pay costs, frankly I would rather go to prison than pay this to the state that has banned the Bible.”

Religious Freedom

20 States Show Support For Christian Mother Barred From Adopting Over Beliefs On Gender

“Oregon is essentially using an ideological litmus test,” Bates’s attorney Christiana Kiefer told Fox News last April. “It welcomes people from all cultural and religious backgrounds to adopt, unless they disagree with the State’s gender ideology.”

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

Teacher Wins Settlement After Being Fired For Street Preaching, Pressured To Renounce Christian Activity

“I was shocked and amazed that the headteacher could do what he did. He made me feel like a criminal; his aim was to bully and humiliate me into renouncing my Christian activity. I believe if I had renounced it, I could have kept my job.

Religious Freedom

Pastor Charged With ‘Criminal’ Activity For Opening His Church 24/7 For The Homeless

“They would rather kick these folks to the curb in the cold outdoors of December and early January than allow the church to remain a church open 24/7 to those who need it the most,”

Christian Persecution

Turning A Blind Eye: State Dept. Sparks Outrage For Excluding Nigeria From 2024 Persecution Watchlist

“Since it is clear that the State Department will not take significant action over the terrible religious freedom conditions in Nigeria, it is vital that Congress makes its voice heard.”

Religious Freedom

‘May God Be Glorified’: Christian Physician Fired For Response To Questions On Gender Ideology

Kloosterman was called “evil” and a “liar.” “They also told me that I could not bring my Christian faith with me to the office either literally or figuratively,” she said. It ultimately led to her termination.

Religious Freedom

Selective Censorship: Christian Organization Sues D.C. Metro for Rejecting Ads

“You should not be giving the government this unbridled authority to choose who can and cannot speak in public forums, or anywhere else for that matter.”

Distress of Nations

Hate And Hostility: ‘Saturday People Are The First Targets… The Sunday People Are Next’

Narratives, talking points, and propaganda against the biblical worldview have been effective and are increasing. This has caused hostility toward Christians and Jews to spike.

Religious Freedom

SCOTUS Declines To Hear Christian Counselor’s Challenge To ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban In Washington

“This case is not the first instance of the 9th Circuit restricting medical professionals’ First Amendment rights, and without the Court’s review, I doubt it will be the last,” Justices Clarence Thomas wrote.

Christian Persecution

Poll Finds UK Young Adults Are Open To Banning That Bible For ‘Hate Speech’

Many modern unbelievers (as the poll indicated) see a better world without the Bible in it. The modern church (as seen in progressivism) sees a better world with a modified Bible to suit the times.

Christian Persecution

Win For Christian Businesses: ADF Lawsuit Shows Companies Can Decline Work That Does Not Align With Their Beliefs

“This victory for Bob underscores how the 303 Creative decision will protect countless Americans from government censorship and coercion. The U.S. Constitution protects his freedom to express his views as he continues to serve clients of all backgrounds and beliefs.”

Religious Freedom

Christian Lecturer Launches Legal Action For Unfair Dismissal, Threats To Label Him As ‘Terrorist’ For Biblical Tweet

"It was not an extremist religious view. It was addressed to evangelicals as a point of doctrine, and it has been misunderstood by many who wish to cause personal and institutional trouble for those who express that view."

Christian Persecution

Court Rules In Favor Of Christian School After Officials ‘Try To Force It To Abandon Its Religious Beliefs’

“The government cannot force religious schools to abandon their beliefs and exercise to participate in a public benefit program that everyone else can access,” said ADF Senior Counsel Jeremiah Galus.

Christian Persecution

‘Bible Trial’ Victory: Court In Finland Rules God’s Word Is Not ‘Hate Speech’

A four-year legal battle in Finland, dubbed “the Bible trial,” has ended with a second acquittal of a member of Finland’s Parliament who faced charges of “hate speech” for sharing her Christian beliefs about marriage and sexuality in a 2019 social media post.

Distress of Nations

The Socialist Philosophy Of Aggression: Entering Turbulent Times Of Hatred For Jews And Christians

People need to wake up to the fact that many Western leaders are not committed to liberty and freedom as you and I know it. They have been influenced by Marxist principles and are leading their compliant populations into very dangerous territory.

Africa

Nigeria Named ‘Most Dangerous Place To Be A Christian,’ But It’s Still Not A ‘Particular Concern’ To The Biden Administration

“Whether the world acknowledges the plight of Nigerian Christians or not, the country has become a burial ground for Christians,” ICC’s report states. “Nigeria is a country torn by violence."

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