Executive Editor @ChDaily_News, prev CCO @WEAnews. Striving to provide Biblical, factual, personal stories from around the world. Originally🇨🇭, now in 🇺🇸.
‘Keep the gate open’: A Latin American leader’s hopes and expectations towards Lausanne IV: “Will there be room for new voices, will there be space for surprise?” asked Valdir Steuernagel in a speech he gave at a meeting of Latin American leaders in the… https://t.co/ByLgvjFrcU
Supreme Court of Pakistan bows to Islamist threats: Islamist death threats compelled the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday (Aug. 22) to remove part of a ruling recognizing an Ahmadi’s religious freedom, a move that will lead to more persecution of… https://t.co/mQ2E4cXMxw
BREAKING: Christian in #Pakistan released after accuser admits false #blasphemy allegation
In a rare move in Pakistan, police discharged a 72-year-old Christian from a blasphemy case after the complainant admitted she had falsely accused him...
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A video at the #IRFSummit2024 demonstrating the power of #WorkingTogether for the religious rights and freedom of those followers of Jesus in China. Thank you @BobFu4China and so many others who made this reality happen! We salute you 👏 🫡
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Our reporting directly from the #IRFSummit2024 - read about the situation in occupied Ukraine where religious leaders and sites have been a particular target. #UkraineRussiaWar
Russian soldiers and occupation officials have committed at least 76 acts of religious #persecution in #Ukraine as part of an attempt to destroy national identity, official and church sources said at the #IRFSummit2024.
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#UkraineRussiaWar
BREAKING: At least 31 Christians slaughtered in central #Nigeria - just a few hours ago
Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists attacked villages in Plateau state, Nigeria at about 12:30 a.m. today, killing at least 25 Christians.
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#ReligiousFreedom#prayer
.@SecBlinken: When each person is respected for their beliefs, they are more empowered to reach their full potential, which in turn lifts entire communities and societies.
BREAKING: #Nicaragua jails pastors for alleged ‘money laundering’
Authorities in Nicaragua have jailed nine pastors for more than a month on charges that they formed part of a criminal operation along with three U.S. missionaries... #religiousfreedom
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Persecution of Christians remains a global issue. @OpenDoorsUS just released the World Watch List 2024 featuring the countries where it is most challenging to be a Christian. #ReligiousFreedom
“The number of attacks on churches and Christian-run schools, hospitals and cemeteries has exploded in 2023,” the report stated. “It’s been driven by mob violence in India, #church closures in China, and attacks in #Nigeria, Nicaragua and Ethiopia.”
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"More Christians are being killed in Nigeria for their faith than in all other countries combined. The U.S. government should do everything within its power to support ending the persecution & bringing about the peaceful coexistence of faith communities in Nigeria." @Sean_ADFIntl
"50 years of the @lcwe movement within the evangelical family have taught us that we cannot be witnesses of #JesusChrist without the power of the #HolySpirit." - 'Onward with the Great Commission' is the theme of this year's Week of #Prayer in #Europe.
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Stories like these continue to come out from #Pakistan where #blasphemy laws are used as a tool for personal revenge against Christians. Even if acquitted, the false charges continue to threaten people's lives, just like this widow who had to flee and now lives in hiding.
“When I returned home after bail on May 12, I began receiving threats from unknown persons that even though the court had freed me from jail, I was still guilty of committing #blasphemy and they will not spare my life” - Christian widow in #Pakistan
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USCIRF slams new blasphemy law in #Denmark
Denmark has changed its penal code to criminalize “inappropriate treatment(s)” of texts of high religious importance, thus introducing blasphemy legislation that @USCIRF criticized as “the wrong approach.”
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