“Myanmar: Monsoon rains there led to a landslide, killing at least 51 people and reportedly leaving dozens more missing. It’s believed to be the deadliest natural disaster to hit the country’s southeast in decades.” World Magazine Across the border in Thailand, refugee students at Christian Freedom International’s school swung into action. A village in … Read more
Pictured: Sri Lankan church bombed on Easter Sunday. “It is a sad fact that Christians are the most persecuted religious group in modern times.” – British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt This week the U.S. State Department held the largest summit on religious freedom in history. Over 100 countries were invited, and 1,000 advocates. Why would … Read more
Today the U.S. State Department will release its annual International Religious Freedom report. Expect to be shocked. Each country’s laws, practices, and violations of religious freedom will be open for the world to see. The magnitude of persecution globally against people for their faith literally fills a book – each year. Recently I told a … Read more
Zion Church worshipping in 2015 On Easter Sunday – as Christians around the world celebrate Jesus conquering death — suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, killing and injuring hundreds. The multiple bombings is one of the worst terrorist atrocities since 9/11. At one church – Zion Church in Batticaloa – 14 children … Read more
The young woman lay on a bed in a barren room in a building filled with refugees. A Christian, Rita had fled Islamic State terrorists. One bad thing after another, and now she is paralyzed and blind in one eye. Her younger sister is disabled from birth. With no way for the sisters to leave … Read more
A new video shows North Korean defectors using a creative way to get aid into the dictatorship. North Koreans are in crisis. Just days before President Trump met with Kim Jong Un, North Korea announced that it is facing a food crisis. Daily rations have been cut to 10.5 ounces of food per person each … Read more
By the time you read this, bottles filled with rice and medicine have washed ashore in North Korea. Wrapped around the bottles are Bibles. One bottle of rice is worth more than a month’s salary. God’s Word is outlawed – and priceless. Christian defectors from the cruel regime tossed hundreds of rice bottles into the … Read more
UPDATE: Asia Bibi, freed from death row, arrived in Canada seven months after Pakistan’s Supreme Court overturned the charges against her. She had been living in hiding after Muslim mobs threatened to kill her and the justices. She gained asylum and was quietly taken to Canada, where her children are living. ________________ Pakistan’s Supreme Court … Read more
Graham Staines and his two boys were burned to death by Hindu radicals in India in 1999. The cruel murder of the Australian Christian missionary who cared for leprosy patients shocked the world. Politicians, religious and civic leaders condemned the killings. Yet 20 years later, attacks on Christians in India are surging. In 2018, 477 … Read more
It’s been a hard year for Christians in radical Muslim, communist, Buddhist and Hindu countries. Nearly every day brings news of attacks, kidnappings, false charges and jailing, and more. Christian Freedom International is working year-round to help persecuted Christians. We deliver aid to refugees and isolated Christians. Bibles to hard-to-reach people. Training for pastors in … Read more