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
Christian refugee children in Bangkok are getting a new school this Christmas! It’s been a tough year for Pakistani Christians. A crack-down in Thailand forced Christian refugees who fled there to scatter in fear. It was too risky for the refugee kids to go to CFI’s school. So the teachers went to them, finding students … Read more
Dear Friend of the Persecuted Church, Merry Christmas! Tucked in a small Bangladesh village, the Center for the Blind and Disabled is a safe place for people with sight impairments to craft items that they can sell on the street. This Christmas, they will be thanking God for a gift they received. This year, Christian … Read more
Kick-off the Christmas season by giving to the “least of these” — Christians who suffer for their faith. Christian Freedom International can help you. Your gift can provide food and education, Biblical teaching and discipleship, job training and medical support for Christian refugees and outcasts. There are many ways to give — online, monthly, sponsorship, … Read more
Three young men sat behind the children in the outdoor Sunday School class in Bangladesh. When we left the village, they followed us. We were visiting Christian Freedom International’s ministries. On this day, we traveled for hours then walked through dry, flat fields to a huddle of buildings. The children – dozens of them – … Read more
Two buses of Coptic Christians were gunned down on Nov 2 as they drove to the Monastery of Saint Samuel – the same road where 28 Christians were killed by ISIS gunmen a year ago. Seven Christians were killed – six in the same family – and at least 14 more were injured. Egyptian officials … Read more
Asia’s long-awaited exoneration and release came as churches prepared for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted. Asia Bibi has finally been released from jail a week after being acquitted by Pakistan’s Supreme Court of blasphemy charges. After eight years in jail, she and her family are now in hiding. Asia left the jail … Read more