Calvin College

The Church and Religious Persecution

Seventy-five percent of all people today live in a country where persecution is a part of everyday life. Shocking? Yes. But almost as shocking is the relative lack of response from North American ...
Christianity Today

Pray for the Persecuted Church. But First Learn About It.

Amid rising persecution to Christians in the world, here are some stories that can guide your intercessions. Christians around the world are praying for their 360 million brothers and sisters in ...
The Hill

Will Congress sacrifice the persecuted church on the altar of border security?

A few years ago, many of my evangelical friends began changing their social media profile photos to the Arabic symbol for the letter “N,” the symbol that ISIS reportedly was using to mark and threaten ...
AOL

Attack on LDS Church harkens back to its early history of religious persecution

Grand Blanc Township, Michigan (CNN) — The early history of the LDS Church is one of persecution and violence. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), ...
National Catholic Register

Eastern Church Leaders and a Leading Advocate for Persecuted Christians Praise Pope Leo XIV’s Jubilee Address

VATICAN CITY — Leaders of the Eastern Catholic Churches have enthusiastically welcomed an address that Pope Leo XIV gave on Wednesday in which he extolled their liturgies and encouraged members of ...
The Hill

Religious persecution in Cuba and Nicaragua revitalizes the faith of the people

The dictatorships of Cuba and Nicaragua are leading one of the most vicious attacks on religious freedom in the Americas. Both regimes reportedly total more than 1,400 attacks on preachers and ...
Washington Times

Persecuted Chinese house church leader gives inside look at government crackdown on Christianity

A house church pastor imprisoned and violently attacked for his faith is providing an insider’s look at the situation for Christians living in China. Pastor Yang Hua, an alias he uses for ministry, ...
Christianity Today

The Iranian Church Persists

Amid war, some Christians are evangelizing, preparing food for neighbors, and displaying other acts of generosity.
TASS

Priest says persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church now worse than in Soviet times

The abbot of the Holy Ascension Monastery, Archimandrite John, expressed the opinion that Kyiv's attempts to unite the UOC and the OCU and create a "single Ukrainian church" will not be successful ...
Calvin College

The Church and Religious Persecution

Religious persecution is on the rise. Daily news stories and social science research chronicle the suffering of Christians and those of other faiths at the hands of both governments and private ...
Yahoo

Attack on LDS Church harkens back to its early history of religious persecution

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Memorials set up for victims near the site of a shooting and fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 1, ...