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Religious Persecution in Mexico?

May 16, 2019 /Leave a comment

It is amazing how much we do not know about our USA neighbors to the immediate north and south. We are especially ignorant of religious persecution against Protestants and Evangelicals in Mexico.

CHIAPAS – It is amazing how much we do not know about our USA neighbors to the immediate north and south. We are especially ignorant of religious persecution against Protestants and Evangelicals in Mexico. Some will be surprised at the allegation because they think that...

International Day for the Unreached – Where Are They? (Part 2)

May 14, 2019 /Leave a comment

June 9, 2019, is the International Day for the Unreached. This is the second article that explains who they are, how we are doing, and how we can do better.

PASADENA, CA – Sunday, June 9, 2019, is the International Day for the Unreached. This is the second in a short series of articles that will explain who they are, where they are, how we are doing, and how we can do better. In our...

Response to Asia Bibi leaving Pakistan

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 /Leave a comment

Release International has long campaigned for the repeal of the blasphemy laws. These notorious laws are often used to target minorities & take out rivals

Asia Bibi has been allowed to travel to Canada, and Andrew Boyd of Release International calls on Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws and release 200 others also imprisoned. The Christian woman was acquitted of blasphemy by the Pakistan Supreme Court last year, but was not...

Churches in Russia Need a Sign (or Not)

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 /Leave a comment

Because of the Yarovaya Law, it seems that every church in Russia needs a sign. It is illegal for a church to not have a sign with its full name. On the other hand, a sign that proclaims “Jesus Saves” is just as likely to get a church in court as not having a sign at all.

OSLO – In my youth, when inviting friends to come to church with me, not all of them knew where Park Avenue Baptist Church was. But, when I simply said, “You know. The church with the sign.” Everyone knew where that was. It was impossible...

World Vision Responding to Cyclone Fani

May 9, 2019May 17, 2019 /Leave a comment

World Vison is warning that millions of children are at risk from cyclone Fani which has slammed into India's eastern coastline, bringing torrential rains and winds of up to 200 km per hour. Thousands of people from areas along the coastline in India have been...

Reuters Writers Released from Myanmar Jail

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

Reuters journalists, Wa Lone (33) and Kyaw So Oo (29) are free after spending more than 500 days in custody. They were released along with 6,518 others as part of an annual presidential amnesty program in conjunction with the government’s traditional New Year. The two men had been arrested for reporting on the alleged murders of Rohingya men and boys by security forces in the Rakhine State in 2017.

YANGON – Reuters journalists, Wa Lone (33) and Kyaw So Oo (29) were detained in Myanmar in December 2017. They were charged and eventually convicted of violating the country’s Official Secrets Act. They were sentenced to seven years in prison. Reuters...

Asia Bibi Is Free at Last

May 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

OTTAWA – Asia Bibi is finally free 10 years after being imprisoned on spurious charges of blasphemy in Pakistan. She spent eight of those years in a cell on death row while Christians around the world prayed for her health, safety, and release. According to...

Sri Lanka & South Asia: Guessing as to What Comes Next

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 /Leave a comment

Leading news sources have been reporting that “Sri Lanka Finds Evidence of Planning for Further Attacks” & “South Asia Is Islamic State’s New Target.”

COLOMBO – “You can’t say the threat is over but the situation is well under control.” That is the assessment of Sri Lanka’s Health Minister, Rajitha Senaratne, as of May 3, mere days following the terrorist bombings of several churches and hotels in this island...

Is Malaria Still a Thing?

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX – Is Malaria still a thing? Many assume malaria was eradicated more than 50 years ago, which is not bad considering that the disease was discovered in the last decade of the 19th century. If you are nodding your head and thinking...

British Foreign Office Issues Interim Report on the Persecution of Christians

May 7, 2019 /Leave a comment

Persecution of Christians comprise an estimated overwhelming 80 percent of all who are persecuted because of their religious beliefs.

LONDON – Missions Box News reported on December 28, 2018, that British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt had ordered a review into the escalation of persecution of Christians around the world. The task was assigned to the Anglican Archbishop of Truro. The complete report was originally...

Franklin Graham Update on Their Response to Venezuela Refugee Crisis

May 4, 2019May 17, 2019 /Leave a comment

Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham brings this update on their response to this Venezuela Refugee crisis from Cucuta, Colombia.

CUCUTA, Colombia - Desperate families are fleeing into Colombia as neighboring Venezuela faces dire food shortages, power blackouts, and a collapsing national healthcare system. Not only are people dying from lack of nutrition and medical care, the rates of murder and suicide have also spiked....

A Call to Prayer from the Streets of Venezuela

May 4, 2019May 17, 2019 /Leave a comment

Pastor Carlos Vielma, Vice President of the Union of Christian Churches of Venezuela, sent out an urgent plea for Christians everywhere to pray.

VENEZUELA - This week Venezuela woke up to the news of a civic and military uprising led by opposition leader Juan Guaido, recognized by over 50 countries as Venezuela’s legitimate interim president. They called it Operation Liberty, a movement to remove the discredited president Nicolás...

International Day for the Unreached – Who Are They? (Part 1)

May 2, 2019May 14, 2019 /Leave a comment

PASADENA, CA – Sunday, June 9, 2019, is the International Day for the Unreached. This is the first in a short series of articles that will explain who they are, where they are, how we are doing, and how we can do better. Let’s begin...

Helping Venezuelans in Crisis

May 2, 2019May 17, 2019 /Leave a comment

Samaritan's Purse is helping to meet the overwhelming physical and spiritual needs of thousands of migrants, Venezuelans in crisis who are daily entering Colombia. This may be the largest migrant crisis in Latin American history, and they're offering relief from multiple locations—providing overnight shelter, hygiene...

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