Syria: Islamists tear down the Catholic monastery Mar Elian in Syria
"Following the murder of Palmyra’s renowned chief archaeologist, Khaled Asaad (82), extremists of the 'Islamic State' (IS) continue to destroy Christi...
Turkey, the Kurds and Christian responsibility
A Turkish pastor and his translator give a report to a prayer group at Christ Church Jerusalem.
In July, a pastor and former mayor from a city in Tu...
Reports from Yerevan: What God is doing on the Highway now
Turkish and Armenian Christians pray at the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan in April 2015.
What follows is a series of testimonies given durin...
Meet Iraq’s Christians persecuted by ISIS
60 Minutes, a news show in the United States, aired a piece on the Christians suffering persecution in Iraq. Reporter Lara Logan spoke with leaders of...
Estimate of kidnapped Assyrian Christians rises near 300
News outlets, including the BBC, are now reporting that as many as 285 Christians have been abducted in northeast Syria by ISIS. That number is closer...
Church leader: As many as 100 families captured by ISIS
See detail of Assyrian villages below.
Earlier today, we shared a news report saying that at least 90 Assyrian Christians had been abducted by Islam...
N. Iraq refugee aid: How to get involved
The provinces of northern Iraq.
Thank you to all of you who have responded and asked how you could practically get involved in helping with the refu...
Meet Egypt’s persecuted Christians
60 Minutes, a news show in the United States, profiled the ancient Coptic Church in Egypt and chronicled their perseverance through persecution.
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Building a highway of worship from Egypt to Iran
The first half of Isaiah is filled with judgments on Israel as well as the nations around her. The words of warning and woe are often punctuated with promises filled with hope, mercy and grace. Isaiah 19 is such a word. The last three verses of chapter 19 are rather stunning.