Turkish gov’t expropriates Diyarbakir churches
At the Crossroads partners in Diyarbakir write that the Turkish government has decided to confiscate their church building.
"According to the cabinet...
ISIS & Religious Genocide in the Mideast (National Review)
"The Islamist genocide — and there can be no doubt that it is genocide, despite world silence – of the Christians, Yazidis, Mandeans, and other defe...
ISIS executes 12 Christians for refusing to renounce Jesus
"The horrific executions took place last Aug. 28 in an unnamed village outside Aleppo, Syria, according to Christian Aid Mission, a humanitarian group...
Brothers in Turkey threatened as others study together in Cyprus
Middle East School of Disciples
Several At the Crossroads leaders traveled in September to North Cyprus to participate in the Middle East School of D...
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...
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...
ISIS releases 19 Christians, still holds hundreds
The Assyrian International News Agency is reporting that ISIS released 19 Christians today.
The Associated Press reports tribal leaders and Assyrian ...
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...