ACTIVE Threats Against Christians
Weekly Report
As 22 Nigerian Christians, including children, are butchered by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria rivaling the attacks by Boko Haram, China leads global news by expanding Christian persecution. Christians in India ask for Prayer as COVID Virus overwhelms Crematoriums. Three countries top the list of international persecution while Christians in the Middle East face more hostilities and Pakistan shows an historic decline in the Christian population. ‘Religious Liberty is in Crisis’ says prominent U.S. judge as millions of Americans face eviction this month when COVID protections expire. U.S. Churches continue to be targeted by arson at an alarming rate with little media attention and one Michigan High School forbids Valedictorian from referencing Christ in his graduation speech.
How should Christians respond to persecution, arson attacks, and threats to religious freedom? Which three states face the greatest threat for hurricane activity this year?
INTERNATIONAL
Burkina Faso: Islamic Radicals Suspected of Killing 15 Christians During Baptism
Burma: Four Killed in a Military Attack on a Myanmar Church
China: Religious Persecution Intensifies With Brainwashing Camps for Christians
China: Leveraging the International System to Further Religious Persecution
China: War on Uyghur Muslims – why persecution should matter to Christians
China: China seizes Priests in sick ‘brainwashing’ Operation
China: U.S. calls Xinjiang an 'open-air prison,' decries religious persecution
China: Christians Next In Line For ‘Re-Education’?
China: Pressuring the Church in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
China: Sanctions US Religious leader, former Trump appointee.
Egypt: New Information Emerges From 2 Christian Murders.
EU Appoints Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief.
Finland: Bishop charged over biblical teaching on human sexuality
India: Pandemic Brings Opportunity for Faith Groups to Grow Closer
India: Christians Ask for Prayer as Virus Overwhelms Crematoriums
India: Accountable for the Death of a Young Christian Boy
India: Religious Persecution at Home and Abroad: The Case of India.
India: Pastor and Wife in Eastern India Attacked and Beaten with Sticks
Indonesia: Story of Edeline: How She Became a Church Bombing Victim
Iranian Christians Face Continued Legal Harassment.
Iran: Three Christians Arrested Under Iran's Amended Penal Code.
Myanmar: Christians flee Myanmar to take refuge in India
Myanmar: 4 killed by shelling of Catholic church as violence continues after coup
Middle East: Unwelcome Minority: Threats Facing Christianity
Nationalism and Religious Persecution: A Study of Three Countries.
Nepal: Christians persecuted by religious and political decree
Nigeria: 1470 Christians Killed Within Four Months.
Nigeria: Congressional Commission Highlights Persecution in Nigeria.
Nigeria: Protest Erupts in Nigeria as Abductions Continue.
Nigeria: Christian Group Names Nigeria Hot Spot for Persecution
Pakistan: Christian Homes Burned Down in Separate Religiously Motivated Incidents.
Pakistan: Factsheet: Christian Persecution Q1 2021.
Pakistan: Christian Accused of Blasphemy Tortured into False Confession.
Pakistan: Local priest condemns arrest of Christian nurses
Pakistan: New Census Data Shows Pakistan's Christian Population in Decline.
Pakistan: Christian Couple Convicted of Blasphemy “Left to Die” on Death Row
Russia: Secretary of State Discusses Nagorno-Karabakh Amid Rising Tensions
Syria: Among Syrian Christians, severe persecution yet perseverance.
Turkey: UN Human Rights Committee urged to act over Christian persecution
One In Eight Christians Worldwide Live In Countries Where They May Face Persecution.
Locations with Highest Threat of Hurricanes this Year
Millions of Americans could face eviction as housing protection expires in June.
Congress threatened to pack the Supreme Court if the Court overturns Roe v. Wade
Planned Parenthood Sues to overturn on ordinance that calls abortion murder
Cash, COVID-19 and church: How pandemic skepticism is affecting religious communities
Biden Administration Shifts Focus Away from International Religious Freedom
Day of Prayer for Persecuted Church to be observed June 6
How Should American Christians Respond to Persecution?
Growing Christian Persecution Becoming a Greater Point of Concern for US Christians
Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution Have New Hope Under Biden Administration
GETTING THE MESSAGE/Persecution spread the Gospel
Proof That Political Privilege Is Harmful for Christians
STATE
IL: Chicago drops criminal charges against several churches for violating Covid Restrictions.
MI: High School prohibits Valedictorian from speaking of Christ during speech
NJ: Church and Daycare Destroyed by Fire
NY: Shooting at Iglesia Ebenezer Church
VA: Teacher suspended for speaking out against Transgenderism
TX: Chaplain led courtroom prayer ruled unconstitutional.
TX: Three Churches Burglarized and Vandalized in Houston
“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond all cure. Who can understand it? ‘I, the Lord, search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.” Jeremiah 17:9-10
Let’s PRAY: Lord, deceitfulness abounds all around us. Help us understand that you are searching our hearts and examining our deepest motives….that You know everything. You are in control and have a plan that we may not understand but we trust You. May we come to this realization each day and accept the gift of your forgiveness, cleansing and righteousness through Jesus Christ Our Lord. AMEN!
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I Peter 3:15
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