ACTIVE Threats Against Christians
Weekly Report
Evangelicals seek to avoid conflict as many Muslims convert to Christ in the Middle East. Canadian citizens appear ambivalent over church burnings. Nigerian Baptist students are freed after being kidnapped. A London mother sues school for forcing son to join a Pride Parade. A Chinese Zoom church was shut down by authorities. In the U.S., Mississippi asks the Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs. Wade. A California active shooter at a Jewish Synagogue pleads guilty. A Church seeks Supreme Court relief from the government criminalizing worship services.
U.S.: Islamic leaders note Evangelicals continue to lead Muslims to Christ.
CAN: Population ambivalent over indigenous burned churches and their past history.
Nigeria: 25 Nigerian Baptist students kidnapped have been released.
Fulani: African Pastor receives death threats for helping Christians escape.
U.K.: London mother sues school for forcing son to participate in a pride parade.
China: Chinese authorities raid Zoom church and force Pastor to stop preaching.
Iran: Iran makes an example of Islamic converts to Christianity, gets 5 years in prison.
Pakistan: Couple released from prison for blasphemy, still faces danger.
Iraq: New Syrian and African Caliphate will affect African believers.
CAN: Anti-Christian rhetoric exposes Canadian extreme media bias.
National
MS: Mississippi asks the Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
VA: Virginia judge challenge by churches over LGBTQ anti-discrimination law.
PA: In a religious freedom matter, the Supreme Court will hear a Catholic adoption agency case.
MN: Bangor Church seeks relief from Supreme Court over criminalizing worship services.
DC: U.S. Education department has closer ties to Critical Race Theory than they admit.
VA: Bible church sued over accusation of CRT and being Woke.
CA: California Synagog shooting suspect pleads guilty.
TX: Pastors advocating suing Texas over law deputizing citizens to enforce abortion.
DC: No 1st Amendment rights for Christians on Jan 6th
“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.”
Isaiah 6:8
Dear Heavenly Father, we come to you today, humbled by and thankful for your never-ending love and grace. We ask you to give us strength to stand strong and stand together as we grapple with the increasing chaos that the evil one sends to our world. We know that You are with us in this battle. We trust that we can defeat anything with You at our side. We fight on our knees because we know the battle is Yours. We lay our fears at Your feet. We wait for Your request. We say, “Here am I! Send me!” It is only with You that we enter this battle. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
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