More than 200 Christian Leaders Call for Protection of Mideast Christians
More than 200 Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant leaders, as well as several secular leaders, joined forces to call on the U.S. government to take action to protect Middle East Christians and other minorities under threat from extremism.
Temple Mount Violence: Pastor Speaks Out after Abusive Visit
Pastor Keith Johnson, head of the Biblical Foundations Academy, was recently expelled from the Temple Mount by Waqf security guards for talking to a Jewish person while on the mount.
Palestinian Family Denounces Daughter’s Brave Stance Against Christian Mistreatment Under PA
Christy Anastas, a young Palestinian Christian woman originally from Bethlehem, made waves recently when a videotaped speech she delivered in Sweden’s Uppsala University was posted on YouTube.
At Easter, Stark Contrast in Life for Christians in Israel and Rest of Middle East
Millions of Christians celebrated this Easter Sunday on April 20 under threat throughout the Middle East. In recent years, Christians living in countries such as Syria, Egypt, and Iraq have suffered extreme persecution.
Christians in Israel to EU: “Stop Christian Ethnic Cleansing in Arab Countries”
TEL AVIV – 150 Christian citizens of Israel demonstrated on Sunday outside the European Union’s delegation in Tel Aviv against the EU’s silence in relation to what they termed “the ethnic cleansing of Christians throughout the Middle East.”
Israeli Christian Leader Threatened by Arab MKs at Debate
An Israeli Christian leader was threatened by Arab Israeli Knesset members in a heated exchange during a Knesset committee meeting Wednesday. The hearing was part of an effort to legally differentiate Christians as a separate minority group from Arabs, similar to the Druze and Bedouins. That effort has been led by Likud MK Yariv Levin […]
3 Dead As Gunmen Open Fire On Church In Egypt
Planted in the house of the LORD, they shall flourish in the courts of our God. (Psalms 92:14) In a continuation of violence carried out against the Christian population in Egypt, three people, including an eight year old girl, was were shot dead on Sunday after a group of masked gunmen on motorcycles opened fire […]
Syrian Rebels Threaten Christians To Convert Or Die As US Backtracks
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow; to cast down the poor and needy, to slay such as are upright in the way; Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. (Psalms 37:14-15) The dominantly Christian town of Maaloula, Syria has been taken over […]
Over 50 Churches Burn as Egypt Descends Into Chaos
Neither shalt thou stand idly by the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD (Leviticus 19:14) As the battle between the pro-deposed former President Mohammed Morsi Muslim Brotherhood and the military-backed fighters of Interim-President Adly Mansour in Egypt rages on, with hundreds of daily casualties, the Christians of Egypt have become one of the […]