In 2010, the United States had 10 percent of the world’s Christians. My first reaction to that is a bit of reflexive American pride. All of a sudden I have that feeling like I’m watching the Olympics, chanting “USA! USA! USA!” at my television. But when I hit the pause button on my nationalism, I […]
By Melissa Wuske Letters Help Imprisoned Christians While he was in prison in Kazakhstan for two years, Yuri Pak received more than 1,200 letters from supporters through Voice of the Martyrs. Pak was falsely convicted of calling in a bomb threat, most likely because he had converted to Christianity. Because of prison restrictions, Pak didn’t […]
By Melissa Wuske Churches Close in Baghdad Christians were once 10 percent of Iraq’s population, but since 2003 the population of Christians in the country has dropped by 1 million. “Now, in 2017, the Christian population in Iraq is just a fraction of what it used to be,” said International Christian Concern (ICC). “So much […]
By Melissa Wuske The Reality of Doubt About a quarter of Christians (26 percent) say they currently experience doubt, according to recent research by the Barna Group. Of those who currently or formerly had doubts about their faith, nearly half (45 percent) stopped going to church during their time of doubt, and 40 percent turned […]
By Melissa Wuske Christian Prisoner Writes Letter to Iranian Government Amin Afshar Naderi, a Christian who converted from Islam, penned a letter to Iranian authorities months after he was arrested for blasphemy and days after he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Christian worship is illegal in Iran. He and several others were arrested […]
