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Zion Church worshipping in 2015 On Easter Sunday – as Christians around the world celebrate Jesus conquering death — suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, killing and injuring hundreds. The multiple bombings is one of the worst terrorist atrocities since 9/11. At one church – Zion Church in Batticaloa – 14 children…

The young woman lay on a bed in a barren room in a building filled with refugees. A Christian, Rita had fled Islamic State terrorists. One bad thing after another, and now she is paralyzed and blind in one eye. Her younger sister is disabled from birth. With no way for the sisters to leave…

A new video shows North Korean defectors using a creative way to get aid into the dictatorship. North Koreans are in crisis. Just days before President Trump met with Kim Jong Un, North Korea announced that it is facing a food crisis. Daily rations have been cut to 10.5 ounces of food per person each…

By the time you read this, bottles filled with rice and medicine have washed ashore in North Korea. Wrapped around the bottles are Bibles. One bottle of rice is worth more than a month’s salary. God’s Word is outlawed – and priceless. Christian defectors from the cruel regime tossed hundreds of rice bottles into the…

UPDATE: Asia Bibi, freed from death row, arrived in Canada seven months after Pakistan’s Supreme Court overturned the charges against her. She had been living in hiding after Muslim mobs threatened to kill her and the justices. She gained asylum and was quietly taken to Canada, where her children are living. ________________ Pakistan’s Supreme Court…

Graham Staines and his two boys were burned to death by Hindu radicals in India in 1999. The cruel murder of the Australian Christian missionary who cared for leprosy patients shocked the world. Politicians, religious and civic leaders condemned the killings. Yet 20 years later, attacks on Christians in India are surging. In 2018, 477…

It’s been a hard year for Christians in radical Muslim, communist, Buddhist and Hindu countries. Nearly every day brings news of attacks, kidnappings, false charges and jailing, and more. Christian Freedom International is working year-round to help persecuted Christians. We deliver aid to refugees and isolated Christians. Bibles to hard-to-reach people. Training for pastors in…

Christian refugee children in Bangkok are getting a new school this Christmas! It’s been a tough year for Pakistani Christians. A crack-down in Thailand forced Christian refugees who fled there to scatter in fear. It was too risky for the refugee kids to go to CFI’s school. So the teachers went to them, finding students…

Dear Friend of the Persecuted Church, Merry Christmas! Tucked in a small Bangladesh village, the Center for the Blind and Disabled is a safe place for people with sight impairments to craft items that they can sell on the street. This Christmas, they will be thanking God for a gift they received. This year, Christian…