policy in the final month of the federal fiscal year, we anticipate that FY2026 will be the first year in at least a quarter century, and likely in the entire history of the U.S. ***Please sign up for CBN Newsletters and download the CBN News app to ensure you receive the latest news from a Christian perspective.*** By comparison, in fiscal year 2024, this same report found that more than 29,000 Christians were admitted from one of the 50 countries on the Open Doors USA World Watch List. The thing that we most hear as we come alongside the Church is that they don't want to be alone...and when we have policies that close the door to any type of immigration, that does send a message, and it can be a message that can leave our brothers and sisters feeling alone." Pastor Ara Torosian knows firsthand the plight of the persecuted Christian.
As Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who led Iran for nearly four decades as the country s highest religious and political authority, was killed in U S and Israeli strikes during an ongoing military conflict,
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week urged the U.S. government to redesignate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom.
NASHVILLE (BP) – The U.S. military’s strikes against Iran are morally justified, says a Southern Baptist ethicist and former Department of Defense official.
While many Christians see persecution, analysts and officials say the country’s long-running conflict is driven largely by insecurity, land disputes, and criminal networks affecting both Muslims and Christians.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week urged the U.S. government to redesignate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom.
Security has been significantly reinforced at churches, missionary schools and other Christian institutions across Pakistan after violent anti-US protests linked to the escalating US-Israel conflict with Iran left at least 22 people dead and over 200 injured nationwide last week.
Mexico’s political landscape may be poised for a reconfiguration as sectors promoting biblical values seek a greater role in national politics as the National Electoral Institute (INE) received applications from four associations seeking to become national political parties. According to La Jornada, at least two of them have support bases closely aligned with evangelical and conservative communities.
The first emergency meeting of Iran s Assembly of Experts to appoint a successor to former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was reportedly inconclusive due to Israeli airstrikes on the Assembly of Experts
A 21-year-old Christian farmworker in Pakistan was tortured to death on Wednesday (March 4) by his Muslim employers, who then staged his killing as suicide by hanging, the victim’s brother said.
Faith-based health providers in Africa are restructuring their funding strategies as global aid patterns shift, with leaders in Kenya and Zambia saying the changes are forcing innovation while exposing structural differences in national health systems.
