(Originally posted on EPConnection). On October 7, EPC teaching elder Andrew Brunson will have been imprisoned in Turkey for one year. To mark the date, the denomination is issuing a Call to Prayer and Fasting for the weekend of October 7-8. “We are asking everyone in the EPC to consider fasting and praying for Andrew…
(EPConnection news release). Turkish media is reporting May 19 that EPC teaching elder Andrew Brunson is being accused of being a “Kurdish sympathizer” and a “Gülenist.” The timing of the media reports potentially reveals Turkey’s response to President Trump and Vice President Pence’s pleas to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 16 to release Brunson…
(By Mark Barrett, The Citizen-Times). Andrew Brunson spoke frankly about his mission work when members of Montreat’s Christ Community Church traveled to see him in Turkey three years ago. Some days he saw progress in leading his church of a few dozen people while also aiding refugees on the country’s border with Syria. Other days…
(By CeCe Hal, American Center for Law and Justice). On the heels of Pastor Andrew Brunson’s wife personal meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson concerning the wrongful imprisonment of her husband, she received a personal letter from Vice President Pence assuring that “Andrew’s case remains a top priority of the U.S. government….” In the…
(By Jordan Sekulow, ACLJ). American Pastor Andrew Brunson, who is wrongfully imprisoned in Turkey for his Christian faith spoke with U.S. embassy officials today, pleading with President Trump, “please help me.” Pastor Andrew – a U.S. citizen – faces false charges in Turkey of “membership in an armed terrorist organization.” After peacefully serving the people…
(The EPConnection press release). An open letter from the U.S. Senate to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey, has garnered 78 signatures from members of the Unites States Congress. The letter requests that Evangelical Presbyterian Church teaching elder Andrew Brunson, “an American citizen who has been unjustly detained in Turkey, be immediately released and deported.” Signatories to…
(EPConnection news release). The Evangelical Presbyterian Church has launched a “Forgotten American in Turkey” petition in an effort to bring Andrew Brunson’s imprisonment in Turkey to the attention of the White House and President Trump. Brunson is an EPC teaching elder who was arrested in October 2016 and falsely charged with “membership in an armed…