By John Evans DAMASCUS, Syria (BP) — For Hanna, a Syrian Christian mother living in Damascus, the country’s civil war is more than just statistics and news articles. “Every day when I walk to the school I work at I hold my breath; every minute something can happen,” she wrote in a first-person account to…
By Stoyan Zaimov A number of Christians in Syria are deciding to stay behind and heed what they say is God’s call to reach out to their Muslim neighbors despite the violent attacks against them, persecution watchdog group Open Doors USA has shared. “There are some Christians who are fleeing because they have no other…
Open Doors USA The eyes of the world are focused on Syria. Open Doors received the prayer of a pastor, one of our partners in Syria in the relief work there. It is a moving and heart-breaking prayer. It gives insight into the suffering of the people who have decided to stay in war-torn Syria….
By Jerry Dykstra “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44-45). This is a very difficult command to follow, especially when Christians are considered the most persecuted faith group in the world. Since…
By Open Doors USA On May 14, in plain view of his wife and one daughter, the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, general overseer of the Rhema Assembly International Church and secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Borno State, was gunned down by suspected Boko Haram Islamic terrorist members. A month later, Open Doors…
By Morning Star News Eritrean authorities are punishing 39 high school students for their Christian faith, excluding them from a graduation ceremony and subjecting them to beatings and hard labour, according to Christian support organization Open Doors. After completing a four-month military training required in Eritrea, the students, including 11 girls, have been arrested for…
By Open Doors USA SANTA ANA, Calif. — “It’s scary. We hear a lot of bad stories about what is happening around us. On the streets there are soldiers everywhere. We see smoke from fighting and hear bombings all the time.” Those are the words of Youmna *, 13, a Christian girl who lives in…
By Alex Murashko SANTA ANA, Calif. – Open Doors USA announced Monday (July 8) that Dr. David Curry has been appointed the new president and CEO of the international ministry that supports and strengthens persecuted Christians in some of the most dangerous countries in the world. The organization’s board of director’s made the announcement after…
By Nicola Menzie As American citizen Kenneth Bae begins serving 15 years of hard labor at a “special prison” in North Korea for alleged hostile acts against the state, two videos related to the tour guide and Christian missionary have emerged that may shed light on Bae’s evangelism activities in the oppressive communist country. North…
A fresh set of sanctions agreed by the United Nations this week will impose further restrictions on North Korea and increasingly limit its ability to function in the international community. According to Open Doors USA, Christians also could be impacted as uncertainty and threats of attacks against the United States and South Korea increase. The…