MAGA churches are not being persecuted for righteousness but for not loving their neighbors, Rodney Kennedy says.

Open Doors International, a global advocacy organization for persecuted Christians, released the figure as part of its "World Watch List 2026" report.

Recently, the global church marked the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. In congregations across this country and beyond, Christians lamented the violence experienced by those we ...

In a year of political divisiveness, a Sunday protest at a Southern Baptist Church in St. Paul, Minn., has drawn a new line in the sand.

Heavy-handed immigration enforcement did not just begin last weekend, of course, but what is new is that refugees are being ...

Open Doors' World Watch List 2026 discusses Christian persecution in nations around the globe, including North Korea, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan and others.

Amid rising persecution to Christians in the world, here are some stories that can guide your intercessions. Christians around the world are praying for their 360 million brothers and sisters in ...

A few years ago, many of my evangelical friends began changing their social media profile photos to the Arabic symbol for the letter “N,” the symbol that ISIS reportedly was using to mark and threaten ...

The verse cited suggests that God’s judgment will first affect His own people, the church, before it extends to the world. It ...

Seventy-five percent of all people today live in a country where persecution is a part of everyday life. Shocking? Yes. But almost as shocking is the relative lack of response from North American ...

More people need to pray for the millions of Christians who are being persecuted because of their faith. That’s the idea behind the new Shrine of Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians opening in ...

We don’t demonstrate such exclusionary self-focus in other ministry spheres. Opening our aperture is biblical and aids our advocacy. It rankles me when Christians pray only for persecuted Christians.