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Events and issues facing believers around the world
Global Religious Freedom Takes Its Biggest Hit in Over a DecadeChristianity is the biggest religion in the world. It's also still the most restricted.
Mideast Christians See Russia—not the US—as Defender of Their FaithPerplexed by America on Syria, Russian evangelicals and Middle East Christians debate if Moscow really cares.
Gleanings: July/August 2018Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our July/August issue).
Nicaraguan Unrest Squashes Summer MissionsChurch teams cancel trips as protests limit access and security.
US Tells Iraqi Christians Help Is on Its Way (For Real This Time)After months of delays, Vice President Pence pushes to streamline aid to the persecuted.
World Cup Evangelism Evades Russia’s BanBanned from sharing the gospel at games, Protestants adopt a new missionary strategy.
‘Vicar of Baghdad’ Cleared of Paying ISIS to Redeem Yazidi Sex SlavesCase of Andrew White exposes hazards of charity work in a war zone.
Bavaria Requires Crosses on All Public Buildings. Church Leaders Disagree.German Christians debate whether conservative state’s new law honors or hijacks the core symbol of their faith.
Western Europe’s Christians Are As Religious As America’s ‘Nones’However, Pew researchers find Christianity across 15 countries is “not just a ‘nominal’ identity devoid of practical importance.”
Why Japan Wants Its Past Persecution of Christians to Be World RenownedA dozen “hidden Christian” sites on verge of gaining UNESCO World Heritage status.
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