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June 18, 2020 With the emergence of the COVID-19 crisis, a noticeable rise in authoritarianism has resulted in increased repression of religious minorities around the world. From discrimination, hate speech, disinformation, to scapegoating of religious minorities for the spread of the virus– the pandemic has had a telling impact on minority faith communities. Physical distancing measures introduced […]

WEA Religious Liberty Prayer NewsFebruary 6th, 2020 Dear Friends in Christ, The World Evangelical Alliance is a global ministry working with local churches around the world to join in common concern to live and proclaim the Good News of Jesus in their communities. God is glorified and the nations of the earth are forever transformed.

May 21, 2019 Recent attacks on Christians in Burkina Faso have indicated a new frontier for violence in the conflict-struck country. While Islamist militant groups such as Ansarul Islam have continued to attack any vestige of the State in the northern region of the country, other Islamist outfits, such as the Group for the Support of Islam and

May 6, 2019 The Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka signaled the emergence of a new threat to the country’s Christians. While in the past, extremist Buddhist and Hindu elements have carried out acts of intimidation and violence against churches in the country; attacks by radical Islamists on Christians were an unheard phenomenon. Worryingly, while

“If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.”John 15:20 Dear Friends in Christ, The World Evangelical Alliance is a global ministry working with local churches around the world to join in common concern to live and proclaim the Good News of Jesus

9 people shot to death, many others injured in attack on Coptic Church in Egypt On 29th December, two gunman randomly shot at parishioners leaving a worship service at the St. Menas “Mar Mina” Coptic Orthodox church in Helwan.  According to reports, one of the assailants possessed an Improvised Explosive Device, but was shot down and arrested before

WEA Religious Liberty Prayer News30 November 2017“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”Romans 8:28 Dear Friends in Christ,The World Evangelical Alliance is a global ministry working with local churches around the world to join in common concern

Dear Friends in Christ, The World Evangelical Alliance is a global ministry working with local churches around the world to join in common concern to live and proclaim the Good News of Jesus in their communities. God is glorified and the nations of the earth are forever transformed. The purpose of the WEA Religious Liberty

“You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.” Matthew 10:22  Dear Friends in Christ,The World Evangelical Alliance is a global ministry working with local churches around the world to join in common concern to live and proclaim the Good News of Jesus in

The sentencing of Jakarta’s former governor, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, a Christian and ethnic Chinese, to two years in prison for alleged blasphemy is a cause for serious concern not only for religious minorities and tolerant Muslims in the archipelago, but also in the global fight against terrorism and Islamist radicalism. For, there is perhaps