THIS WEEK IN SYRIA: “One of the worst chemical bombings in Syria turned a northern rebel-held area into a toxic kill zone on Tuesday, inciting international outrage over the ever-increasing government impunity shown in the country’s six-year war. It was the worst toxic gas attack since the 2013 attack on a Damascus suburb that killed hundreds of […]
On July 26, 1838, Maria (Ma-rye-ah) Fearing was born a slave near Gainesville, Alabama. As a house servant, she spent much of her time with her mistress and the other children. Though her owners taught their slaves the Presbyterian catechism, told them Bible stories and tales of missionaries in Africa, they refused to voluntarily free her. After […]
Ancestors on Mission: Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753 – 1784), widely known for her poetry, and as thee first African American woman published in pre-Revolutionary America, was also a notable apologist, abolitionist, and missionary. Her journey to these shores was cruel and traumatic. In 1721, slave trader Playten Onely requested the Royal African Company […]
KA Ellis offers a curation of the latest world news surrounding the persecuted church and highlights a simple, but effective way to advocate.
We Persevere Roundup – Foreign Policy Edition We Persevere is a roundup of items of interest concerning religious freedom at home and abroad. It is curated for RAANetwork by K.A. Ellis, Ambassador for International Christian Response. The policies that the US government enacts, the relationships it fosters and the initiatives it supports all often have […]
75% of world’s population now lives without religious freedom, & the numbers continue to rise. – Pew Research Center WE PERSEVERE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 4, 2016 MIDDLE EAST: If you don’t want your concept of church planting challenged, or have your tidy sociological categories called into question, don’t watch this movie. INDONESIA: Tens of thousands […]
We Persevere is a roundup of items of interest concerning religious freedom at home and abroad. It is curated for RAANetwork by K.A. Ellis, Ambassador for International Christian Response. WORLD: November brings us the International Day of Prayer for the persecuted church, with events happening month-long. Now’s the best time to think about incorporating ideas […]
We Persevere: Week Ending 10.7.16 “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed.” (Proverbs 31:8) We Persevere is a roundup of items of interest concerning religious freedom at home and abroad. It is curated for RAANetwork by K.A. Ellis, Ambassador for International Christian Response. WORLD: November brings us […]
Ask Trump and Clinton How They’ll Respond to Unprecedented Global Persecution Thursday, September 29, 2016 Bill Bumpas (OneNewsNow.com) “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed.” (Proverbs 31:8) One of the issues that didn’t come up in the first presidential debate was the topic of persecution of Christians […]
We Persevere: Roundup 14 – Week Ending September 17, 2016. We Persevere is a roundup of items of interest concerning religious freedom at home and abroad. It is curated for RAANetwork by K.A. Ellis, Ambassador for International Christian Response. NIGERIA: Former US Representative Frank Wolf, who is now senior fellow at the human rights […]
We Persevere Roundup 12, Week of 8/27/16 We Persevere is a roundup of news regarding religious freedom and the persevering church at home and abroad. It is curated for RAANetwork by K.A. Ellis, Ambassador for International Christian Response. INDIA: Hindu radicals are intensifying their persecution of Christians across India with no end in sight. The […]
WE PERSEVERE ROUNDUP 8/5/2016 AUSTRALIA: According to a 2014 study by the non-partisan Pew Research Centre, Christians are the most persecuted minority in the world. Christians were persecuted and harassed by government or the general society in 108 countries, an increase of 102 from the year before. However, there’s very little open discussion of the […]
We Persevere Weekly Roundup Week of July 22, 2016 CHINA: Despite the increasing persecution of Christians in China, the Communist country is on track to have the largest Christian population in the world by 2030, according to Rodney Pennington, who studies religious trends for OMF International. By 2030, “China will almost certainly have the most […]
It’s been heavy week of sadness and tragedy, both at home and around the globe. Rather than bring you more injustices that occurred among the persecuted, this week’s roundup focuses on three videos of perseverance from around the globe. Take a few moments away from the din and be encouraged by the resilience of the […]
Note: This post originally appeared on We Persevere: The Personal Blog of K.A. Ellis. Find the post and more excellent content here. When I first met Deborah*, the word that came to my mind was “firebrand.” Deborah lives among an unreached people group in Northern Africa. Long ago, they were stripped of their dignity, identity […]
Note: This post originally appeared on We Persevere: The Personal Blog of K.A. Ellis. Find the post and more excellent content here. One of the most destructive lies of American chattel slavery was that “if we were good and obedient slaves, we would be greatly rewarded in heaven.” In the twenty-first century, this distortion of Scripture […]
We Persevere Week of June 24, 2016 World: Each January, the World Watch List is released from Open Doors to identify the top 50 countries where persecution is the most extreme. There are many more countries where believers face oppression, however, and these countries remain on the cusp of the list each year; among them, Russia and […]
We Persevere Week of June 16, 2016 United States: In California, A threatening and overreaching bill (Senate Bill 1146) is working its way through the legislature. If passed as is, this bill would strip California’s faith-based colleges and universities of their religious liberty to educate students according to their faith convictions. As many as 42 […]
We Persevere Weekly Roundup June 10, 2016 Saudi Arabia: Muslims in Saudi Arabia are turning to Christianity, despite the country’s religious suppression and strict Sharia law-based legal system that associates Islamic identity with citizenship. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) describes Saudi Arabia as a “uniquely repressive” country, which prohibits any form […]
#WePersevere is a weekly roundup of national and international stories highlighting spiritual and religious freedom. Week of 6/3/2016: In Syria and US: Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said Thursday that it was “unconscionable” that of the record 499 Syrian refugees admitted to the United States in the first three weeks of May, not one was a Christian. Read […]
