April 25, 2022
UKRAINE: Fighting for Their Faith and Culture
Ukrainian Christian leaders take a stand against 'Russian worldview' and other Russian propaganda.
Articles for tag: Freedom Of Religion
October 24, 2017
The Increasing Challenge for Evangelism in India
Persecution is increasing in India. How will our churches respond?  By John Caldwell The year was 1950 and colonial India was debating its constitution as a new, independent nation. Drafters of the constitution had written an article on freedom of religion that “each individual has the right to profess, practice and propagate his faith.” The constitutional convention engaged in much debate over that word, propagate. The Hindu majority feared that word would be used by a small Christian minority as an excuse to proselytize.  Ironically it was a Hindu delegate who stood to his feet and said the word propagate
November 16, 2014
India at a Crossroads
By Abhineeta Matney An April election raises pressing questions, especially for the Christian minority in one of the world”s largest nations. Until a few months ago, the U.S. government boycotted Narendra Modi, the former head of the government in the Indian state of Gujarat. Modi was blacklisted and shunned for his questionably reticent political tactics. He was denied a visa to the U.S. for almost a decade because he allegedly encouraged and/or did nothing to stop the violence that erupted against minorities in Gujarat in 2002. Today Modi is the prime minister of the world”s largest electorate. Hours after this
Behind Closed Doors
An Arab Christian serving in the Middle East reminds American believers not to take religious freedom for granted—and challenges the church to use that freedom to evangelize, study, and worship with passion.
