Issued in Assisi, the declaration warns Christians could all but vanish from the Middle East and asks for diplomacy, aid and equal rights.
Nov 4, 2026
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First Liberty and the Justice Department asked the Fourth Circuit to keep an injunction that lets a Southern Baptist church pursue its new building.
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TODAY’S STUDY
Prayer
The denomination marked the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on November 1 and offers simple ways to keep praying all month.
Taliban police arrested three believers in July, The Voice of the Martyrs reports, and a front-line worker asks the church to pray.
What Joe Heschmeyer told a seeker about God's foreknowledge, free choices and why the act of praying is itself a good God rewards.
Two aborted flights and weeks of paperwork stood between Nairobi and families in the Kigonze camp before the devices finally landed.
Nov 2, 2026
faith
The Oct. 28 report shows the youngest adults attending religious services more than the nation as a whole, while those a few years older attend least.
ICC says courts cleared Amin Ismail again and again, yet he stayed in Kobar Prison, and Khartoum is still not safe for him.
BIBLE
Greg Koukl's paragraph rule and Mel Lawrenz's walk through Hebrews 11 show why context gives a verse its meaning.
A national-interest exception under the travel ban leaves one parent stranded abroad for weeks, and churches are stepping in.
Aid to the Church in Need says Syria, Lebanon and Iraq raise fears for Christianity's ancient heartland, with Africa the epicenter.
Klaus Krogh of 2K/Denmark spent four decades on Bible typefaces, including one made for readers with dyslexia.
Verse of the Day, Today's Study and Three to Know, in your inbox Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 AM Eastern.
Oct 30, 2026
Pastors and Catholic apologists agree on three practical tests from 1 John for a believer troubled by doubt.
Oct 28, 2026
The Southern Baptist school in Ontario, California, grew to 1,095 students and its largest incoming class ever.
Officials in Purwakarta say the church met its requirements and urge dialogue, while residents ask for a review of the approvals.
Church leader Mr. Ding and several co-workers were still held on October 19 without any detention notice, church sources say.
Peter Orr describes the pressures that are pushing trained ministers out of their posts, and how church members can push back.
Oct 26, 2026
How 45 Tennessee Baptists used hymns, tracts and a singing class to open gospel conversations in Cologne, Bonn and Bornheim.
The two bishops behind the statement, what they say about AI and surveillance, and how they are working with the U.S. religious freedom commission.
What the settlement requires of the Moline-Coal Valley district, what Liberty Counsel said, and the 2001 ruling behind it.