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Trial of U.S. pastor facing 35 years in prison set to start Monday in Turkey

Andrew Brunson, originally from North Carolina, was detained as part of a post-coup crackdown while operating a small Christian church in the city of Izmir. Source: Trial of U.S. pastorRead More

This Week, Speak the Name of Andrew Brunson, A Persecuted Brother in Turkey

Please join us in standing with Brunson’s family and home church in lifting the name of Andrew Brunson to the God he serves. Source: This Week, Speak the Name ofRead More

US senators apply to attend trial in Turkey of jailed pastor Brunson

A number of US senators have applied to Turkey’s Justice Ministry to attend the first hearing next week in the trial of Andrew Brunson, a US pastor held in jailRead More

Trial in Turkey starting April 16

Prayer Vigil for Andrew Brunson

Prayer Vigil for Andrew Brunson (Wheaton College ’88, TEDS ’91) Trial Date: April 16 9:00 a.m. local time (2:00 a.m. EST) Andrew Brunson, a pastor for over 20 years inRead More

The US wants to be in Brunson’s courtroom in İzmir

Undoubtedly for Ankara, the two most vital questions in Turkish-American relations are the U.S.’s partnership with the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the status of Pennsylvania-based Islamic preacherRead More

He [Turkish president] was openly stated this scheme.

Opinion: Bad idea… Swapping Islamic Cleric for an American Pastor

Today, the website Ahval ran a story from the Russian Tass news agency that U.S. is considering extraditing the Pennsylvania Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen back to Turkey to face chargesRead More

U.S. considers extraditing Gulen over Russia envoy’s killing – Tass | Ahval

The U.S. government is considering whether to approve a request by Turkey to extradite Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen to Turkey to face charges connected with the assassination of Russian ambassadorRead More

'[This book] expresses the shared beliefs of the Churches in Turkey.'

Turkey’s Churches publish landmark book of common Christian doctrine

By Barbara G. Baker – WorldWatch Monitor A joint commission of Turkey’s major Christian denominations has published an historic book of concise Christian doctrine, receiving the unprecedented endorsement of allRead More

Reading the Sermon on the Mount

Opinion: Praying for a “Jesus dream” for Turkish President

My Christian brother in Christ, Andrew Brunson, on this 2018 Good Friday eve, is lavishing in a Turkish prison for being the Christian pastor of the Izmir Resurrection Church. This church isRead More

US senator visits pastor linked to FETÖ, PKK ahead of trial in Izmir

U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced Wednesday that he visited Andrew Craig Brunson, an American pastor who is facing terror charges for his links to Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) andRead More