"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
Open Doors’ World Watch List 2024
Open Doors released the World Watch List 2024, an annual resource "ranking...the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution." Open Doors has been tracking religious persecution of Christians since the 1970s and their approach to the work is well-informed and reliable. Religious persecution affects many religious groups and not just Christians, but Open Doors …
World Watch List 2022
Open Doors released the World Watch List 2022, a resource developed "to track and measure the extent of persecution in the world." Open Doors has been tracking religious persecution of Christians since the 1970s and their approach to the work is well-informed and reliable. Religious persecution affects many religious groups and not just Christians. Still, there has …
More than 300 Chinese Christian Leaders Sign Joint Statement Affirming Religious Freedom
A friend recently shared with me that, in the midst of increasing pressure by the Chinese government on the Christian church in China, a group of pastors wrote a public statement affirming both their commitment to Christian faith in the midst of suffering and an international call to uphold religious freedom. This is noteworthy for …
October 12 Update on the Release of Pastor Andrew Brunson
International news reports indicate that a Turkish court ruled today to release Pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been detained for the past two years and has been remanded to house arrest since July due to health concerns. As I have followed this case over the past two years, it is clear Brunson has been used …
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Matthew Erickson 