Griffin Paul Jackson A maximum of 30,000 refugees will be allowed to resettle in the United States next fiscal year. The new ceiling imposed by the Trump administration marks a dramatic decrease from this fiscal year’s 45,000-person cap, which had also been a significant reduction. For three Continue Reading
The Top 50 Countries Where It’s Most Dangerous to Follow Jesus
By SARAH EEKHOFF ZYLSTRA For decades, North Korea has clearly been the world’s worst persecutor of Christians. But now, another nation nearly matches it. Open Doors released today its 2018 World Watch List (WWL), an annual ranking of the 50 countries where it is most dangerous to follow Jesus. Continue Reading
‘Worst Year Yet’: The Top 50 Countries Where It’s Hardest to Be a Christian
By Jeremy Weber For the third year in a row, the modern persecution of Christians worldwide has hit another record high. But the primary cause, Islamic extremism, now has a rival: ethnic nationalism. Thus, Asia increasingly merits concern alongside the Middle East, according to the 2017 World Continue Reading
Wheaton College, Larycia Hawkins to ‘Part Ways’
By Jeremy Weber and Ted Olson Two weeks ago, faculty leaders unanimously asked Wheaton College to drop itsattempt to fire tenured professor Larycia Hawkins over whether her views on Islam fit the school's faith statement. On Friday, 78 of the Illinois school’s 200-plus professors publicly vouched Continue Reading