Religious Freedom Coalition

10/16/2026

Our orphanage school building's second story is officially just over a year old and and we’re so thankful for a space where our kids can truly thrive!

📸 Enjoy this bird's-eye view of our beautiful orphanage grounds

10/13/2026

This month, our Food Distribution Program introduced a new approach through a partnership with a local Christian supermarket in Beit Sahour. Instead of receiving standard food packages, families received vouchers to choose the exact essential food items their households needed most—all at special wholesale prices. For families unable to travel, home deliveries ensured no one was left behind.

Giving parents the freedom to shop for their own homes brought a deep sense of dignity, joy, and empowerment. Easing the heavy burden of food costs allows parents to focus their limited resources where they matter most.

We are deeply grateful to Heart for the Persecuted Church and every donor who makes this work possible. You are bringing both practical relief and dignity to these resilient families.

10/09/2026

In newsletters, I often report on the relentless terror our Christian brothers and sisters endure across Nigeria’s Middle Belt. I have been in many of the displacement camps in Plateau State on numerous mission trips.

I have seen firsthand the death and destruction left behind by heavily armed Sunni Muslim Fulani herdsmen. The gruesome scenes are etched into my memory and honestly affect everything I write.

Despite the ongoing danger and bloodshed, our biblical mandate to care for the victims can never stop.

Our team in Plateau State produces monthly video reports of visits to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.

The videos show the compassionate love by our team to displaced children whose parents were martyred in jihadist raids.

Led by our ministry coordinator and a dedicated team of frontline volunteers, the latest mission traveled into several of the hardest-hit Local Government Areas of Plateau State—including Mangu, Bokkos, and Riyom—where Christian farming communities face persistent, murderous attacks.

The threat of violence was immediate and real. Just days before our team reached Mangu, a brutal raid claimed the lives of more than...

Continue Reading >>> https://religiousfreedomcoalition.org/2026/10/09/the-chairmans-report-for-october-2/

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10/08/2026

She was only 7 years old when they came for her family.

In the middle of the night, Manda’s home was attacked by Fulani herdsmen wielding machetes.

Her widowed mother was killed.

Manda and her 5-year-old brother, Jezreel, were brutally wounded across their faces and left for dead.

But they survived.

Somehow, these two little children held on through the night. When they were found, they were still breathing, and they were rushed to receive lifesaving medical care.

Today, Manda and Jezreel are living in a displacement camp, far from home and without the safety and security every child deserves. Even basic necessities can be difficult to find.

They have already lost so much. They should not have to face the future alone.

Through our monthly outreach programs, we are working to provide children like Manda and Jezzreel with food, essential supplies, care, and hope.

But we cannot do it without you.

Will you stand with these children?

Your support can help provide lifesaving assistance and ministry to vulnerable Christian orphans in Nigeria.

❤️ Help us care for children like Manda and Jezzreel:
https://heartforthepersecuted.org/donate-social/

Please share their story, help us reach more people, and keep Manda and Jezreel, and other persecuted Christian children in Nigeria, in your prayers.

They survived the night. Now, let’s help them build a future.

10/02/2026

Over the years, our mission in Jos, Plateau State, has brought us alongside local Christian efforts caring for children orphaned in violent jihadist attacks. One such ministry is [redacted for orphanage safety].

Founded nearly twenty years ago, the home currently cares for dozens of Christian boys and girls who lost their families to Islamic jihad attacks in places like Bokkos, Bassa, and Mangu.

The small orphanage has struggled just to keep its doors open in the last few years and the Religious Freedom Coalition has stepped in repeatedly to help this valuable asset for displaced children. One at a time the Christian orphanage is changing the lives of 58 children.

For several years our Jos orphanage has provided portions of our farm crop harvests to help feed the children. When eviction from the rented facility was threatened, we paid the annual rent last year, and this year.

Paying back rent was an emergency measure. The rented facility has become severely...

Continue reading >>> https://religiousfreedomcoalition.org/2026/10/02/another-permanent-home-for-christian-orphans/

Over the years, our mission in Jos, Plateau State, has brought us alongside local Christian efforts caring for children orphaned in violent jihadist attacks.

09/29/2026

Bringing hope right to the birthplace of Jesus.

With the tourism collapse leaving many Christian families in Bethlehem stranded and in urgent need, Heart for the Persecuted Church delivers monthly food boxes to provide critical relief. Each package is packed with vital essentials like cooking oil, rice, powdered milk, canned goods, and pantry staples.

Thank you for helping us support and sustain families who need it most!

09/19/2026

Our food distribution program in Bethlehem helps support Christian businesses by locally sourcing all food and products we distribute. Your generosity not only goes towards supporting the Christian families who receive the food packages, but it also directly impacts the lives of Christian business owners.

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09/18/2026

In a dramatic shift in Middle East policy, the United States officially removed from its State Sponsors of list on August 24, 2026, ending a 47-year designation that had been in place since 1979.

The U.S. State Department also dropped the global terrorist designation against Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Sunni terrorist militia that was an off-spring of al-Qaeda.

The State Department has now given its full diplomatic endorsement to Syria’s new self-appointed “president “Ahmed -Sharaa (formerly known as the jihadist commander Abu Mohammed al-Julani).

Not long ago, al-Sharaa had a $10 million U.S. reward on his head. Now the “former” terrorist murderer is being hailed by the and as an essential partner with the United States in “stabilization” of the Middle East. WHY?

The Main Enemy Doctrine: Washington’s embrace of al-Sharaa is part of our centuriesold foreign policy playbook: the “main enemy” doctrine. Shia Muslim is our “main enemy” in the , so our endorsement of a Sunni Muslim terrorist fits right in with the “main enemy doctrine.” To defeat Shia Iran, Sunni Muslim terrorists become our friends.

American support for Sunni Muslim terrorists is not new. The United States funded and armed radical...

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09/11/2026

September 11, 2001. We will never forget.

On the morning of September 11, 2001 Religious Freedom Coalition President, William J. Murray, was on his way to Washington, DC to participate in the Sudan Peace Act press conference. When he heard the news on the radio about the first plane crash, he knew it was not an accident. Once news came that a second plane hit, he made an immediate call to the White House. He would also just be passing the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building.
On the first anniversary of these attacks, William J. Murray expressed his personal experience on this horrific day and his perspective on the events one year later. Click the link below to read this article from September 2002.

https://religiousfreedomcoalition.org/2022/09/11/remembering-9-11-3/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUGhqZwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMUhwTU9LRmRXZFFxamlFZEtzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe8_b61ZIlMtqd2NQWTYnEGKYlWmFPhR_gAkq6ItsR0wP-hRBc7OmX_hwpUQI_aem_cjB03i5Uah_uSeZOw8X6kg

09/09/2026

West of the Jordan river, the ancient Christian community of Bethlehem is facing economic ruin. Yet just a few miles east, on the east side of the Jordan River, the Muslim-majority Kingdom of Jordan is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into developing and preserving one of the most sacred sites in the Christian faith.

Why? The Jordanian government wants tourism dollars going to Jordan rather than Bethlehem!

The Agony of Bethlehem: Mike Canawati, whose family has lived in the Holy Land for centuries, owns a tourism business in Bethlehem.

He wrote a heartbreaking plea to the world about the conditions for Christians in Bethlehem. He tells us that with Christian pilgrim tourism completely halted and borders closed, the economy of the city where Christ was born has flatlined. Christian income is near zero.

“Bethlehem without tourism equals zero income for thousands of families,” Canawati wrote. Describing how shopkeepers, artisans, hotel staff, and drivers have been pushed to the edge of insolvency, he announced that his home and business are now up for sale.

Facing unrelenting pressure from banks and seeing no future for his children, Canawati joined the growing ranks of local Christians contemplating...

Read more here >>> https://religiousfreedomcoalition.org/2026/09/09/despair-in-bethlehem-but-a-jordan-christian-site-sees-new-investment/