ICC Note: Pastor Brunson has been detained in Turkey under the charges of terrorism and treason. The situation has become one of the top priorities for the White House. If found guilty, the pastor faces a 35-year prison sentence for “terrorism.”

4/18/2018 Turkey (Life Site) – On April 16th, an emblematic trial will take place in Turkey: that of the American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been officially accused of “dividing and separating the country by means of Christianization” of the population. Prior to his imprisonment, Pastor Brunson had lived peacefully in the city of Izmir for over 23 years. The Turkish prosecutor listed about 50 other “suspects” because of their alleged links with Pastor Brunson. Just over 0.1% of the population in Turkey is Christian, and yet, President Erdoğan afraid that Christian evangelization will divide this Muslim nation? Some churches have reported numerous testimonies of conversions of Turkish Muslims to Christianity. But Erdoğan’s real motives seem to be not only religious: they are political.

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