“I will die but I will not let you go in.”, the final words of Akash Bashir who sacrificed himself when he blocked a suicide bomber from entering a church in Lahore, Pakistan on 15th March 2015. On the latest special episode of the Break the Silence podcast, ACN's John Pontifex reflects on the 10th anniversary of Akash’s martyrdom
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Nigeria Lenten Appeal
The ACN 'Religious Freedom in the World' report 2023 found that in the past 12 years over 17,500 churches attacked… 2,000 Christian schools destroyed… at least 3 million internally displaced people across Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Considered to be one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian, this Lent we are supporting projects across Nigeria to help them live out their faith.
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UK/HOLY LAND: Bishop makes plea for peace to UK Parliamentarians
A Christian leader from the Holy Land has appealed to UK parliamentarians, calling for a “courageous spirit of leadership” to bring about peace. At a packed cross-party meeting yesterday (Tuesday, 1st April) in the UK Parliament, Bishop William Shomali, Patriarchal Vicar for Jerusalem and Palestine, described the impact of the violence since 7th October 2023 […]
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Your invitation to join us on the Aid to the Church in Need 2025 Pilgrimage York and Yorkshire are at the heart of the English story of Christianity and Catholicism. In exploring York and its surroundings towns: Ripon and Beverley, and the site of the Cistercian Monastery at Fountains we will deepen our understanding of […]
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5,573
Projects were supported across 138 countries in 2023 by ACN
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