“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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