David Curry

David Curry is president and CEO of Global Christian Relief.

China's Xi Jinping

Opinion

November 19, 2023

Christians in China survive persecution, but here’s what their oppressors don’t know

Fears about the decline of Christianity in China might be completely unfounded. People of faith there face persecution, but that undermines the reliability of data about religion.

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JANUARY 7: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) lights a candle during the Mass marking the Russian Orthodox Christmas at the Transfiguraton Cathedral January 7, 2020 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Putin travels to Istanbul on January 9 for the opening of the TurkStream gas pipeline. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Opinion

July 16, 2023

Putin and Russian Orthodox Church forge an unholy alliance to take over Ukraine

Putin's Russia has destroyed nearly 500 religious buildings and sacred sites in its brutal war against Ukraine. The monstrous strategy is to make Ukrainians easier to conquer.

FILE - In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, left, conducts the Easter service accompanied by President Vladimir Putin, background right, at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, early Sunday, April 24, 2022. Russian soldiers who die in the line of duty in Ukraine have all of their sins forgiven, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church proclaimed in a sermon on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, comparing their sacrificial death to that of Jesus. (Oleg Varov/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP)

Opinion

March 26, 2023

Putin’s attack on Ukraine's Christians deserves this punishment

Putin’s attack on Ukraine's Christians deserves this punishment. Russian troops have murdered at least 26 religious leaders and damaged 500 religious sites.

Curry & Abbas: China's war on Uyghur Muslims – here's why this persecution should matter to Christians

Opinion

May 2, 2021

Curry & Abbas: China's war on Uyghur Muslims – here's why this persecution should matter to Christians

The brazen misuse of democratic platforms to quash dissidents inside and outside of Chinese borders demonstrates why China is one of the greatest threats to religious freedom – the freedom of conscience – in the world today .