Compass Direct News is a Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 news agency

News agency

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 founded in 1996 that reports exclusively on persecution of Christians

Persecution of Christians

Persecution of Christians as a consequence of professing their faith can be traced both historically and in the current era. Early Christians were persecuted for their faith, at the hands of both Jews from whose religion Christianity arose, and the Roman Empire which controlled much of the land...

 around the world. It has a network of news bureaus and correspondents that produce news reports, features and analyses of situations and trends facing Christians living in what are believed to be the world’s most oppressive areas.

Compass Direct News aims to raise awareness of Christian persecution and encourage churches to organize prayer

Prayer

Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of...

 support for those who are suffering. It provides information for governments and advocacy groups to perform subsequent action for the persecuted.

The news service is published through daily email

Email

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releases and on the Compass Direct News website.