by EPC Admin | May 7, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expressed disappointment in a Turkish court’s May 7 decision in EPC Teaching Elder Andrew Brunson’s trial on terrorism and espionage charges. After 11 hours of testimony—mostly from anonymous witnesses...
by EPC Admin | May 7, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Following testimony in the second phase of Andrew Brunson’s trial on May 7 in Turkey, the court ruled to keep the EPC Teaching Elder jailed until at least the next hearing, scheduled for July 18. The date is 24 days after Turkey’s snap presidential elections, which...
by EPC Admin | May 7, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
In a statement recorded outside the courtroom in Turkey where Andrew Brunson is on trial on May 7, Sandra Jolley, Vice-Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, issued an appeal for his immediate release. “Every day that Andrew Brunson spends...
by EPC Admin | May 7, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
In the first updates from Andrew Brunson’s trial on May 7, EPC Teaching Elder Andrew Brunson has strongly denied accusations made by a secret witness. The witness, who testified by video link with disguised face and voice, is described as a former parishioner of...
by EPC Admin | May 4, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
50 members of the European Parliament signed a May 4 letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan requesting the EPC Teaching Elder’s release. The letter begins, “We express our deep concern about the wrongful imprisonment of Pastor Andrew Brunson” and concludes,...
by EPC Admin | Apr 18, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
As international media continue to issue reports of Andrew Brunson’s trial in Turkey on April 16, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted his support of the EPC Teaching Elder. The President’s message on social media, which was delivered on April 17, reads: “Pastor Andrew...
