Attacks on Christianity have skyrocketed in recent years as more people abandon the idea of God and instead focus on the Left’s pro-abortion, pro-gender confusion, and anti-family narrative.
According to a Family Research Council (FRC) report, attacks on churches spiked 800 percent in less than six years, noting that they all had political overtones, with at least 12 including satanic imagery or symbols.
The report highlighted 915 instances of violence in churches in the United States, according to open-source documents, reports, and media outlets. Between January and November of 2023 alone, 436 acts of violence occurred in churches nationwide.
Tony Perkins, politician and Southern Baptist pastor, criticized the Democrat Party’s hostility toward churches and their goals of silencing Christians and conservatives.
It’s all connected. The Left’s coordinated use of “Christian nationalism” and the rise in hostility against houses of worship. It’s an intimidation game designed to silence Christians and suppress our votes. Don’t buy it.
— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) February 22, 2024
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Last year, 315 of the attacks were vandalisms, 75 were arson attacks or arson attempts, 10 were gun-related, 20 were bomb threats, and 37 fell in the “other” category. Seventeen of them fell into multiple categories.
Meanwhile, between 2018 and 2023, there were about 709 instances of vandalism, 135 arson attacks or attempts, 22 gun-related incidents, 32 bomb threats, and 61 other incidents that involved assault, threats, or interruption of worship services.
The report suggested that the increase “could be due in part to increased public reporting on crimes against churches, resulting in more available data than in the past.”
“Some acts of vandalism against churches appeared to have been motivated by anger toward the targeted church. Other acts appeared to have a political motivation. Some incidents appeared to have been committed by juveniles or persons struggling with mental illness,” according to the report. “Several instances of vandalism also involved theft. Many acts of vandalism against churches were under criminal investigation; a minority were under investigation as hate crimes. Police were often unable to identify the vandals.”
The Family Research Council noted that the report is not absolute and that “many acts of hostility against churches are likely not reported to authorities and/or are not featured in the news or other online sources from which we collected data.”
🚨 NEW REPORT!
— Family Research Council (@FRCdc) February 20, 2024
Hostility against churches is on the rise in the United States.
-2023 (Jan-Nov) saw a significant increase in acts of hostility against churches; we identified 436 incidents.
-This was more than double the number of incidents in all 12 months of 2022, which was… pic.twitter.com/klWe6X45vj
On Friday, former President Trump made a passionate speech, calling on America to return to its Christian values.
"We have to bring back our religion. It’s the biggest thing missing from this country. We have to bring back Christianity," Trump said.
The former president has often expressed his deep faith in God that appeals to conservative voters. In December, Trump promised to end the war on Christians, in which the Left has fought hard to take Christianity out of core values.
"As soon as I get back in the Oval Office, I’ll also immediately end the war on Christians,” Trump said. “I don’t know if you feel it. You have a war. There’s a war under crooked Joe Biden. Christians and Americans of faith are being persecuted, and government has been weaponized against religion like never before.”
