Rising Number of Attacks on US Churches in 2023 on Pace to Set Record: Report

Rising Number of Attacks on US Churches in 2023 on Pace to Set Record: Report
A balloon with names of the victims is seen at a memorial at the entrance to The Covenant School, in Nashville, Tenn., on March 29, 2023. Wade Payne/AP Photo
Douglas Burton
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Attacks on American churchgoers in 2023 are on pace to make it the worst in six years, according to a Washington non-profit group.

“Criminal acts against churches have been steadily on the rise for the past several years, and the first quarter of 2023 has continued the upward trend,” the Family Research Council reported on April 10 in a supplement to its issue brief titled “Hostility to Churches.
Douglas Burton
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Douglas Burton is a former U.S. State Department official who was stationed in Kirkuk, Iraq. He writes news and commentary from Washington, D.C.
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