October 8, 2016 Dear family, friends and ministry colleagues, I have been asked essentially the same question by family members, church members, missionaries and others and as I travel around … [Read more...]
A Protest to NBC’s “Maya and Marty” Broadcast
June 8, 2016 by
Last night (June 7, 2016) I was packing for a trip while the new NBC sitcom "Maya and Marty" was on at my house. My attention was drawn to a sketch "Kidnapping Video" that centered around a hostage … [Read more...]
Reject government espionage outreach
November 7, 2015 by
Last week an online publication, The Intercept, published a story titled “The Pentagon’s Missionary Spies – U.S. Military Used Christian NGO as Front for North Korea Espionage” . The short version of … [Read more...]
CCI Supports New US Policy on Hostage Taking
June 24, 2015 by
Today's headlines include bold statements such as "White House to okay negotiating with terror groups holding U.S. hostages" (CNN). In media interviews, Representative Duncan Hunter called the White … [Read more...]
Changes in US Hostage Policy are Critical to Missions
May 12, 2015 by
The following was included in a report I prepared recently for the FBI. “Overall, (the negotiation for the release of missionary hostage Phyllis Sortor) along with (another case resolved in 2014) … [Read more...]