Andrew Brunson: the US pastor at the heart of an international crisis

Evangelical missionary, indicted in Turkey on charges of espionage and links to terror groups, is martyr in eyes of US Christian right

For 23 years Andrew Brunson quietly served the Lord in the ancient city of Izmir on Turkey’s Aegean coast. He built up the congregation of the small Resurrection church to about 25 regulars, taught his children how to scuba dive, organised movie nights and picnics and took pride in coming from a long line of pastors.

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