Andrew Brunson

We especially want to thank the administration, they really fought for us, unusually so, from the time you took office, I know that you've been engaged.

We're so grateful to so many people in Congress who stood with us and who prayed for us and fought for us, so we want to thank you.

I am helping Syrian refugees, they say that I am aiding the PKK. I am setting up a church, they say I got help from Gulen's network.

My service that I have spent my life on, has now turned upside down. I was never ashamed to be a server of Jesus but these claims are shameful and disgusting.

I do not accept the charges mentioned in the indictment. I was never involved in any illegal activities.

I've never done something against Turkey. I love Turkey. I've been praying for Turkey for 25 years. I want truth to come out.

The commanding heights of our culture — most of our institutions — are dominated by people who are not serious God-followers, and therefore have little sympathy, understanding or tolerance for those who are.