Andrew Brunson freed after telling court, ‘I love Jesus, I love Turkey’ – RNS October 15, 2018 by Fulcrum A Turkish court has freed the Rev. Andrew Brunson, an American missionary who had been the subject of a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Turkey....“I am an innocent human being,” Brunson told the court near the city of Izmir, where he led a church he established and tended to for nearly a decade. “I love Jesus, I love Turkey.” Umar Farooq. Religion News Service. 12 October 2018 FulcrumShareTweetShare