Time and time again, persecuted Christians say that what they need most are your prayers. Please take a few moments to pray for them today: Threatened by IS in Jerusalem The Christian community in Jerusalem asks for your prayers. Last Thursday, Christians in Jerusalem were threatened by a group calling itself … [Read more...]
Prosecution Rests in Trial of Christian Pastors
8/5/2015 UPDATE & Praise Report 'I'm Born Again': Sudan Frees Pastors Facing Death Penalty The Sudanese government rested its case Thursday in the trial of Pastors Yat Michael Ruot and Peter Yein Reith. The two Christian pastors from South Sudan face potential death sentences after being arrested … [Read more...]
Asia Bibi Health Update June 2015
Asia Bibi: failing health on death row in Pakistan SOURCE: Mission Network News PUBLISHED BY RUTH KRAMER ON JUNE 25, 2015 Pakistan (MNN) — Her story reads like a conspiracy theory novel. The main character is a 50-year-old woman, falsely accused. She languishes in jail for six years, charged and … [Read more...]
What Would You Say To An ISIS Fighter?
As a Christian, what would you say to an ISIS fighter who wanted to meet up with you? What if that ISIS fighter had killed a member of your family? What if that same ISIS fighter was about to kill you? What would you say to them? Would you have compassion or hatred? Are these Muslim radicals beyond redemption? These … [Read more...]
ISIS Sex Slave Prizes
ISIS has already committed countless unspeakable acts on Yazidi and Christian girls and women in Iraq, but the terrorist army may have reached a new low with a twisted new contest in which female slaves captured in war are given away as "prizes" to fighters who show the have mastered the Koran. The shocking practice … [Read more...]
Pastor Saeed Abedini Update 6/10/2015
Pastor Saeed Abedini Update 6/10/2015 Source: Naghmeh Abedini Facebook page 6/10/2015. Urgent Update on Saeed: It is truly heartbreaking to know that one day after I spoke in front of our congress Saeed was beaten by fellow prisoners. Saeed's father was not able to see Saeed last week because of a holiday in … [Read more...]
Iraqi believers: ‘Do churches in US know what is being done to us?’
SOURCE: KBC Kentucky Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Director Coy Webb just returned from Iraq where he got a close-up look at the human toll Islamic State terrorists have inflicted. What follows is his account of the hardships that people there continue to face. By Coy Webb In the spring of 2014, an … [Read more...]
A Biblical Response To Persecution
How should we respond to persecution? In the following video, Dr. Mark Durie talks about a biblical response to persecution of Christians. The talk was given at The Moody Church and the host was Erwin Lutzer. Dr. Lutzer is the pastor of The Moody Church. He is the author of many books, one of which is The Cross In … [Read more...]
Two pastors in Sudan face death
Two Christian pastors from South Sudan who traveled north to Sudan and were arrested on charges of spying could face the death penalty when their trial begins next week, according to their attorneys. Yat Michael Ruot and Peter Yein Reith, both Presbyterian pastors from the breakaway Christian nation of … [Read more...]
People of the Cross
SOURCE: VOM Persecution Blog - Author Tami Yeager One of my favorite memories is of a trip to North Africa some time ago. It was on this particular trip that I had the opportunity to stay in a remote village and visit with the people who live there. I remember walking the dusty village streets and being captivated … [Read more...]
