SOURCE: Mission Network News Open Doors asks for action on speeches re: persecution SIGN THE PETITION HERE It’s no secret that the Obama Administration puts religious persecution on a low rung in terms of priorities. However, the silence greeting a wholesale, targeted slaughter of a group of people because of … [Read more...]
Pastor Saeed Abedini Update 4/29/2015
Update on Saeed: Saeed's dad was able to visit Saeed in prison today. Saeed is encouraged by your notes of encouragements and Birthday messages! Thank you for taking the time to encourage Saeed. He carries your messages with him in his heart and they are a great source of hope for him in the prison. To know that he … [Read more...]
There is No Panic in Heaven
Despite all the killing of Christians going on in some parts of the world, there is no panic in heaven. Voice of the Martyrs interviews Tom Doyle on what believers want us to know about living in regions dominated by ISIS. From the website: Tom Doyle, author of a new book about Christians facing persecution in … [Read more...]
Pastor Saeed Abedini Update 4/22/2015
Update on Saeed: Today Saeed's father was able to visit Saeed (behind a glass window). Prison visits are always difficult. It is painful for Saeed's father to walk into that dark prison and to see his son chained and harassed by guards. Saeed is not intimidated. As the pressures increase, he clings more to Jesus and … [Read more...]
ISIS claims massacre of Ethiopian Christians in Libya
New ISIS video purportedly shows mass executions of Christians Video shows execution of Ethiopian Christians on beach and in desert by Islamic State terrorists in Libya; ISIS tells Mideast Christians: Convert or face death. According to YNetNews.com: A new video published Sunday by the Islamic State terror group … [Read more...]
Pastor Saeed Abedini Update 4/15/2015
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON SAEED: Today Saeed’s father was able to visit Saeed in prison. Saeed was encouraged to be able to have an in person visitation with his father after 5 weeks of no visitations. He wanted to thank you all for your continued prayers. Knowing that he is not forgotten and believers around the world … [Read more...]
#ChristianLivesMatter
The Garissa University attack – which happened just over one week ago – was the latest in a series of escalating threats against Christians by jihadists who feel emboldened by western inaction to similar attacks on Christians in countries like Iraq. In the last few weeks, two churches were bombed in Pakistan, … [Read more...]
A Reminder of Pastor Saeed’s Captivity
In July of 2012, Pastor Saeed Abedini, an Iranian American Christian, took a trip back home to Iran to visit his family and continue his work building an orphanage in the city of Rasht. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested him for privately teaching his faith, and while Abedini originally faced the potential … [Read more...]
147 Killed In Kenyan Univ. Attack
An attack by masked terrorists who stormed a university in eastern Kenya has left at least 147 people dead. Around 80 more have been confirmed as wounded in the siege at Garissa University, which has now ended after the four attackers detonated their suicide vests. Survivors say the masked gunmen singled out … [Read more...]
Wenzhou pastor Huang Yizi sentenced to a year in prison
Hundreds of believers milled around outside a small Pingyang County courthouse Tuesday afternoon awaiting the verdict in the case of Wenzhou Pastor Huang Yizi, detained since last August for his opposition to the cross demolitions across Zhejiang province in eastern China. At 8 p.m., Huang’s lawyer, Zhang Kai, … [Read more...]
