Todd Nettleton is live blogging from the Voice of the Martyrs “Wear the Crown” Conference that is taking place this weekend. Check out the Persecution Blog for updates, but here are some excerpts:
Bob Fu of the China Aid Association is sharing about the situation for Christians in China. Right now he is showing for the first time in public a video smuggled out of China that shows a Public Security Bureau officer interrogating Christians last March 23. Eighty house-church pastors were arrested and interrogated, but they managed to film a part of the group interrogation!
[...]He quoted Dr. Martin Luther King: “In the end, we will not remember the the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Our challenge is clear: will we be silent? As our brothers and sisters are persecuted, will we stay quiet?
There are several posts about China, but persecution is also occurring in Columbia:
One of VOM’s contacts from Colombia is sharing about the history of the country and the church there, and how God called him specifically to reach out to the Marxist guerillas there, and then delivered him into a FARC camp by allowing him to be kidnapped by guerillas.
“Our good ideas can hinder us from obtaining God’s best.”
“It takes courage to stand in the fire of harassment and persecution, but a lot of times that’s easier than standing amidst the prosperity and ease of North America, because it lulls you to sleep.”
VOM helped supply an airplane for this speaker, to allow him to air drop Christian literature, radios, and other means of getting the gospel into isolated rural areas that are totally cut off from the outside world. He asks for your prayers for safety as they air drop this material.
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“We’re not fighting against Communists. We’re not fighting against Muslims. We’re not even fighting against drug traffickers. We’re fighting against ‘the God of this world.’ The Scriptures call him the serpent or the devil.”
These stories are incredible, and a special reminder for those of us who are not on the front lines, that we are still called to serve. Visit Persecution Blog to find out more about how you can pray for and help your brothers and sisters in Christ.
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