Tag Archives: Persecuted Christians

Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. How many Bibles do you have at home? Here in the western world we seem to have a glut on books and Christians usually have at least two Bibles sitting on their bookshelves. Even ...

I am an avid supporter of Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), a Christian ministry dedicated to helping persecuted Christians around the world. I was particularly inspired by a recent article that I read in their August 2015 magazine. This is a story about a 13 year-old boy, Danjuma Shakara from ...

Asia is a Pakistani Christian and mother of five who was convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court receiving a sentence of death by hanging. In June 2009, Bibi was involved in an argument with a group of Muslim women. She was accused of insulting Muhammad by asking the Muslim ...

Rev. Yat Michael and Rev. Peter Yen Reith of South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church have been charged with espionage and blasphemy. Michael was arrested December 21, 2014, and Reith was arrested on January 11, 2015. The church believes they are being persecuted for their Christian faith. Sudanese authorities are calling ...

Pastor Saeed Abedini is a U.S. citizen who has spent three years imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith. He was arrested September 26, 2012 because the Iranian government thought his Christian activities were a threat to national security. For his 35th birthday on the National Day of Prayer this year, Pastor ...