The Most Persecuted Group in the World According to a Pew Research report, Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world. Of the 24 most persecuting countries in the world, 20 are Islamic. Christians are facing the most severe persecution in North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Pakistan, Iran and Yemen. When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the Word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth? Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed. Revelation 6:9-11 How can we help our brethren who are suffering such intense and violent persecution at this time? This is first and foremost an information war. A battle for hearts and minds. We need to be informed. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge... Hosea 4:6 Be Informed Encourage everyone you know who is interested in the Persecuted Church to be on the emailing list of Frontline Fellowship, to regularly visit our frontline.org.za website and idop-africa.org website. You can also find Frontline Fellowship on Facebook, like, link and share it, as we regularly place information from the Persecuted Church on it. Publicity Provides Protection for the Persecuted You will also find that we have many articles and country reports on our Frontline Fellowship website, as well as links to audio lectures and sermons on our Sermon.Audio link as well as important presentations concerning the Persecuted Church, Islam and Communism, on our Slideshare link. These are all accessible through our frontline.org.za website. Books on the Persecuted There are also some excellent books on the persecution of the church that we can recommend, including: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam - The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat; Faith Under Fire in Sudan; In the Killing Fields of Mozambique; Holocaust in Rwanda; and Going Through. Films on Persecution There are also some excellent films that you can show, including: Islam Rising; Sudan - The Hidden Holocaust and Terrorism and Persecution - Understanding Islamic Jihad and Tortured for Christ. These and many other resources are available from Christian Liberty Books, PO Box 358, Howard Place 7450, Cape Town, South Africa, tel: 021-689-7478, email: [email protected] and website: christianlibertybooks.co.za. Be Involved We must be informed, we must be interceding and we must be involved. There is always something we can do. Social media is a great means of alerting others to what is going on. Also, write letters to the Editor of your local newspapers, or favourite magazine, to highlight these issues and to speak up for those who are being targeted for their Faith. Print out posters from our website to place on your church or school notice board to mobilise prayer and action. Inform and Involve You can also consider inviting speakers to give presentations on the Persecuted Church at your local church, or at your work fellowship, to help inform and involve others in speaking up for our persecuted brethren. Mobilise Prayer and Pressure for the Persecuted You can also obtain Frontline News and other literature from us to distribute at your church, to mobilise more prayer and pressure for the persecuted. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honoured, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are the Body of Christ, and members individually. 1 Corinthians 12:26-27 Dr. Peter Hammond Frontline Fellowship P.O. Box 74 Newlands 7725 Cape Town South Africa Tel: 021-689-4480 Email: [email protected] Website: frontline.org.za facebook.pngtwitter.pngyoutube.png
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