This organization has been faithfully serving the persecuted Church for 13 years. Now they have a blog at WordPress entitled Crossing the Bridge. Of all the blog content one can sift through, this one is for those days when you need to take your mind off your own little portion of the cosmos – Here’s a brief quote from the May 28th entry.
Can you hear them? If you close your eyes and listen, you may be able to. They are whispering, “What does it feel like to attend church freely? Where is a safe place to hide my Bible? What do I say if someone asks if I am a Christian?” These questions seem strange to the average American, because we live in a country that practices freedom of religion. We live in a country where we can lift our hands and voices to God without fear of retribution or death. Yet, we are the minority. For Christians living in India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Vietnam, Egypt, and China these are real questions that they must ask themselves every day. These are Christians whose faith is so strong that they awake each morning knowing that torture, imprisonment, or death—is imminent. Yet, they do not fold. They do not back down. They proclaim their faith with boldness, because they know how temporal this life is. These are Christians who in the throes of death–pray for their persecutors. As angry fundamentalists with bloodshot eyes hover over them—knives pressed to their throats—our brothers and sisters in Christ do not flinch. Instead they whisper, “Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing,” (Luke 23:34). Do you hear them yet?
