According to Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries
"The British Secret Service, MI6, has published an alarming report in the Sunday Express magazine revealing that some 200 million Christians in 60 countries around the world are at risk of suffering persecution."
In the past 100 years (during the 20th Century) 26,000,000 Christians were killed for their faith (martyred). This is more than the combined total of all previous centuries. It does not count the untold numbers who were persecuted in other ways, imprisoned, tortured, and even enslaved.
We must pray for Christians everywhere. Although we re not being killed in the USA, we are facing serious opposition/challenges to our faith. Prayer -- one of our most powerful weapons.
"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church."
"Go on, rack, torture, grind us to powder: our numbers increase in proportion as you mow us down. The blood of Christians is their harvest seed." -Tertullian (Ca. 200 A.D.)
