Churches in need

Bombings, beheadings, crucifixions, mass executions, kidnappings, rapes, and forced conversions are part of the everyday lives of Christians in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Nigeria, and other countries in the Middle East and Africa. ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and other Islamic groups are waging jihad against Christians and other faith minorities, demanding Christians renounce their faith and convert to Islam, or be savagely murdered. These are not isolated attacks by fringe groups, but a large-scale extermination of Christians and anyone considered an “infidel” in the eyes of Islamic jihadists.
Muslims are destroying entire villages and cities where Christians have lived for thousands of years. The Middle East, after all, is the birthplace of Christianity. Ordinary families are seeing their schools, businesses, and homes destroyed. As a result, they’re fleeing their homelands in droves. Even when, or if, the persecution ceases, many Christians may never be able to return to the land on which their families resided for generations. As members of the Body of Christ, our prayers can make all the difference in the lives of the persecuted worldwide and in our own homelands. Let us stand together for religious freedom and for those suffering simply for worshiping Our Lord, Jesus Christ! Let us at least remember them in our prayers.