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The Nashville 11
The final chapter of the book of Hebrews gives an important command to believers... This command has been vital throughout the last two thousand years of church history. Today, ministries like Voice of the Martyrs and Open Doors help equip believers to be aware of the threats and suffering our brothers and sisters in Christ around the world still face.
Posted in Faith, Federal, Religious Liberty, Sanctity of Life
Tagged Cal Zastrow, Chet Gallagher, Coleman Boyd, Dennis Green, Eva Edl, Eva Zastrow, FACE Act, Heather Idoni, James Zastrow, Nashville 11, Open Doors, Paul Place, Paul Vaughn, Voice of the Martyrs
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Obama Administration’s Concern for the Persecuted
According to Open Doors, an organization whose mission is to strengthen and equip Christians to stand firm for Christ in the most oppressive countries around the world, “Nigeria had a total of 300 confirmed martyrs in 2011, Egypt at least 60 and Iraq 38. Open Doors defines a martyr as one who loses her or his life as a result of identification with Jesus Christ.”
Because of the often overly expansive or elastic use of words like “discrimination,” “oppression,” and “persecution,” Open Doors offers this helpful clarification of what constitutes persecution:
…Though it is sometimes difficult to identify the
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