Jesus warned that "if they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you."

(I-Newswire) - This year, hundreds of Christians will face jail, enslavement, and death while we lay on a beach, sunbathing and sipping our cold drink through multi-coloured straws, or while we sit in a comfy office with the only worry to trouble us being whether we are sitting too close to the PC monitor.

The mainstream media of many countries appear to be content to remain silent. How many newspapers were silent while North Korean, Kim Il Sung, ordered the death of Christians who were slowly run over, feet first, by steam rollers because they would not renounce their faith.

Archbishop Gary Beaver of the Old Catholic Church of Great Britain stated “Christian persecution is growing at an alarming rate. More Christians are persecuted and martyred for their faith in this century than all previous centuries combined. It is estimated that over 160,000 were killed last year alone. Yet, the Body of Christ, the men and women of faith that make up the Church Universal, of all denominations, are strangely silent as a unified body while their Christian brothers and sisters are persecuted”.

Today, over 2.7 billion people are living in nations where freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of association are unknown concepts, an environment where a reality of freedom of faith is not known or understood. Recent estimates report 200 million Christians around the world face actual persecution, and another 350 million face discrimination and restrictions.
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