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This Month's Feature Article in The Voice of the Martyrs Newsletter |
We Still Remember In the early years of The Voice of the Martyrs (when we were still called Jesus to the Communist World), countless Christians suffered abuse at the hands of communist authorities in places like the Soviet Union. And just as we continue to do today, we told their stories of faith and courage, of God’s gracious care of His people, and how Christians in Canada could stand with them in their afflictions.
With the fall of the Iron Curtain in the early 1990s, religious freedom was established in a number of these formerly communist countries. In others, like Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, the persecution of Christians has continued. Many of those who suffered under the communists are still alive and are now elderly and in poor health because of their earlier ordeals.... To read the rest of this feature article, subscribe today. |
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Standing with the saints in OrissaA month has come and gone and still Christians in Orissa continue to suffer attacks at the hands of Hindus. Blaming them for the death of Hindu leader Laxmananda Saraswati and angry over the numbers of Hindus coming to faith in Christ, mobs have driven thousands of Christians from their homes. Dozens of church buildings have been destroyed or damaged, at least 50 believers have been killed, schools and colleges have been attacked and vandalized, and numerous cases of forced conversions to Hinduism have been reported. Even relief camps have been attacked.... |
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