Today many Christians are languishing in prisons around the world. They endure daily emotional and physical torture because they have refused to surrender to dictatorial governments and ideologies insisting instead on pledging their allegiance to Christ.

Letter writing remains a highly effective method of raising awareness, encouraging action and also delivering hope to those who otherwise might feel forgotten.

You can become an advocate for persecuted Christians and assume the important ministerial role of being one who pleads for justice for others through writing letters to and on behalf of persecuted Christians worldwide. Furthermore, you fulfill the scriptural directive to ‘Bear one another’s burdens…’ (Gal. 6:2), and to ‘Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you are also in the body’ (Heb. 13:3).

There are three different kinds of advocacy letters that you can write:

• Letters of encouragement to prisoners who are ‘doing time’ for Christ and support to their families. [click here for details]
• Letters that raise awareness in the local and national media. [click here for details]
• Letters of protest to government leaders of influence requesting their intervention. [click here for details]

If you would like a more comprehensive guide or if you would like to find out more about how to write to those who are currently imprisoned because of their Christian faith click on our link below to our Prisoners List and download our current PDF file containing names and addresses of prisoners of faith in various countries.