Recently, I sat down with Canadian human rights journalist Geoffrey Johnston with Toronto’s Kingston Whig Standard newspaper to talk about the intersections between African American Christians, US Church history, and the persecuted Church. That conversation evolved into this article, “Learn from African Americans.” It became the first part in his series for the Whig Standard on persecution in Pakistan. For […]
“To Those Who Suffer” – Meet Itohan Omolere
I had the pleasure of meeting Itohan Omolere at a recent conference in Chicago. This young woman’s elegant spoken word artistry and tender heart for the persecuted Church immediately captured both my theological and theatrical heart. As her carefully crafted words unfold stories of Christian endurance from Mosul to North Korea and places beyond, she transitions between locations with a haunting […]
Jesus, Keep Them Near The Cross
After several clashes this past summer, Christian members of the Guantou church in Wenzhou, a city known as China’s Jerusalem, saw the Chinese government remove the cross from atop their church. Church members were told by their government that if they resisted further, the whole building would be torn down. Activists and academics believe this […]
Endurance. 