![]() Source Article: RELIGION TODAY Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council Thursday, October 03, 2013 #Christians #persecution #religious freedom Religious persecution is a global phenomenon, and most particularly affects professing Christians in the developing world. The suffering encountered daily by believing inmates of North Korea’s gruesome “gulag” system, the almost weekly mass murders of Christians in Nigeria, and the Stalinist repression of pastors and churches in some of the states carved from the former Soviet Union should humble every American who claims the Name of Christ. Evangelical Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox: It’s open season on believers in far too many places. Even in Europe, some countries deny Christians the right to homeschool their children or foster needy little ones if they affirm the biblical view of human sexuality. We in America experience nothing like the physical assault, vicious imprisonment, unjust trials, torture, maiming and outright killing so many of our brothers and sisters in the Lord experience regularly. That’s why so many of us support groups like Voice of the Martyrs and Open Doors. It’s why my organization, the Family Research Council, has held numerous events highlighting the attacks on Christianity throughout the world. For example, our webcast on international Christian persecution featured some of our country’s leading advocates for defending the threatened and brutalized church. We have had lectures featuring speakers like Bob Fu of China Aid, Emmanuel Ogebe of the Jubilee Campaign, and the international Christian statesman Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo. A number of my colleagues and I have written about specific cases of international religious persecution and more broadly on the growing crisis of anti-Christianism across the world. At the same time, here at home, we are witnessing the emergence of a sometimes subtle, sometimes overt bias against Christians who seek to live by their faith in the public square:
Those who profess to follow Jesus should be able both to fight religious persecution abroad and oppose religious repression here at home. Each is essential if we’re to fulfill our duty to stand for righteousness, protect the vulnerable, and advance the Gospel freely in our time. Rob Schwarzwalder is senior vice president of the Family Research Council. Publication date: October 3, 2013
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