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Returning to the True God

An excerpt from Safely Home by Randy Alcorn

Saturday morning Ben and Quan worked repairing the chicken coop. It was unseasonably warm for early November. Ben wasn’t a skilled laborer, but he was actually enjoying learning some skills that didn’t involve high finances, budget projections, and long-term strategies. The men spoke of old classmates, dorm buddies, and campus escapades, uncovering a flood of pleasant memories that had long lain dormant.

Ming brought out a tray with water and biscuits for the men. While seated under the ginkgo, they talked and laughed a half hour.

“Li Quan is not ...

Fri, Jan 01, 2010
EPM Reader
Persecuted Church
china, international day of prayer for persecuted church, persection, persecuted church, prayer, safely home, underground church

An Idea for Observing the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP)

I am in charge of the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) for my church. Using info from Safely Home we had an underground house church meeting in addition to our traditional church service.

Thu, Dec 31, 2009
Craig S. Smith
Persecuted Church
china, ethics, medical ethics, organ harvesting, persecuted church, prisoners

Americans Getting Transplanted Organs from Chinese Inmates

An increasing number of Americans are traveling to China to receive transplanted kidneys, livers, corneas and other body parts from executed Chinese prisoners.

Fri, Dec 18, 2009
Randy Alcorn
Persecuted Church
cambodia, china, columbia, cuba, egypt, india, indonesia, korea, laos, malaysia, mexico, missions, myanmar, nigeria, north, persecuted church, persecution, philippines, prayer, russia, sudan, vietnam, world

17 Countries Where Christians are Persecuted

I've edited this based on information from The Bible League, Operation World and other sources. It's intended to help us pray more intelligently for our brothers and sisters.

Thu, Dec 17, 2009
Randy Alcorn
Persecuted Church, Randy's Books
china, house churches, persecution, politics, randy alcorn, safely home

Safely Home: Chapter 1

Three men watched intently as peculiar events occurred, one right after the other, on opposite sides of the globe.

"What's happening?" asked the first, tall and dark skinned.

Sat, Mar 21, 2009
Kimberly Smith
Missions, Persecuted Church, Suffering and Evil
children, make way partners, missions, orphans, persecution

Follow-up on Little John

EPM received many notes from readers telling us they were touched by the article “Not a Soul in This World for Little John” that appeared in the Winter 2009 issue. Below is a letter from Kimberly Smith, president of Make Way Partners, as a follow-up to her article.

Sun, Jun 08, 2008
Randy Alcorn
Missions, Persecuted Church
graham staines, martyr, missionary, persecuted church, persecution, staines

The World Was Not Worthy of Them: Martyrs for Christ

On January 23rd of 1999, Graham and his two sons, Phillip (11 yrs.) and Timothy (6 yrs.) were murdered by a large mob of militant Hindus. They had gone to a Christian camp in the jungle, where Graham was ministering. At midnight the mob attacked, setting fire to the jeep in which Graham and his sons were sleeping. They were burned alive. When the fire finally cooled, they found the charred body of Graham Staines with his arms around the bodies of his sons.

Mon, Feb 04, 2008
Randy Alcorn
Missions, Persecuted Church
china, human rights, olympics, persecution, poverty

What do you think about China being chosen to host the 2008 Olympics?

I have very mixed feelings about the Beijing Olympics. I’m glad because it will put China under the greatest world scrutiny it’s been under in modern times. Since China is extraordinarily image conscious, this may restrain the hand of persecution against believers. Whether or not it does, it will certainly result in the gospel being brought into China, because every Christian athlete, coach, trainer, and support personnel can bring in a gospel witness and many will bring in Chinese gospel literature. They won’t have as much freedom to go about the countryside as with many Olympics, but ...

Will the 2008 Olympics Benefit China’s Persecuted Population?

Alcorn supports the persecuted church around the world through his organization Eternal Perspective Ministries. In spite of the image the Chinese government portrays, Alcorn has found that the Chinese have very limited religious freedom. In fact, a recent Newsweek article reported that Chinese communists demolished approximately 1,500 houses of worship in just six months (“The Changing Face of the Church,” April 16, 2001).

Olympics Could Turn World Attention to Ongoing Persecution in China

Some churches are able to worship freely while other church leaders are being arrested, persecuted and jailed.

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Resources: Persecuted Church

Returning to the True God

An Idea for Observing the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP)

Americans Getting Transplanted Organs from Chinese Inmates

17 Countries Where Christians are Persecuted

Safely Home: Chapter 1

Follow-up on Little John

The World Was Not Worthy of Them: Martyrs for Christ

What do you think about China being chosen to host the 2008 Olympics?

Will the 2008 Olympics Benefit China’s Persecuted Population?

Olympics Could Turn World Attention to Ongoing Persecution in China

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