Our Annual Report is finally here…and it has been a year of new life!
In Acts 5, we read about some of the very first persecuted Christians. They were imprisoned for their faith. But during the night, an angel appeared. “Go, stand in the temple courts ... and tell the people all about this new life!” the angel said, setting them free.
In the Islamic World, people are experiencing this new life in Jesus. Like the apostles, they are sharing Him with others, often at great cost to themselves. Yet they stand bold and firm in their faith, clinging to Christ.
Our team recently ministered to Yazan, whose family assaulted him when he came to faith. When we offered to help him escape, he told us, “I will not leave the house. I want my family to come to Christ. Even if I lose my life for it. Please continue to pray for me.” Yazan is risking his life so that his persecutors — his own family — can experience this new life.
Help The Persecuted exists because of a hard truth: All over the Islamic World, converts to Christianity are losing everything — their children, their parents, their spouses, their livelihoods, their homes, their physical safety...
But this isn’t the end of their stories, thanks to friends like you. Together with you,
- When lives are threatened, we rescue them.
- When hearts and spirits are broken, we restore them.
- When livelihoods are lost, we rebuild them.
This year, your faithful prayers and partnership helped us reach more than 84,000 people in 15 countries. Also, 1,463 people stepped into this new life, coming to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
May the stories in our annual report fill you with joy at this new life, ministering to your heart — just as you have ministered to persecuted believers through your prayers and giving. Thank you for your partnership.