I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you. Isaiah 42:6 Juan Coy (1957) Revenge Killing Juan, a 33-year-old farmer, was arrested along with a young preacher, Pedro Moreno, for holding private...
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I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18 Ishak Christian (1996) Killed at Prayer On 10 October 1996, around 3,000 Muslims went on the rampage in East Java, Indonesia...
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The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1 Maspero Martyrs (2011) Besieged “The army and police were waiting for us about 200 metres away from the...
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Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and...
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All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:16b Osman Sheik Ahmed (2005) Significant Date Osman was martyred on 7 October 2005, two years to the day after he made the decision to leave Islam and...
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It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. Philippians 2:13 Rami Ayyad (2007) Ever Smiling “Rami was the most gentle member of the team, the ever-smiling one. He was the face of our Bible shop, always...
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Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction? Hosea 13:14b Aurelio Gomez Ramos and Gustavo Hernandez Perez (1995) Death Threats Aurelio pastored a church with Gustavo as his assistant at a time of great threat to...
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Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow...
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I am suffering… Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 2 Timothy 1:12 Eritrean Christians (2010-11) Imprisoned and Tortured...
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This man [Jesus], handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law. But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to...
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