Missions: The Persecuted Church

The Persecuted Church

The Persecuted Church

Voice of the Martyrs
persecution.com

The Voice of the Martyrs is a non-profit, inter-denominational Christian organization dedicated to assisting the persecuted church worldwide. VOM was founded in 1967 by Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, who was imprisoned 14 years in Communist Romania for his faith in Christ. His wife, Sabina, was imprisoned for three years. In the 1960s, Richard, Sabina, and their son, Mihai, were ransomed out of Romania and came to the United States. Through their travels, the Wurmbrands spread the message of the atrocities that Christians face in restricted nations, while establishing a network of offices dedicated to assisting the persecuted church. The Voice of the Martyrs continues in this mission around the world today through the following main purposes:
Our ministry is based on Hebrews 13:3:
  Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Help
We help Christians who are or have been, persecuted for their involvement in spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. We provide medical assistance, food, clothing, and other forms of aid.
Love
We support Christians who are willing to invite their fellow men, even their persecutors, to Jesus Christ through faithful deeds of love in a hostile environment. We supply Bibles, literature, radios, and other evangelistic tools.
Encourage
We encourage persecuted Christians by giving their testimony a voice, informing Christians in the USA to know how to help. We believe that the lives and the testimony of persecuted Christians is a vital part of the fellowship of all believers and will challenge and strengthen the faith of Christians everywhere.

Open Doors
opendoorsusa.org

Open Doors works in the world’s most oppressive countries, strengthening Christians to stand strong in the face of persecution and equipping them to shine Christ’s light in these dark places.

One of the greatest challenges to Christians living under tyranny and oppression is isolation - from God’s word and from the body of Christ.

Where other Christian organizations cannot enter or have been forced to flee by oppressive governments or cultures, Open Doors can be found - supplying Bibles, training Christian leaders, developing Christian communities and ensuring prayer, presence and advocacy for these suffering believers.

When the Christians are strengthened in the Lord, they begin to demonstrate God’s forgiveness and reach out in love, even to their oppressors.

The witness of the persecuted church has a unique power to reach lives and communities that would otherwise never be open to the gospel - but they cannot do it alone.

Mission Statement of Open Doors
To strengthen and equip the Body of Christ living under or facing restriction and persecution because of their faith in Jesus Christ, and to encourage their involvement in world evangelism by:

Providing Bibles and literature, media, leadership training, socio-economic development and through intercessory prayer;
Preparing the Body of Christ living in threatened or unstable areas to face persecution and suffering; and
Educating and mobilizing the Body of Christ living in the free world to identify with threatened and persecuted Christians and be actively involved in assisting them.
We do so because we believe when one member suffers, all members suffer with it (1 Corinthians 12:26), all doors are open and God enables His Body to go into all the world and preach the Gospel.

SUDAN - destroyed Bible school reopened but still in danger.

Give thanks that classes were able to resume on October 15th at Gerif West Bible School in Sudan, which had lain in ruins since it was destroyed.

Pray for the school which was torched by a mob in April 2012, as its reopened amidst ongoing Islamist hostility and threats.

Pray that the Lord will enable the Bible school to carry out its work unhindered, and that threats to take over its land will not be carried out.

Pray that the school will be a shining light for Christ in the midst of so much hostility and that those who study and work there will be a blessing to their community.