Family of 35 Braces for Brutal Winter Months
Badri is the mother of seven children and the grandmother of “many more.” She and her extended family of 35 fled their homes in Iraq when an ISIS rocket struck a neighbor’s house, killing three people. As Christians, she knew that it wouldn’t be long before her family...Iraqi’s Hopes Fade as Winter Approaches
Another day, [ISIS soldiers] went to a different family. The kids were told to convert or be killed. They refused. There were four of them, 15 years and younger. They beheaded all of them. They were all our children. That is how evil these people are. They have no...Today We Stand In Prayer for the Persecuted
Today, more than half a million Christians from over 150 nations will come together to pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters from around the world. This is no imaginary suffering. Believers worldwide are risking everything—even their lives—for the sake of the...This Sunday: Stand Up for Persecuted Believers
Last week, I stood only a few hundred miles from Bethlehem, where over 2,000 years ago, our Savior was born. The dust from the desert is still on my shoes, reminding me of my spiritual heritage . . . the Middle East is where the Christian faith was born. Today, this...How the Church Can Join the Fight Against ISIS
As you read these words, I am with a World Help team on the frontlines of a brutal humanitarian war being waged by ISIS on Christians in the Middle East. This is no imaginary persecution: In Syria and Iraq, entire Christian communities have been destroyed. There have...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.