October 2023 Persecution Magazine

When All is Lost, We Show Up
You are sitting in your home, relaxing and playing with your toddler
after dinner. Your wife is reading in the living room when
you begin to hear the roar of a massive and angry crowd moving
toward your home.
In the West you would be puzzled and wander outside to investigate. In
Pakistan, you scream to your wife to grab the baby as you pick up your
toddler and flee with nothing but the clothes on your back, hoping
you have just enough time to escape an enraged mob that’s come to
destroy your neighborhood.
This isn’t theoretical, but rather reality for so many Christians in Pakistan.
I’ve seen it more times than I care to recount, including just a few
weeks ago in the neighborhood of Jaranwala, outside of Faisalabad.
You can read the details on page 10 as hundreds of families were left
homeless and living in the fields. Our staff was on the ground the next
day surveying the damage, recording the names and circumstances of
the victims, and giving initial aid (food, cooking pots, soap, etc.).
The real recovery will take many months, if not years, but we are determined
to link arms and help them rebuild.
We are the family of God, and this is what we do. The lost look on and
wonder why people from across the world care about the victims and
then their neighbors tell them, “My brothers and sisters from across
the world have rescued us, for we are all one body.”
If you would like to join us in this effort, please visit www.persecution.
org/pakistan-in-peril.
We will use your gifts ethically, efficiently, and effectively.
God bless you!
JEFF
Jeff King, President
International Christian Concern
Author: The Last Words of the Martyrs and
Islam Uncensored
Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, “You of little faith, why are you
talking among yourselves about having no bread?”
- MATTHEW 16:8
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