Ladies and gentlemen, friends, and brothers and sisters in Christ—
In 2025, as we gather here in freedom, I want to turn our hearts and attention to a sobering truth: there are more Christians facing persecution around the world today than at any other time in modern history. For millions of believers, faith in Jesus is not a weekend routine or a spiritual preference—it is a daily risk. It is a costly, courageous stand that they choose to take, even when everything around them warns them not to.
Across the Middle East and North Africa, Christians are beaten, imprisoned, and driven from their homes. In parts of Asia, believers gather quietly in home churches, knowing a knock on the door could mean arrest—or worse. In nations where Christianity is considered a threat to the government or culture, pastors disappear overnight. Bibles are confiscated. Churches are burned. Families are torn apart.
Some are targeted by extremist groups. Others by their own communities. Many by their own governments. Yet the pattern is the same: the world’s most vulnerable Christians stand firmly for Christ, even when the cost is everything. FINISH READING ON SUBSTACK → https://seanfeucht.substack.com/p/three-truths-for-standing-with-the |
