Extreme Love
Open Doors workers risk everything to stand with persecuted Christians. But it can only happen with your support.
Rebecca* speeds along a darkened track in illegal transportation, deep in the Chinese countryside. She’s on her way to a secret location to visit her ‘sisters’, a group of North Korean women who’ve fled or been trafficked into China.
The trip is fraught with danger. But for Rebecca, it’s worth it – because the women she’s meeting are risking everything to follow Jesus.
“Others like me have been caught and imprisoned,” says Rebecca. “But it’s a risk I’m willing to take to share the gospel. After all, the women take a far worse risk in coming to hear it.”
Rebecca is one of Open Doors extraordinary workers ministering to Christians who face increasingly extreme and violent persecution. In the top 10 most dangerous places in the world to follow Jesus, believers can be imprisoned, brutally tortured or even killed if their faith is discovered.
Extreme persecution demands extreme love
Today, more Christians are murdered for their faith than at any time in the last 30 years. It’s shocking – but it doesn’t deter the North Korean refugee women. “The ladies have a really miserable life,” says Sister J*, who works alongside Rebecca. “But even though they are suffering and hiding, they are overflowing with joy and hope in Christ.”
For decades, Open Doors has been standing with North Korean believers. Today, your support and prayers are needed more than ever.
As Rebecca arrives at her secret meeting place, there’s a jolt of fear. This gathering is so risky. But extreme persecution demands extreme love – and Rebecca would choose nothing else.
“God compels our love, despite the danger. Being with the women is my greatest joy,” she says. “I would make the journey every time. Even for one.”
Will you stand with Christians risking everything to follow Jesus?
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Will you stand with your persecuted family in North Korea through prayer? Pray for God’s protection on workers like Rebecca, courageously supporting persecuted Christians.
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In places like North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea and Somalia, Christians urgently need practical and spiritual support. Your gift today can supply vital aid, and your prayers will strengthen faith and bring hope.
