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This just shows the power of the mainstream media. If they don’t talk about it, then most of the population will never even know that it exists.
But we should be talking about it, because what is taking place is absolutely horrifying. In some instances, Christian parents are literally being slaughtered in front of their children…
“The Qeerroo extremists arrived in cars and, armed with guns, machetes, swords and spears, sought out and slaughtered Christians. Children were forced to witness their parents being brutally murdered with machetes,” it added.
All over the globe, thousands upon thousands of Christians are being ruthlessly killed simply because of what they believe. But if you only rely on corporate-controlled media sources for your news, you literally never hear about this relentless persecution. In fact, in this article I don’t link to a single mainstream news source. I had to go to Christian news websites to document what I am about to share with you, because the mainstream media avoids stories such as these like the plague. Of course if innocent people were being systematically butchered for a reason that aligned with the various agendas that they are constantly pushing, the mainstream media would be all over this. It greatly upsets me that the deaths of Christians are treated as if they don’t really matter, and we continue to see the global persecution of Christians escalate year after year.
For example, just take a look at what is happening in Ethiopia. Extremists have been conducting a door-to-door campaign as they search for Christians to kill…
At least 500 Christians have been killed in an ongoing spate of coordinated door-to-door attacks and thousands of traumatized survivors have fled for their lives over the last two months in southern Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state, including its capital Addis Ababa, according to reports.
For most of you, this is probably the very first time that you have ever heard about this.
An Oromo Christian was beheaded after he refused to tear off the thread around his neck, which is worn by many Ethiopian Christians as a sign of their baptism. The attackers told his wife that only those who prostrate before Allah for prayer are considered part of the Oromo community.
This should be one of the greatest human rights causes of our day, but the silence coming from the mainstream media is deafening.
It is almost as if there is a concerted effort not to talk about this.
But I refuse to keep silent. These precious lives matter, and I am going to talk about them.
In South Sudan, 23 Christians were gunned down at a church gathering on July 27th, and the attackers apparently decided that was not enough and so they decided to burn down an entire village…
Meanwhile, in South Sudan, six children who had been taken hostage were among the 23 people killed when unidentified gunmen attacked an Anglican church in Jonglei State on July 27. At least 20 others were wounded.
“After killing people in the church, the gunmen went to the homestead village and killed people there,” Bishop Moses Anur Ayom told the Episcopal News Service. “The gunmen burned down the whole village in Makol Chuei.”
Once again, I’ll bet you never heard about this story until now.
On the other side of the continent, thousands of Christians are being systematically eliminated by extremists in Nigeria…
This year already nearly 2,000 Christians have been mercilessly hacked and shot to death in surprise raids on their villages. These deadly, senseless attacks are often portrayed as ongoing clashes between farmers and herders. Those who follow closely believe they are part of a larger agenda — seemingly supported by government officials and security agencies — to drive Christians off their lands. Nigerian citizens have been disarmed by the government, but somehow, the Militant Fulani herdsmen are armed to the teeth and have no fear of encountering security response or capture.
This is something that has been going on throughout all of 2020, and this is another story that I’ll bet you have never heard about until this article.
I could keep going through more examples in Africa, but let’s switch gears.
In India, religious extremists regularly kill Christians, but those deaths rarely get much attention. Here are just a few examples…
A young woman in the Khunti district of Jharkhand has become the fifth victim in a string of Christians killed in India because of their faith.
The woman, 25-year-old Suman Munda, was found dead on July 19 in a deserted place near her home, according to Vatican News. Just one month earlier, on June 24, another Christian, 27-year-old Ramji Munda, was killed outside a village in the Khunti district.
Overall, the number of attacks on Christians in India just seems to keep rising year after year. In 2019, one group recorded “527 cases of persecution against Christians”…
The killing of Christians in India is on the rise.
In 2019, Persecution Relief, a group dedicated to helping persecuted Christians in India, recorded 527 cases of persecution against Christians, compared to 447 cases in 2018.
Sadly, the final number for 2020 will probably be the highest that we have seen so far.
But at least things in India are not as bad as they are in China. As I have discussed previously, the Chinese government seems to have decided that the elimination of the Christian faith should be official government policy. Over the past couple of years, countless churches have been raided, countless pastors have been imprisoned, and countless Bibles have been burned.
And even hundreds of pro-government “churches” that do everything that the central government tells them to do are still having their crosses taken down…
Bitter Winter reported on June 9 that crosses had been removed from over 250 state-run Three-Self churches in the eastern province of Anhui in the first four months of the year. According to the newly received information, an additional 656 state-run Protestant venues in the province had lost their crosses during the first half of this year, the total exceeding 900.
Thankfully, we aren’t facing this level of persecution in the western world yet, but many of our politicians have used the pandemic that we are experiencing to implement very strict restrictions on Christian gatherings.
In fact, the city of Seattle temporarily shut down an entire park the other day in order to prevent a Christian worship event from taking place. The following comes from Todd Starnes…
The City of Seattle shut down a local park in advance of a massive gathering of Christian worshippers.
Christians were banned from the park, but not Black Lives Matter or Antifa. Let that sink in, folks. The organizers could have completely canceled the event, but instead they decided to take it to the streets and rebrand it as a “worship protest”…
But instead of canceling the event, the Christians simply relocated the service to the street and called it a “worship protest.”
Brilliant! It was wonderful to see such a diverse group of people all worshipping the Lord together under a beautiful blue sky.
But you can be sure that officials in Seattle will be brainstorming ways that they can prevent such a thing from happening again in the future.
Hatred of Christians is rapidly rising all over the globe, and it is going to get a whole lot worse in the years ahead.
Sadly, the corporate-controlled media will almost certainly continue to ignore the persecution that is happening because it definitely does not fit any of the agendas that they are trying to push.
That is extremely unfortunate, because every one of these lives that is being lost is of immense value, and their stories deserve to be told.
Author Bio
Voice of The Martyrs (founded by Richard Wurmbrand) is a good contact for info and helping the persecuted church around the world.
https://www.persecution.com/
I agree with Michael. There is a lot of persecution happening, and much of it is not reported. In many cases, only the persecuted believer knows the true extent of what they are experiencing.
However, persecution is not just limited to believers being killed in outrageous ways or simply slaughtered en masse, even though these are very grievous and terrible forms of it.
Many believers have to endure malicious lies, gossip, and slander of all sorts that are spread around by people. Some of these people are unbelievers, but many are professing Christians. These accusers are being used by the enemy, and they have no clue. Most of the time these people think they are just having a friendly “conversation” and exchanging “news.”
Then there are some self-proclaimed teachers of the Word, who might aptly be described as ignoramuses. Professing to be wise, they have become fools, and now they go about spewing their foolishness at all who are trying to live according to the Spirit’s leading. Sometimes being discontent with that, they actually have to attack believers, because there is an anointing on the lives of these believers that their accusers desire but cannot and do not have.
Prophets have it the worst, in my opinion. Believers don’t just wake up randomly one fine day and decide that they are going to operate in the gift and calling of a prophet. But because they feel impressed in their spirits to share what they believe the Lord has told them, some self-proclaimed discernment ministers have made it their mission to scrutinize and judge every little thing they say and put their entire lives under a magnifying glass to dredge up every fault, shortcoming, and imperfection they have to disqualify them from the prophetic ministry, The unfortunate truth is that if these so-called discernment ministers would apply the same yardstick of judgment to themselves, they would end up disqualifying themselves as well.
Our persecution is not coming and is not going to come simply from unbelievers. Most of it is coming and is going to come from lukewarm believers, professing but deceived Christians, mainline denominations of Christendom, and even our own family members.
Yes Sujit. I found this when I relocated permanently from the U.S. I naturally was drawn to “Christians”, specifically from the U.S. well, some of these “Christians” were Christians In Name Only & after getting “burned” by these “Christians”, the breaking point was when a “Christian” friend pulled a gun on my husband after stealing very valuable & sentimental items from my husband’s deceased parents. ?. My 13 year old daughter then had nightmares that she had to kill this “Christian friend” after watching her kill my husband & me. ?. This is just one story; sadly I have more…
However, I learned that those “Christians” not fully walking in God’s Word were being deceived by Satan & used for His purposes against those Christians walking in God’s Word.
God has wanted me to do what I am doing now with Z3 News (I.e. sharing information He leads me to learn with His body of believers) for at least 4 years now. ?. Sadly I had so many attacks (financial, emotional, mental, Spiritual & even physical) that I was derailed for years, despite trying to overcome all these setbacks. These attacks were against by entire family & without God’s Hand of protection, my son and daughter would be dead ? & our lives would have been destroyed. Many people likely would have divorced from the stress & strain but God STRENGTHENED our relationship! ❤️?? I came into contact with two witches (self-described “Christians) during this time & it felt like a battle for my soul. ?
It sounds horrible & it was but God was preparing me & my family. We survived & despite these very difficult trials, thrived. God is good and will pull you through. The persecution has lessened but never fully stopped.
Wise words Sujit.
Expat Gal, I just wanted to express my appreciation to you for your diligence and the love that emanates from your obvious obedience to your calling in His army. You are a gem and an absolute gift to this community of believers. Few of us have the time to do the digging that you do in order to understand the behind-the-curtains agendas. You are performing an invaluable role in keeping us informed. Thank you so much. And I love the sweet, loving and motherly way you deal with hurting people on this site. And the obvious humility even in the face of those who would contradict and oppose what you are exposing. May the Lord continue to bless and protect you and your family and fill you with great hope and joy as you continue to help James and bless all of us as well.
Bill F. – Thank you for those beautiful words. ?. I appreciate them very much & you are very kind to have shared them. It is my pleasure to be a part of our community and I am grateful James has been so willing to allow me to step into the role that I feel God has been calling me into.
Thank you for reading my posts ? and my prayers are answered when I can help in any way to thwart the enemy’s goals to deceive Christians. Even though I have never met any fellow Z3ers, I feel a deep kinship through our faith & this journey we are on together. Z3 News has been such a blessing to discuss prophetic Words & dreams, Scripture linked to current day events & News, with a group of faith-filled Believers, desiring a closer walk with God & an understanding of the times we are in. ??
Yes. Often I “bear news” that some do not want to hear. ?. I think that is why God toughened “my skin” to delivering a message that some do not wish to hear which was the case with my own family for some time & some friends as well. The destruction of one’s beliefs & paradigms is so difficult but if we love God, His Word & truth more than anything, we will seek & know when we are hearing the truth versus Satan’s massive deceptions.
Blessings to you & your family as well! ?
Rick Joyner states that new revivals are often maligned and persecuted by those who experienced the last revival. Mel Tari (Like a Mighty Wind) experienced the revival in Indonesia; there the Holy Spirit was quench when “preachers” came from America ( and elsewhere?) who told the Indonesians how things must be done in church. Well meaning “believers” does not necessarily equate with Spirit led . King Saul hunted and tried to kill GOD’s anointed David. ”
Matthew 24:9
“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.”
There are several excellent organizations, who minister to persecuted brothers and sisters in many of the worlds most closed nations. If someone is looking for the perfect “investment opportunity” (the economy is gonna be unrecognizable and money will vanish anyway), investing that money in these dear peoples lives now, brings pleasure to God.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:21
One can find many “investment opportunities”. Here is just one that doesn’t back down in the face of extreme difficulties – including distributing bibles/bibles on media (even via hot air balloon flown into North Korea). https://www.persecution.com/
This was a great link, Deborah. Thank you for sharing this!
Oh Lord have mercy. Our wonderful breathern. I can’t wait to rejoice with them one day.
The evil of this world knows no bounds.
Forgive them Father.