{"id":931,"date":"2017-12-13T20:23:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T20:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/wp\/?product=persecuted-by-paul-marshal-lela-gilbert-nina-shea"},"modified":"2023-09-14T06:59:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T11:59:38","slug":"persecuted-by-paul-marshal-lela-gilbert-nina-shea","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/?product=persecuted-by-paul-marshal-lela-gilbert-nina-shea","title":{"rendered":"Persecuted by Paul Marshal, Lela Gilbert, Nina Shea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"CBD-TextContent -ResponsiveModule CBD-TextContent-1Column CBD-TextContent-Stack\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0px 0px 20px 0px\">\n<p><strong><strong>Christians are the world\u2019s most widely persecuted religious group,<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>according to studies by the Pew Research Center, <em>Newsweek<\/em>, and the <em>Economist<\/em>, among others<\/strong><strong><strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A woman is caught with a Bible and publicly shot to death. An elderly priest is abducted and never seen again. Three buses full of students and teachers are struck by roadside bombs. These are not casualties of a war. These are Christian believers being persecuted for their faith in the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n<p>Many Americans do not understand that Christians today are victims in many parts of the world. Even many Western Christians, who worship and pray without fear of violent repercussions, are unaware that so many followers of Christ live under governments and among people who are often openly hostile to their faith. They think martyrdom became a rarity long ago.<\/p>\n<p><em>Persecuted<\/em> soundly refutes these assumptions. This book offers a glimpse at the modern-day life of Christians worldwide, recounting the ongoing attacks that rarely make international headlines.<\/p>\n<p>As Western Christians pray for the future of Christ\u2019s church, it is vital that they understand a large part of the world\u2019s Christian believers live in danger. <em>Persecuted<\/em> gives documented accounts of the persecution of Christians in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and former Soviet nations. It contains vivid stories of men and women who suffer abuse because of their faith in Jesus Christ, and tells of their perseverance and courage..<\/p>\n<p>Persecuted is far more than a thorough and moving \u00a0study of this global pattern of violence\u2014it is a cry for freedom and a call to action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christians are the world\u2019s most widely persecuted religious group, according to studies by the Pew Research Center, Newsweek, and the Economist, among others. A woman is caught with a Bible and publicly shot to death. An elderly priest is abducted &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/?product=persecuted-by-paul-marshal-lela-gilbert-nina-shea\" aria-label=\"Persecuted by Paul Marshal, Lela Gilbert, Nina Shea\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":932,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15,19,56,23,42],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-931","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-books","7":"product_cat-browse-by-topics","8":"product_cat-clearance","9":"product_cat-current-events-social-issues","10":"product_cat-missions-persecution-religions","12":"first","13":"outofstock","14":"sale","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=931"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=931"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.listenz.com\/saveamerica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}