Faith That Endures: The Essential Guide to the Persecuted Church - Softcover

Boyd-MacMillan, Ronald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800731190 ISBN 13: 9780800731199

Publisher: Revell, 2006

Synopsis

In many underprivileged countries, the church is under constant persecution. Christians everywhere have heard the stories and seen the newscasts. But there are too many who still don't understand. What does persecution really look like up close? And what can we learn from the faithful endurance persecuted Christians so boldly embody? Ronald Boyd-MacMillan, writer-at-large for Open Doors International, has produced the most compelling and comprehensive look at Christian persecution today. With real life stories, he educates readers on the many levels of church persecution, highlights testimonies that have never before been published, and shows what we all can do to remember, reflect, and respond. Compassionate and provocative, Faith That Endures gives readers a path of connection to their persecuted brothers and sisters in a new and vital way, even as it enlightens and encourages us in our local churches and brings us closer to God.

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About the Author

Ronald Boyd-MacMillan (M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary) has more than twenty-one years of experience interacting with the persecuted church as a researcher, minister, and journalist. He began serving with Open Doors International in 1982 and has worked as the associate director of research for Eastern Europe, the Asia bureau chief for News Network International, and the Asia bureau Chief of Compass Direct, the only news agency in the world dedicated exclusively to reporting the plight of persecuted Christians worldwide. He is now writer-at-large for Open Doors International and resides in Edinburgh, Scotland.

From the Back Cover

What does the persecuted church have to teach us? Most of us are blissfully ignorant of the true extent and nature of the persecution of Christians today. On top of that, we don't know how to effectively help our suffering brothers and sisters. Now Faith That Endures stands as the most comprehensive and authoritative guide on the persecution of the church today to help you answer these important questions: -What does contemporary persecution look like? -What is a persecuted Christian? -Where is the persecuted church? -How can we best assist the persecuted church? -What does the persecuted church have to teach us? Through true stories from the author's many years of work supporting the persecuted church, you will see how God is building His kingdom all around the world. And as you become more connected to the experiences of the persecuted, you will discover new spiritual truths that will transform your own faith and witness. "Ronald Boyd-MacMillan helps us see behind the stories, evaluate the effectiveness of various types of engagement with the persecuted church, and deepen our understanding as Westerners of the significance of persecution for our own contexts. If readers begin by asking what they can do for the persecuted church, by the end they recognize the important insights they need to receive from their uncomplaining, suffering brothers and sisters."--Eddie Gibbs, Donald A. McGavran Professor of Church Growth, Fuller Theological Seminary "Ron has the knowledge, experience, and insight to guide us in learning and appreciating the persecuted church in our time, and it shows in this excellent and moving book. He gives us a comprehensive guide, enriched with personal profiles and stories from around the world, and also shows the complexities of the issues that we desperately need to understand if we are to do more good than harm."--Paul Marshall, senior fellow, Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom; author, Their Blood Cries Out

Edition details

• Publisher: Revell
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800731190
• ISBN 13: 9780800731199
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368