Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Pray for the South Korean Hostages

More Christians are being victimized for their faith in Christ today than at any time in history. A second of the original group of 23 South Korean Christians who went to Afghanistan to help the poor was executed by the Taliban there. Reports indicate that a rescue effort may be underway.

Last week, the pastor who led the group in Afghanistan was executed. Two days ago, a member of the group, Shim Sung-min, was murdered.

Pray for the safety of this group.

The Taliban is an evil group which, while in power in Afghanistan gave safe haven to al-Qaida. But even in Afghanistan today, it's illegal to be a Christian and the Taliban no doubt will enjoy some popular support for their actions in spite of the motives of the South Korean group.

For more information, see here, here, here, and here.

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