December 2016 Annual Report
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<strong>2016</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Shouting and Exposing<br />
With the Press Being Uninterested in Persecution, Our Role of Exposing Persecution is Vital<br />
Sudan is one of the world’s worst persecutors<br />
of Christians. As the Gospel spreads, Sudan<br />
continues to arbitrarily detain Christian leaders,<br />
often without official charges or a release<br />
date. The key to Sudan’s persecution is secrecy.<br />
As long as Sudan can hide its egregious<br />
human rights abuses, the government will<br />
continue to arrest, persecute, and mistreat<br />
Christians.<br />
There is a clear inverse relationship between<br />
awareness and persecution. To put it simply,<br />
our job is to turn on the light so the roaches<br />
will scatter. By raising our voices, we pierce<br />
the darkness and expose their deeds (persecution)<br />
done in secret (John 3:20).<br />
Whether through our website, magazine, social<br />
media, news releases, interviews, videos,<br />
or speaking engagements, we have seen how<br />
“shouting” opens the prison door.<br />
In August, we celebrated the one-year anniversary<br />
of Sudanese pastors Yat Michael Rout and<br />
Peter Yein Reith’s release from prison. These<br />
pastors were arrested and faced potential death<br />
sentences, but were freed after an onslaught of<br />
international outcry motivated the Sudanese<br />
government to reconsider the penalty. While<br />
God ultimately opened the prison doors, ICC is<br />
privileged to serve as His mouthpiece for not<br />
just Pastors Michael and Peter, but for many<br />
persecuted Christians around the world.<br />
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