June 2017 Persecution Magazine

President’s Letter
I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to
advance the gospel, so that it has become known.... Most of the brothers, having
become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak
the word without fear.
Philippians 1:12-14 (ESV)
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If they
persecuted me, they will also persecute you ... on account of my name, because
they do not know him who sent me.
John 15:18-25 (ESV)
Jeff King, President
International Christian Concern
I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you
have not grown weary.
Revelation 2:3 (ESV)
Pastor Nur (page 14) is the kind of pastor we love to stand behind.
He is involved in outreach to Muslims in a fundamentalist area of Indonesia. Although Indonesia has laws on its books
regarding religious freedom, these are mostly for show and are rarely enforced or used to protect victims of persecution
from the Muslim majority.
Pastor Nur’s work could cost him his life and it already nearly has, but he can’t stop.
You see, Nur has found life in Jesus and must share it with his countrymen. This burden of love compels him to push on
even when those who he wants to be saved are ready to kill him.
Nur stands at the frontlines of a hidden battle between the kingdom of God and Satan, and in this space you see heroes that
are familiar to you because you have read about them in the New Testament and the Book of Revelation.
They cry out, “How long, oh Lord,” and yet they keep serving.
I don’t know about you, but I desperately need them in my life.
Please join with us as we bandage and build His persecuted Church on the frontlines of the battle.
As always, your donations will be used efficiently, effectively, and ethically.
I promise!
Jeff King
President
International Christian Concern
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