“Family Matters” “For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body – whether Jews or...

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“Family Matters” “For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body – whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free – and we were all given one Spirit to drink” 1 Cor. 12:13

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“Family Matters”

“For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body –

whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free – and we were all given

one Spirit to drink” 1 Cor. 12:13

These are the brave.

These are the faithful who look into the face of evil

through the eyes of Christ.

These are our brothers and sisters . . . our family.

Continually Harassed and

Detained. . .

ContinuallyShares!

Pastor Bike Chinese House Church Alliance Leader

PaulTurned to

ChristThen Deserted

byWife and Son Now a Nigerian

Pastor, Bringing Jesus to the

Enemy Camp

Christians in North

Korea Risk their Lives to Worship

Jesus!

Amiel Ortiz

Victim of Bomb Attack on His Christian Family’s Home

In the West Bank

Christians Deliver Biblesto Remote Areas of China

Defender of Christians

Abducted Feb. 4, 2009

by Police and TorturedReleased March 28,

2010

Gao Zhisheng with His FamilyChinese Christian Attorney

Disappeared Again April 28 and being Held Incommunicado

Yubis, of Columbia

Husband Martyred for

His Faith

Training to be Evangelist to Witness to His Killers

Alimujiang Yimiti

Sentenced to 15 Years In Prison for

Sharing His Faith in China

Wife Guli and SonsWait for His Release

Pastor Hua Huiqi

Beaten and Imprisonedby Beijing Police

Shuang ShuyingHua Huiqi’s Mom

Served Two Years on

False Charges

Dying Husband Lived Until Day After Her Release

Believers Having “Church” Secretly in Iran

Alex and Ishmael

Now Sit as Brothers in Christ

Guerilla Commander and the Christian Commander He tried to Kill

LuzHusband Killed

by Columbian Terrorists

Continues to Praise the Lord.

Pastor Stephen Mir

Beaten and Shot

in Face for Starting a

Church

With Rebuilt MouthContinues Proclaiming the

Gospel

Pastor Steven Khoury and wife, Shari

Pastor ofCalvary Church,

Jerusalemand First Baptist

Church, Bethlehem

Church Firebombed 14 Times Church Members Martyred

In the Midst of Threats

A Joyous Viet Nam Baptism!

Jesus Christ

He Gave Everything

For Them . . .

For us . . .

“How great is the love the Father has lavished

on us, that we should be called children of God!”

(1 John 3:1)

That makes us “family”. . .

And Family Matters!