In newspapers read: "During the Sunday night show have a church, gunmen in the Iraqi capital, stormed and took about 120 hostages. As an elite team wants to free them, the terrorists detonate their explosive belts and grenades. At least 58 hostages and security forces to die. " a tragic message of recent days among many? Not for me. Last week I was invited by an Iraqi family that has to this very church - the Assyrian-Catholic - was before she got asylum in Switzerland. Who knows what would have with them when they had not chosen to escape to Switzerland. This news from Baghdad is suddenly alive, immediate, and moving. It's just one of countless examples around the world in which people - are killed - simply because they are Christians. I know first hand what it means to live in Baghdad today as a Christian: "We were outsiders in our district. All other families were Muslims, and called us only the Christians'. "When it got dark, they did not venture more on the road. In the market they experience discrimination. And finally, the eldest son narrowly escapes a kidnapping attempt by Shiites. This is because ultimately also the drops, the last straw for the family brings to overflow. You decide to leave their homes. A trip into the unknown is, without a clear goal in mind. But do not stay longer where one's life is threatened because one lives the Christian faith. I am moved, I hear the fate of this family, and read the reports about Iraq since different. Worldwide, there are unfortunately many similar tragedies. Around 100 million Christians in over 50 countries are threatened because of their faith of maltreatment, imprisonment or death. 80 percent of people who are persecuted for their faith are Christians and belong to the largest world religion. commit this weekend many Churches "Sunday of the persecuted church." Inform you about the situations in different countries and pray for the persecuted brethren. If you want to do this, you can be here to help: www.verfolgung.ch I am convinced, then you too will read the paper differently!
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