Nick Ripken shares his 30+ year missionary journey into the heart of persecution and suffering, confronting the profound question: Is Jesus worth it? His experiences in Somalia during civil war and the tragic loss of his son transformed his understanding of faith and led him to document the stories of persecuted believers worldwide.
• Defining a true missionary as someone sent to engage those with little or no access to the gospel • Witnessing unimaginable suffering in Somalia while feeding 50,000 people daily and burying 20 children • Experiencing personal tragedy with the death of his 16-year-old son on Easter Sunday • Discovering how persecuted believers maintain vibrant faith despite severe opposition • Learning that Western Christians often approach Scripture as past tense while persecuted believers live it in present tense • Understanding that leadership in persecuted churches comes through evangelism, not education • Realizing that the best way to support the persecuted church isn't through pity or rescue • Identifying with persecuted believers by fully committing to Jesus and sharing Him with others
The greatest way to identify with believers in persecution is to give your life to Jesus and then share Him with others. If you keep Jesus to yourself, you're identifying with their persecutors—because the worst persecution is having no access to Jesus at all.
www.nikripken.com
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