The Voice of the Martyrs -- Servants of the Persecuted Church

There are more Christian martyrs today than there were in the days of the Roman Empire.  We hear the stories of what happened to the Christians in 100 AD times--thrown in for the wild animals to tear apart, beheaded, stoned, crucified, thrown into boiling oil or a furnace, or coated in tar and used as human torches, to name a few--and yet we do not hear what is happening to our Christian brothers and sisters around the world today, where Christians are still dying.

Christians are still dying for their faith in Jesus Christ today.  An estimated 164,000 Christians were martyred in 1999 alone.  The numbers and stories are staggering.  A great book to read is Jesus Freaks by DCTalk and The Voice of the Martyrs.  Please visit The Voice of the Martyr's site.  They encourage and provide smuggled Bibles for Christians in persecuted countries, distrubute tracts in various ways, encourage and help those imprisoned for their belief in Jesus, and do numerous other activities that benefit Christians in persecuted countries (an example is the Sudanese blanket drive, where blankets are collected and distributed to Sudanese Christians).