Violent persecution around the globe must not be ignored as it is now.
Around the world, and especially in Africa and Asia, Christian populations are suffering severe discrimination and brutal attacks. Thousands are being killed. Systematic campaigns are being waged against Christians simply because of their faith, and it is not too dramatic to suggest that these are forms of ethnic cleansing and genocide.
In the wake of Family Radio founder Harold Camping’s failed rapture predictions, unbelievers are mocking and evangelicals are distancing themselves from the sect whose followers traveled around the world renting billboards and motor homes with signs proclaiming the end of the world on May 21. One billboard playfully reproving Camping—a photo of which quickly went viral—was unveiled on May 22, reading, “That was awkward. ‘No one knows the day or the hour …’”
The Cross of Jesus Christ continues to offend many. That’s why the American Center for Law and Justice on Monday filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to take a case in which an appeals court declared putting crosses along Utah highways unconstitutional.
It seems this spring has brought about new challenges for disaster relief across the United States from week to week. The latest being the devastating and destructive storm that hit Joplin, MO; with thousands of homes and businesses destroyed, including the Regional Medical Center, injuries and fatalities climbing and survivors shocked by the aftermath. For Operation Compassion and their disaster relief partners, it is another opportunity to help people caught in unexpected circumstances.
