Laurel A. MacLeod

“First they came for the communists, but I was not a communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unions, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me.” – Martin Niemöller, German Pastor & Theologian

Can you imagine life without a Bible? Or a world where owning a Bible, or even talking about Scripture, would land you in jail? Thousands of Christians across the Middle East live that life every day. In nations like Iraq, Iran and Pakistan some Christians are persecuted–and even killed–for choosing to worship Jesus Christ. And as the West watches the continuing unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and elsewhere in the Arab world, the persecution of Christians is accelerating, not abating.