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Farshid Fathi of Iran shared his stirring testimony at last week\u2019s Lausanne Congress<\/a>. The event also included a contingent of Chinese believers who had been blocked from attending the previous congress (Evangelical Focus).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Pakistan, a Christian mother of four was convicted of blasphemy and received the mandatory death sentence<\/a> for passing what was seen as inflammatory content in a WhatsApp group (Morning Star News).<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a bigger picture on violence in Pakistan and how it affects Christian ministry, read or watch the report Pakistan Church Under Fire: A Call to Anguish<\/a> (INcontext).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaking at an event in the U.S. on Korean reunification, a Canadian pastor who received a life sentence of hard labor in North Korea said he witnessed the hearts of his captors soften after they heard his sermons<\/a> and says this miracle gave him hope that the country will one day embrace the Lord (The Christian Post).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, you might be inspired by a new episode on the Relentless Pursuit podcast in which a cross-cultural worker shares how a harrowing experience of detention by authorities in his host country motivated him to start memorizing the New Testament<\/a> (Pioneers-USA). How much would you have in your heart if it was suddenly all you had?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sources: Various Farshid Fathi of Iran shared his stirring testimony at last week\u2019s Lausanne Congress. The event also included a contingent of Chinese believers who had been blocked from attending the previous congress (Evangelical Focus). In Pakistan, a Christian mother of four was convicted of blasphemy and received the mandatory death sentence for passing what … Continue reading Roundup: Voices of the Persecuted Church<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13303,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13302\/revisions\/13303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}