Source: CBN News, June 1, 2015<\/p>\n
A giant cross is rising in a place where Christians often suffer persecution for their faith: Karachi, Pakistan.<\/p>\n
The 140-foot cross stands at the entrance of a Christian cemetery in the center of the city. It\u2019s being built by Parvez Henry Gill, a Pakistani businessman who said the idea came to him in a dream.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to show the world the Christian community in Pakistan has religious freedom,\u201d Gill said.<\/p>\n
While some have criticized the cross, Gill said he \u201cleaves that to God.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00bb Read full story<\/a> or watch video clip.<\/p>\n \u00bb Read also 140 Foot Cross in Pakistan: Practical or Novelty?<\/a> (Mission Network News) and People of the Cross<\/a> (Voice of the Martyrs). On another note, read about the removal of crosses in China<\/a> (Christianity Today).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: CBN News, June 1, 2015 A giant cross is rising in a place where Christians often suffer persecution for their faith: Karachi, Pakistan. The 140-foot cross stands at the entrance of a Christian cemetery in the center of the city. It\u2019s being built by Parvez Henry Gill, a Pakistani businessman who said the idea … Continue reading PAKISTAN: Giant Cross Erected<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-5645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645","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=5645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5646,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5645\/revisions\/5646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}