I AM JESUS, WHOM YOU ARE PERSECUTING
your bridge to the persecuted church
“ I A M J E S U S , W H O M YO U A R E P E R S E C U T I N G ” I am often told about the suffering of our persecuted brothers and sisters in overseas prisons. Because of severe mental or physical abuse, they come out as shadows of their former selves. They are often described as being like homeless people, not just in appearance, but mentally confused and broken. One brother who was imprisoned in Saudi Arabia spent five months in solitary confinement. Every day he faced five to six hours of intense interrogation. As I think about our persecuted brothers and sisters, I think of the words of Jesus to Saul. Saul was dragging Christians off to prison. On the way to Damascus, he heard a voice from heaven and asked who was speaking to him. Do you remember what the Lord said? “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting ME?” Jesus didn’t ask why Saul was persecuting His children or why Saul was hurting those He loved. He said Saul was persecuting himself,
Jesus. This is the foundation of why ICC serves the persecuted Church. It is Jesus in prison we are trying to help. It is Jesus we serve when we help the wife and family of an imprisoned pastor. This is an incredibly powerful mystery that I would urge you to meditate on. In the end, all I know is that the Word tells us we are ONE BODY and that body is somehow the body of Jesus. This is not a trite phrase or marketing slogan. It is a deep spiritual mystery and reality that we won’t fully understand until we get to heaven. I want to thank you for caring for the persecuted Body of Christ. Your interest and care for them demonstrates your heart to care for the body of Jesus. Jeff King, President
IS PERSECUTION NORMAL?
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In 2008, Hindu radicals killed 300-500 Christians and burned down 100+ churches. At the peak of the attack, 55,000 Christians were evicted from their homes and forced to run for their lives, wherever they could find refuge.
From 1998-2003, Muslims went on an antiChristian rampage, killing 10,000 Christians and burning down 1,200 churches. The most shocking fact is that this massive raid was largely under-reported.
For ten years, Muslim-dominated Northern Nigeria has been ground zero in an antiChristian war. More than 10,000 believers have died in the violence. In March 2010, Muslim radicals macheted their way through 500 women and children in just one village attack. Sadly, the mainstream media reported this as merely “sectarian violence.�
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As an evangelist couple left the home of a sick Muslim neighbor, they were approached by three men who beat them mercilessly with iron rods. After knocking the seven-months pregnant wife unconscious, they beheaded the husband.
Seventeen Christians were shot to death by the Cairo military for peacefully protesting the a spike in vandalism towards Christians.
In 2012, 11 of 80 missing Christian children were found in various madrassas (Islamic boarding schools). Parents were told their money was going to a quality Christian education. Instead, the children were kidnapped, physically abused and forced to study Islam.
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CONCERN
H I ST O RY
M I S S I O N
M A N D AT E
Since 1995, in partnership with Christians in the free world, we have provided effective Advocacy, Awareness, and Assistance for the worldwide persecuted Body of Christ.
Relieve the suffering of the worldwide persecuted Church and help it grow in strength and breadth by providing effective assistance, advocacy and awareness with integrity towards God and donors.
The Father calls us to remember the prisoners (Hebrews 13:3), to speak up for the voiceless (Proverbs 31:8), to seek justice, reprove the ruthless, defend the orphan, and plead for the widow (Isaiah 1:17). We bring the good news to the poor, bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim liberty to the captives, and open the doors of the prison. (Isaiah 61:1).
September 6, 2004 | COLUMBIA
June 8, 2005 | INDIA
August 3, 2005 | TURKEY
August 21, 2005 | INDIA
Masked gunmen stormed into a worship service and opened fire on the worshipers, killing three and injuring 13.
District authorities in the state of Orissa ordered the demolition of more than 100 Christians’ tribal homes.
More than 100 villagers vandalized the Orthodox quarter of the village, damaging 10 homes and injuring five people. The crowd shouted, “There is no room for infidels here!”
A group of 50 Hindu extremists attacked a prayer group, throwing stones and beating the praying Christians.
ICC’S MINISTRY A S S I ST A N C E We build and bandage the church by taking care of the wives and children of murdered Christians, rebuilding communities devastated by large scale attacks, caring for the smallest victims of persecution (educational/spiritual development and orphanges), providing support and training for underground pastors, sending Bibles into closed countries, and broadcasting the Gospel into closed areas.
A DV O C A CY
AW A R E N E S S
Our advocacy efforts are focused on pushing back countries that persecute, or on freeing imprisoned Christians. We use our connections with Capitol Hill legislators, leaders in the State Department, and our expertise with the Press to accomplish this.
The Western Church is blissfully unaware of the suffering of their persecuted brothers and sisters. ICC is diligently working to change this, 365 days per year. Through millions of annual visitors to our website, persecution.org, our 200,000 social media followers, and news releases, we strive to wake the Church and obey our Father’s command to care for the persecuted body of Jesus.
One staff member develops contacts with
One staff member develops contacts with
One staff member writes a news release
representatives on the ground who let us know about attacks and imprisonments,
U.S. Legislators who with just a few phone calls or letters to overseas leaders
Journalists pick up the story and spread it around the world
allowing us to support the wives and children of murdered/imprisoned pastors, rebuild attacked communities, and get imprisoned Christians released.
push back persecution in a country, setting prisoners free and allowing 1,000s of Christians greater freedom to worship.
Western readers of the news release fulfill our request to call the offending country’s embassy and pressure them to release prisoners
October 27, 2005 | LAOS
January 8, 2006 | TURKEY
February 11, 2006 | UZBEKISTAN
March 20, 2006 | ALGERIA
March 29, 2006 | Pakistan
Police and village leaders burned down the only church building in the province, then arrested the pastor for preaching in a different village.
Five young men acting like worshipers beat a church leader unconscious and threatened to kill him.
Christians were interrogated for 18 days, citing a prayer meeting they had in a private home.
Algeria quietly passed an anti-conversion law, punishing anyone who persuades a Muslim to leave his faith.
The Human Rights Commission reported that 2005 was the worst year for religious minorities, including Christians.
GIVE JUSTICE TO THE POOR AND THE ORPHAN; UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF THE OPPRESSED AND THE DESTITUTE. PSALM 82:3 NLT
July 16, 2006 | MALAWI
August 2006 | KAZAKHSTAN
FEBRUARY 10, 2007 | INDIA
April 19, 2007 | PHILIPPINES
August 24, 2007 | UZBEKISTAN
A man dressed as a choir member walked into a church and set off a petrol bomb, injuring over 20 Christians.
Officials fined and deported a U.S. Christian for teaching on the Bible in a church; officials said foreigners are prohibited from even speaking in churches.
A group of youths were heckling a Christian man outside his house; when told to stop, they entered, stabbed the man and beat his wife.
Abu Sayyaf militants kidnapped and decapitated seven Christian men.
A Baptist pastor was charged and imprisoned for five years for “illegal organization of a religious organization.”
WHO & HOW WE HELP
Send Bibles to the Persecuted
Broadcasting the Gospel
Underground Pastors
Suffering Wives and Children
Kids Care
Hand of Hope
Community Rebuild
Save Our Sisters
Getting Bibles in where governments and oppressive religions try to keep them out.
Where people cannot enter, we send the Gospel over the airwaves.
Assisting those who dedicate their life to the persecuted Church.
When husbands are imprisoned or killed, we take care of the family.
When kids are affected by persecution, we step in with educational assistance and oprhan care.
Donors are able to direct their giving to a specific country or region.
When communities are attacked or oppressed, we help rebuild with homes, livestock and churches.
Rescuing and building up women targeted for abuse because they are Christian.
Building the Persecuted Church
Bandaging the Persecuted Church
Novemer 13, 2007 | DENMARK
January 16, 2008 | INDIA
April 28, 2008 | UNITED KINGDOM
November 17, 2008 | VIETNAM
March 6, 2009 | PAKISTAN
A Muslim man held his Christian girlfriend captive for nine days, beating her, knocking out her front teeth and pouring molten plastic on her.
Nearly 100 Christians were injured by Hindu extremists for having a meeting on the street.
The largest Christian church in London was forced off its property so that a Mosque could be built, demonstrating tolerance for the 2012 Olympics.
After their land was confiscated, Catholics peacefully protested to get their land back and were attacked by the local government officials.
A group of Muslim radicals attacked a Christian neigborhood, killing one woman and injuring 12 others.
B I B L E S T O T H E P E R S E C UT E D
Believers are starved for a page of the Word of God. In a country as heavily guarded as North Korea, obtaining a Bible seems impossible. Christians are forced to keep their faith hidden and often have no access to the Bible. Yet the Word of God cannot be silenced. Bibles are like spiritual fertilizer: wherever they go, more believers follow and pastors and believers grow. Thanks to ICC donors, by the end of 2012 ICC will have sent 10,000 Bibles carried by hydrogen balloons into the country, bringing light to a nation shrouded in darkness. Some even have a tracking device, so that ICC partners will know where the Bibles are landing.
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DID YOU KNOW: Over the past five years, ICC has sent 100,000+ Bibles to the persecuted Church at costs as low as 50¢ per Bible.
U N D E R G R O U N D P A ST O R S
This pastor risks his life by simply saying, “Jesus.” Underground pastors are incredibly devoted and willing to sacrifice their lives for the Lord. What they typically lack is financial backing to go into areas for years without the financial support from an existng Christian culture. In addition, while they have the “heart” to serve, they usually lack practical knowlege of pastoring and theological training. That’s where ICC comes in. We finanically support pastors in the toughest parts of the world and also provide them with theological/ practical training of how to pastor.
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DID YOU KNOW: We have supported church planters in Burma, China, Cuba, Muslim-dominated areas of Ethiopia, Iran, Somalia and Vietnam.
S U F F E R I N G W IV E S A N D C H I L D R E N
God: Protector of Widows (Psalm 68:5)
“Take up the cause of the fatherless... plead the case of the widow.” Isaiah 1:17 (NIV) ICC takes this seriously, especially in regard to the persecuted Church. The wives and children of church workers are barely able to care for themselves after a husband or father is imprisoned or martyred. We believe it is the duty of the Church to help them. ICC helps up to 100 families a year rebuild their lives through the Suffering Wives fund. We typically provide these families with livestock or a small, simple business. A current ICC focus is Nigeria, where due to severe persecution, husbands are dying in large numbers, leaving their families to fend for themselves.
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DID YOU KNOW: We can rebuild the life of a martyred pastor’s family for as little as $200?
K I D S C A R E
This is Nileen. She loves to worship Jesus. Children are often the unseen victims of persecution. Every year, children are orphaned or left with scarcely enough provision to survive when their fathers and mothers are imprisoned or martyred for their faith. Other children live in communities where they are forced to live as second- and third-class citizens because their families are Christian. Our Kids Care fund is designed to meet the needs of these overlooked little ones. We primarily aid children through orphanages and educational assistance.
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DID YOU KNOW: ICC has three orphanages with 70+ kids under our care.
OUR CHALLENGES
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We cannot hear their cries. We touch too few.
We are not shouting loud enough.
Two hundred million persecuted Christians in more than 60 countries and yet the number of Christians working on their behalf around the world is incredibly small. ICC is efficient and effective, but we only have a relative handful working on a massive problem.
The details of countless attacks don’t get to us until it is too late. Helping the victims we know about is extremely time-intensive.
The West is asleep and largely unaware of persecution.
March 30, 2009 | MOROCCO
November 16, 2009 | SOMALI
February 4, 2010 | MOROCCO
August 3, 2010 | BANGLADESH
August 25, 2010 | ETHIOPIA
Five missionaries were expelled from the country for trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, which is illegal in Morocco.
Two members of an Islamic extremist group ambushed, shot and killed a pastor of an underground church.
Sixty officers raided a Bible study, arresting 18 people and interrogating them for 14 hours.
Two Christian women were forced to pay a large sum for officials to cease beating their husbands.
Gunmen who worked for al-Qaeda shot and killed an American teacher for reportedly evangelizing.
THE SOLUTION 1
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More Staff
More Sources on the Ground
More Staff
The sad truth is that if you add all the organizations serving the persecuted Church together, our service and care to them represent the proverbial ‘drop in the bucket,’ in terms of the Western Church’s response to a massive problem.
Have you ever wondered how we find out about attacks against Christians in far off villages in obscure countries?
Through almost two decades of sustained effort, we have developed a “voice” that is disproportionate to our size when we speak to Capitol Hill, the Press, and to the Western Church.
As an organization, we feel this acutely. Anyone who has been to our office is amazed by what we are able to accomplish with only 10 full-time staff. Our staff are dedicated, underpaid, extremely hardworking, and very busy. We are constantly confronted with the limitiations of resources in terms of manpower and time we are able to apportion to different cases. The bottom line is we need to add staff to more effectively build and bandage the persecuted Church.
The answer is two-fold; our Regional Managers, who are experts in their regions, work with our native representatives on the ground to feed us information about attacks and government moves against Christians. This combination allows us to know of attacks on Christians before the US government and news agencies. We are then able to take those alerts and respond with Advocacy, Awareness, or Assistance (practical help to victims of attacks). We must expand our network of Regional Managers and representatives on the ground that alert us to what is happening. These people are extremely hard to find but we have a great track record of finding them and developing them. In the next five years, with your help, we will add 10 more to our team, opening up many new countries and taking us to the next level of care for the persecuted in countries where we already have a presence.
The size of our “voice” is directly tied to our ability to mobilize relief for the persecuted. The more followers we have on the web, the more we are listened to on Capitol Hill and by countries that persecute. The bigger our voice in the press, the more governments fear their anti-Christian activities being exposed. The press suppresses persecution news so that the . Western Church is unaware of the suffering of the persecuted. We know what we need to build a louder “bullhorn” in each of these spheres of influence (political, press, Church) and have developed a five-year plan to get us to our goal.
March 5, 2011 | PAKISTAN
February 5, 2012 | UZBEKISTAN
February 6, 2012 | CUBA
February 16, 2012 | MONGOLIA
March 2, 2012 | LAOS
A young Christian girl was raped. When her parents tried to get help, they were told, “You are Christians and you can’t do anything against [the attackers].”
Police confiscated all the equipment and hymnals of a church, charging the pastor with illegal production and storage, with an intent to distribute.
A pastor was traveling to the capital when he was attacked and was beaten unconscious. He suffered severe inflammation of the brain due to the attack.
More than 10 people from the Religious Affairs Bureau raided a house church, destroying property and arresting the pastor and others in the church.
All the Christians in a local village were forced to either renounce their faith in Christ or be expelled from the village.
WE CAN DO NOTHING WITHOUT YOU
At the core of everything we do is our partnership with you, our donor.
ICC Donors
ICC has expertise, connections, and influence, but we have no resources on our own. We are merely a bridge connecting you, the Western believer, with your persecuted brother and sister.
Staff
Reps Representatives and sources on the ground
Please join with us by giving sacrifically to serve the persecuted. When you stand with ICC, your gift will be used effectively, ethically, and efficiently in the mission of bandaging and building the persecuted Church. I promise!
Information Flows news of attacks, governments prohibiting religious freedom, cries for help from the persecuted
Jeff King, President, International Christian Concern
Advocacy/Awareness/Assistance benefitting hundreds of thousands of persecuted Christians
March 5, 2012 | INDIA
March 7, 2012 | PAKISTAN
March 9, 2012 | CHINA
March 16, 2012 | SAUDI ARABIA
March 18, 2012 | YEMEN
Hindu extremists interrupted a Sunday service. They dragged the pastor and his wife out of the church and beat them, then took them to prison.
Islamic extremists abducted two Christian hospital employees.
Authorities have illegally sent Christians to labor camps, confiscated $27,000 of church funds and have demolished homes that churches meet in.
The Grand Mufti called for all the churches in the country be destroyed.
Gunmen who worked for al-Qaeda shot and killed an American teacher for reportedly evangelizing.
FINANCIAL PLAN E X P A N S I O N You’ve noticed that the world is becoming a more dangerous place for Christians. ICC’s board has decided we must respond in a meaningful way and step up our service to the persecuted.
Intl. Operations Advocacy & Communications TOTAL
ICC is embarking on a very attainable expansion plan that will allow us to bring significantly more relief to the persecuted.
2013 $205,500
2014 $224,500
2015 $333,000
2016 $356,000
$69,500
$163,500
$255,000
$330,000
$275,000
$388,000
$588,000
$686,000
Your Partnership Is Essential The total cost of the campaign over the next four years is
$1.94 million
March 22, 2012 | MOROCCO
March 25, 2012 | LAOS
March 30, 2012 | INDIA
March 30 2012 | INDIA
April 1, 2012 | CHINA
Three brothers were arrested for being Christians and their homes searched for Christian literature and materials.
Five men were arrested and detained after attending a Sunday worship service; their charge was “leading a religious movement without official approval.”
Islamic extremists forced their way into a church and started to beat people as they were worshiping Christ.
Islamic extremists forced their way into a prayer meeting and beat all 11 Christians in the meeting while mocking them the whole time.
Officials raided a communion service without direct cause, apprehending more than 50 believers and confiscating the offering box.
ICC’S CURRENT REACH We define STRONG as having a strong network inside the country, which allows us to get news out and get help in.
<< MOST PERSECUTION TAKES PLACE HERE.
ICC IS PRESENT IN 60% OF THESE COUNTRIES. Kazakhstan Afghanistan
Sudan
Algeria Azerbijan
Turkey
Egypt
Indonesia
Somalia
Malaysia
Philippines
Burma
China Tanzania
WEAK Morocco
Syria
Vietnam
Pakistan Laos
Bhutan
MEDIUM
North Korea
Nepal
India
Iraq
STRONG Iran
Ethiopia
Nigeria Saudi Arabia
Eritrea
Turkmenistan Mali
Uzbekistan Tajikistan
News of attacks not getting out. Getting aid in is highly problematic.
Kyrgyzstan
Quickly informed of attacks. Can reliably and quickly aid victims.
Some news of attacks come through. Getting aid in is a struggle.
April 8, 2012 | KENYA
April 14, 2012 | VIETNAM
April 19, 2012 | SYRIA
April 20, 2012 | INDONESIA
April 22, 2012 | SUDAN
A group of Muslims launched grenades into a crowd of around 150 Christians, killing two and wounding over 30.
With the cooperation of the police, a group stormed a Christian orphanage, damaging the building and beating the children and priest unconscious.
Nearly 100,000 Christians have fled for cities across the country after being targeted by government forces.
Muslim residents sealed off a local church and would not let churchgoers pray or go inside. When police showed up, they sided against the Christians.
A mob of Muslims set fire to a church and shouted insults as the building burned.
ICCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S POTENTIAL REACH WITH YOUR HELP Our track record shows that with more reps comes a better understanding of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs, increasing our speed and effectiveness.
Indonesia Afghanistan
Egypt
Pakistan Algeria
China Turkey Turkmenistan
Tanzania Sudan
Azerbijan
MEDIUM
Eritrea
STRONG
Burma
India
Uzbekistan Vietnam
Morocco
Syria
Somalia
Tajikistan
Philippines
WEAK
Iraq
Malaysia
Kyrgyzstan Bhutan Nepal
Saudi Arabia
Laos
Mali
North Korea
Nigeria Iran
Kazakhstan
Ethiopia
April 25, 2012 | AZERBAIJAN
April 27, 2012 | INDIA
April 27, 2012 | CHINA
April 29, 2012 | NIGERIA
April 29, 2012 | NIGERIA
A court ruled the liquidation of a church and any activity the church engaged in would be illegal and punishable by law.
Forty Christians were stopped from burying their friend when about 300 Hindu extremists surrounded them and started to beat the Christians.
More than 100 people arrived at a church and started illegally demolishing the building. They stormed inside and dragged the people out.
An Islamic extremist man pretending to be a worshiper attempted to enter a church, then threw three grenades, killing one man and injuring 16 others.
Twenty Christians were killed in a university church service when attackers opened fire with guns and detonated bombs.
TRACK RECORD AND HISTORY BIBLES TO THE PERSECUTED
CONSISTENT GROWTH AND EFFICIENCY
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April 30, 2012 | INDIA
MAY 1, 2012 | BURMA
May 3, 2012 | VIETNAM
May 11, 2012 | NIGERIA
May 12, 2012 | NIGERIA
Hindu radicals attacked a church as it started a three-day Bible study. Police knew of the preplanned attack and did not protect its citizens.
Burmese troops entered a church where they beat a grandmother with their rifle butts, stabbed her with knives, and gang-raped her over a three-day period.
Eight Christians were sent to prison for 30 months for disturbing social order and inciting separatist unrest.
Gunmen set fire to a Christian home, then shot and killed seven people who ran out of the burning building.
Islamic militants attacked two churches, killing 20 Christians.
SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS
MEDIA INFLUENCE
MAKING THE CHURCH CONCERNED ABOUT PERSECUTION PROJ.
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100000 TWITTER
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May 15, 2012 | LAOS
May 17, 2012 | INDONESIA
May 21, 2012 | PAKISTAN
May 24, 2012 | PAKISTAN
May 29, 2012 | IRAN
The only Christian man in a village is being forced to either leave the faith or lose his home and property.
A mob of Islamic extremists attacked a church full of worshippers by hurling stones, bags of urine, rotten eggs, sewage, used oil, and other things.
A young girl was raped by a group of Muslims; police refused to file a report. The Muslims later attacked her family for trying to report the incident.
At 16, Julie Aftab was brutally attacked with battery acid and beaten for refusing to renounce her faith. While recovering in the hospital, she was poisoned.
The regime ordered Iranian intelligence agents to infiltrate church groups and identify pastors for arrest due to large number of Muslims converting.
TRUST
LONGEVITY-TRACK RECORD 17 years in ministry.
LOW OVERHEAD, GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES We strive to keep G & A expenses around 10 percent. We are ministry-focused.
TARGETED FUNDS Many non-profits only give you one “bucket” to donate to. ICC believes it is most ethical to give you the choice to target your giving to one of our eight funds. We spend your money where you want us to.
FOUR-STAR RATING FROM CHARITY NAVIGATOR (the Web’s premier non-profit grading agency). Only 10% of all non-profits receive this rating.
CONSISTENT GROWTH in expertise, impact, and finances.
ECFA COMPLIANCE We adhere to industry financial and ethical standards and we are audited by independent accountants to ensure our compliance.
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LOOKING AHEAD
For 17 years, we have consistently laid our plans and strategies at His feet. Because of this, we have been continually blessed and awarded more influence, capability, and responsibility. Feeling the Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prompting, we are in the beginning stages of our biggest project ever, and we are excited to share the news with you! As you know, Islam has always used violence and calculated oppression to keep out the Gospel. In addition, Islam strangles the Church that exists within its borders. For this reason, we have been supporting radio, TV, and Web broadcasts for the past few years that air in closed Muslim areas. These broadcasts build up and encourage the Church body. Muslim seekers are able to evaluate Christianity without the looming threat of abuse or death. Our new initiative involves delivering media that will scale the wall of one of the most closed and dangerous Muslim countries, bringing the Gospel to millions who would have not heard. This is a highly sensitive subject so we cannot publicly disclose too many
details (we are happy to discuss with our close partners in person or on the phone). We have assembled a team of four to five key ministry partners to work on the project together, as it is complex and expensive. Together, the sum of the parts will be much greater than the whole. The bottom line is that a radical Muslim country is soon going to be inundated with the Gospel, presented to them by their own. That is, the faces that present the Gospel are all from their culture and are all former Muslims. This methodology, combined with quality programming, has proven to be a deadly mix for radical Islam. More Muslims have come to Christ in the last thirty years than have come to Christ in the previous 700 years. The reality is that Islam and Muhammad cannot compete with Jesus. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not even close. We are passionate about this issue because we truly believe that Muslims are prisoners. The evil one will not allow them to hear or consider Jesus,
OUR GOAL: In five years, 40,000 Muslims of one of the most dangerous and closed countries of the world become believers. and will kill any person sent to tell Muslims about the hope of salvation through Jesus Christ. Even if the Gospel is heard, many will not take the chance to look at Jesus as they will be, at a minimum, ostracized. More likely, they will be beaten or killed. But, when Muslims are given a chance to really encounter Jesus, meditate on His Word and seek His truth, they turn to Him readily and become bold and passionate evangelists. Because of the above factors, we are about to embark on our biggest project ever. All this is happening because just one of our financial partners heard the Lord tell him to give sacrificially to ICC. His large impact gift is going to produce life a thousand times over where only death has reigned.