Stories & Testimonies

Below are just a few of the many testimonies we receive about lives being impacted and transformed by the Persecuted Christians Ministry of Heaven’s Family.

01 Jul

A Costly Conversion

"An hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God" (John 16:2). I sometimes receive email reports from Heaven's Family partners, such as Asad in Northern India, that break my heart. They remind me of the life-and-death struggles our brothers and sisters frequently face as former Muslims who are living in—and nearly forgotten in—Islamic countries. Let me tell you about one such family, concerning whom I just received one of those emails.

01 Jun

The High Cost of Escaping North Korea

Her husband's body floated in her arms, lifeless. Fearing for her own life, she allowed the frigid river current to coax him from her grasp. There was no time to watch his corpse float away. Just moments before, Mi Rae and her husband, Chin Ho [not their real names], were attempting a daring escape across the river separating North Korea from China. With the Chinese shoreline almost within reach, bullets fired from a North Korean border guard had abruptly ended Chin Ho's life. Hoping to avoid the same fate, Mi Rae desperately lunged towards the shore.

24 May

Shaheem’s Next Step

Brother Shaheem at Bible School in India In last December’s issue of Heaven’s Family magazine, I shared the incredible conversion story of a Muslim scholar and Imam whom we called Shaheem. Through our Muslim-Background Believers Fund (now merged with our Persecuted Christians Fund, we not […]

05 Apr

A Baby’s Life is Spared

Mr. and Mrs. Majid in early February, just when they began to suspect that their baby needed help Dear Friends, Mr. and Mrs. Majid are two new believers in Pakistan who came to the Lord through the ministry of Aziz, a Heaven’s Family partner. As […]

01 Apr

Black Sunday

They had, as every Sunday, gathered wearing their finest, arriving to share hugs and handshakes. Worship had been joyful, full of rhythmic African harmonies. The children had just been dismissed for children's church inside the parsonage on the church compound. None who remained in the simple sanctuary of the African Inland Church in Garissa, Kenya, dreamed that within minutes, many among them would be in heaven. It was July 1, 2012.

18 Mar

More Persecution in India

Pastor Rajenda beginning to rebuild his home with rubble that remained from the one that his persecutors destroyed Dear Friends, In recent months there have been a rash of new violent attacks against Christians and their property in Karnataka State in India. Through Heaven’s Family’s […]

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