They hate you because of me - Some stories just pull me up short and say, "Hey! Do you love people so much that you're willing to die by their hands?"
That's the case with an evangelist who was doing street evangelism this past Monday.
Jihad Watch posted the Christian News Wire report: Ethiopia: Muslims beat Christian evangelist to death.
Here's a snippet:
On Monday afternoon Tedase and two female coworkers were conducting street evangelism on Merkato Street in Jimma, Southern Ethiopia. Merkato Street runs by a Wahabbi Mosque. As the team was walking by the Mosque, a group of Muslims exited the Mosque and began to run after them to confront them. Tedase's female coworkers ran away from the mob but Tedase continued on. The Muslims caught up with Tedase, pulled him into the mosque, and savagely beat him to death. Sources from Jimma reported that Tedase was beaten with a calculated intention to kill him.
Can you imagine having to consider this sort of reaction in America to sharing the Good News of Christ's death and resurrection? I wonder if the mega-churches would be as full in such a climate as that in Ethiopia or Nigeria?
Let us not fail in holding before the throne of God Almighty our brothers and sisters in Christ who daily face persecution for claiming the name of Christ.
Pray for Tedase's family and friends and for his murderers too; pray that they would come to know the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
The Great Separation continues.
For further information on Christian persecution around the globe the Christian Persecution Blog is a good source.
