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Imprisoned with ISIS
Sudanยท 2015-2017
Voice of the Martyrs director Petr Jasek was imprisoned with ISIS fighters in Sudan for 445 days, enduring torture and near-death conditions.
Eight Years on Death Row
Pakistanยท 2009-2019
Catholic mother Asia Bibi spent 8 years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy charges, maintaining unwavering faith through solitary confinement until...
A Christian Means One Belongs to Jesus
Iranยท 1983-1994
Iranian pastor Mehdi Dibaj boldly defended his faith before Islamic judges in 1993, choosing potential execution over denying Christ.
John Milton: Paradise Found Through Blindness
Englandยท 1660s
Blind English poet John Milton lost his sight, political cause, and nearly his life, yet through faith created Paradise Lost, the greatest religious...
Patrick of Ireland
Irelandยท AD 405
Patrick of Ireland was captured as a slave at 16, found deep faith through six years of suffering, then returned as a missionary to free his captors...
Li Tianen: Sentenced to Death Three Times
China (Henanยท 1950-2016
Li Tianen survived three death sentences and decades in Chinese prisons during the Cultural Revolution, miraculously delivered by God each time before...
John Chrysostom: Golden Mouth Forged in Silence
Antiochยท AD 370
The greatest preacher in Eastern Christianity spent six years in desert silence before God transformed him into the eloquent 'Golden Mouth' who...
Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Priest-Poet
England/Irelandยท 1866
Victorian priest Gerard Manley Hopkins burned his poetry believing art conflicted with faith, but God wouldn't let him stay silent.
More Persecution, More Growth
China (Guangzhou)ยท 1955-1978
Chinese pastor Samuel Lamb spent 20 years in Communist labor camps, yet saw his church grow from 200 to 4,000 members through persecution.
22 Years Without a Bible
China (Beijing)ยท 1958-1979
Chinese pastor Allen Yuan spent 22 years in prison without a Bible, enduring hard labor and persecution for refusing to join state-controlled church.
Wang Mingdao: WeโFor the Sake of Faith
China (Beijing)ยท 1955-1980
Wang Mingdao, known as the 'Dean of House Churches,' refused to compromise his faith under Communist persecution in China.
Monica: Mother Whose Prayers Conquered
Thagasteยท AD 370
Monica of Thagaste prayed for 17 years for her pagan husband and wayward son Augustine. Both eventually came to faith through her patient witness.