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SummaryI’ve faced threats, insults, and even anonymous messages warning me that β€œwe are going to kill you.” As a husband and father, my wife and children live in fear for my safety every time we go out to share the Gospel. Most here follow Islam without understandingβ€”sheikhs and imams teach them to distrust Christians. Yet I press on, discipling secret believers away from the church, sharing God’s love one-on-one. Thanks to Open Doors trainingβ€”especially apologetics and trauma careβ€”and the β€œStanding Strong” program, I’ve learned how to defend my faith and care for fellow pastors who are traumatized. Even when I feel weak and consider leaving ministry, I hold on to Psalm 23: β€œEven though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” God is faithful, and His promises give me strength to continue.

Meet Pastor Salim as he speaks to Open Doors about life and ministry in one of the many areas of East Africa where the Church must worship Christ in the face of much hostility. His β€œbackyard” is an area where the peoples and cultures of the Horn of Africa blend into a family under the Lord. Pastor Salim is one of the many Pastors who receives support from you! He has Bibles and study guides to give away help teach people about Christ, all because of your support. We could tell you how thankful he is, but we would rather you hear it from him, so give this video a quick watch.

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Open Doors Canada
STRENGTHENING CHRISTIANS WHERE FAITH COSTS THE MOST Learn more about persecuted Christians at https://www.opendoorscanada.org Contact us at opendoors@odcan.org Our Purpose is to strengthen and equip the Body of Christ living under or facing restriction and persecution because of their faith in Jesus Christ, and to encourage their involvement in world evangelism by: - Providing Bibles and literature, media, leadership training, socio-economic development and intercessory prayer; - Preparing the Body of Christ living in threatened or unstable areas to face persecution and suffering, and; - Educating and mobilizing the Body of Christ living in the free world to identify with threatened and persecuted Christians and to be actively involved in assisting them. We do so because we believe that when one member suffers, all members suffer with it (1 Corinthians 12:26), that all doors are open and that God enables His Body to go into all the world and preach the Gospel.
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