What do you think of when you hear the word “persecution?” Is it criticism? Is it an unkind response to a social media post? Is it a shunning for a family member or the loss of a friendship? Those are difficult things, but they’re not what millions of Christians—followers of Jesus—would consider “persecution.”
On this episode of State of Independence Joe Watkins interviews Todd Nettleton, host of The Voice of the Martyrs Radio, to get an update on the Persecuted Church around the world with the organization that has been speaking for them since 1967. (original airdate 2-24-23)
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