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Article: FOCUS: CHRISTIAN VICTIMS A NEW SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT IS GAINING FORCE AMONG AMERICAN CHRISTIANS. DESPITE CAUTIONS THAT THEY ARE OVERSIMPLIFYING A COMPLEX PICTURE, THEY ARE RALLYING TO THE SIDE OF FELLOW CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD WHO THEY SAY HAVE BEEN TARGETS OF ABUSE BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- November 24, 1998
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Byline: LAURIE GOODSTEIN, THE NEW YORK TIMES
In a cramped loft apartment in Macungie, Pa., a grass-roots group that includes a mechanic, a retired teacher, a physician and a concrete salesman gathers every Tuesday to pray for what its members call Christian martyrs around the world who are victimized, raped and killed for their faith.
In Highlands, Colo., volunteers fill a Presbyterian church hall to hear a Nigerian refugee testify that Muslims in his village back home tied him to a tree, beat him and left him for dead, all because he tried to preach the Gospel of Jesus.
In Austin, Texas, 5,000 people march through the streets singing hymns to ...