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Christians are the world’s most widely persecuted religious group, according to studies by the Pew Research Center, Newsweek, and the Economist, among others. A woman is caught with a Bible and publicly shot to death. An elderly priest is abducted and never seen again. Three buses full of students and teachers are struck by roadside bombs. These are not casualties of a war. These are Christian believers being persecuted for their faith in the twenty-first century. Many Americans do not understand that Christians today are victims in many parts of the world. Even many Western Christians, who worship and pray without fear of violent repercussions, are unaware that so many followers of Christ live under governments and among people who are often openly hostile to their faith.
About the Author
Lela Gilbert has authored or co-authored more than sixty published books. She writes primarily in the field of ecumenical non-fiction. Besides Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner and Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians, she wrote Baroness Cox: Eyewitness to a Broken World, and is co-author of Windows To Heaven: Introducing Icons to Western Christians, with Elizabeth Zelensky. She writes music, poetry and has published fiction and children's book. She serves an editorial consultant, a contributor to the Jerusalem Post, Huffington Post and National Review Online and is an adjunct fellow at Hudson Institute. She lives in California and Jerusalem.
