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An inspiring keepsake that honors the heroic sacrifice of today's martyrs for the Christian faith -- and shows how their actions mirror the courage of a long line of brave Christians.. In the twenty-first century, we are witnessing an escalation in Christian persecution like we have rarely seen since the first century. Many people don't realize that today thousands of Christians are dying cruel deaths throughout much of the world. There were, in fact, more martyrs in the last century than in all the previous Christian centuries combined. Millions have given their lives since the fall of Rome, and today tens of thousands die annually for their faith in Jesus. Most of these modern stories are not legendary; in fact, many are unknown.. The New Book of Christian Martyrs commemorates those modern-day heroes.
About the Author
Rev. Johnnie Moore, 33, is an author, speaker, media personality, communications executive, and humanitarian who has been called one of the "world's most influential young leaders" and "a modern-day Dietrich Bonhoeffer."
His humanitarian work and advocacy prompted a prominent vicar to name him "one of the world's foremost spokespersons for Christians in the Middle East," and the Iraqi Chaldean diocese of San Diego honored him as a "savior of thousands." In April 2017, he was awarded the prestigious "Medal of Valor" by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish human rights organization, at their annual tribute dinner, a star-studded affair in Beverly Hills chaired by more than two dozen leading lights of Hollywood.
Moore appears regularly in the national media and has written for many national news publications including CNN, the Religion News Service, the Washington Post, and Fox News. He is the author of four books. His latest book is titled The Martyr's Oath (Tyndale House, Oct 2017) , and with Dr. Jerry Pattengale he is working on a comprehensive revision of the classic Foxe's Book of Martyrs, to release in 2018.
In early 2014, Johnnie Moore visited Capitol Hill to warn about the existential threat that a little-known terrorist group - later known as ISIS - posed to the ancient Christian communities of the Middle East. His advocacy was largely met by indifference and skepticism, but he continued to raise alarm. By the fall of 2014, ISIS had indeed embarked upon a reign of terror across Iraq and Syria, decimating ancient Christian communities. It was then that he traveled to the region himself to document the experiences of thousands of displaced Christians, verify the accounts of children being sold on open slave markets, and see the ancient places of worship that had been desecrated and destroyed. His resulting book Defying ISIS was credited with awakening many in the West to the atrocities ISIS was committing against Christians, Yazidis, and others in the Middle East.
Eventually, his advocacy for persecuted Christians played a role in raising over $25 million in emergency assistance, in the evacuation and resettlement of thousands of threatened Christians, and in genocide resolutions against ISIS passed unanimously in both houses of the United States Congress and in the British and European Parliaments. He continues to invest a significant amount of his time and energy in speaking out against Christian persecution as well as anti-Semitism around the world. To that end he has lectured at Liberty University and Union Theological Seminary, consulted with the Center for American Progress and the Hudson Institute, and served as an evangelical adviser to the Trump administration. He is also a next-generation ambassador for the Anti-Defamation League in Los Angeles. He is a visiting lecturer at Liberty University's Rawlings Scho
