| In a country where believers make up less than 1% of the population, following Jesus can cost you everything. | | ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ |  |  | Dear Friend,
"They vandalize, they steal, they kill people. They have zero tolerance... Christians are treated like untouchable people—if you touch them, you will become an infidel."
That's how our on-the-ground Field Minister Rachid describes life for Christians in Pakistan.
In a country where believers make up less than 1% of the population, following Jesus can cost you everything. Churches burned by mobs. Jobs denied because of faith.
Blasphemy accusations that lead to imprisonment—or worse.
And yet, despite it all, Rachid says: "We are happy in God. Instead of feeling like the 1%, we feel the joy of the birth of Jesus Christ in our life." |
|  | | Above: Pakistani Christians celebrating together during a Help The Persecuted event | | That Christ-centered joy is what drives our Field Ministers in Pakistan. They're persecuted believers themselves, and they're on a mission to reach Christian families suffering under life-threatening persecution. |
|  | | Above: Our Field Minister Rachid with bags of rice, which we distribute with Emergency Relief Kits | | This winter, they’re distributing Emergency Relief Kits—a month's worth of rice, salt, cooking supplies, soap, and Christian discipleship materials for adults and children. |
|  | | Above: Rachid handing out an Emergency Relief Kit to a mother and child. | For families who can barely afford to eat, these kits are lifelines.
As Field Minister Shafi puts it: "This is the main tool for sharing the love of God with people… In Pakistan, Christians are suffering, but this relief gives our people room to breathe."
For $70, you can provide Emergency Relief Kits for two families—food for their tables and hope for their hearts! | | | And our team doesn't just deliver supplies. They proclaim the gospel. Field Minister Farhan shares, "We share the good news, encouraging them with the hope of Christ, why Jesus came to earth and what He did for us." |
|  | | Above: Rachid preaching the gospel | Rachid says it best: "We have this obligation committed by God in our hearts—that we have to work for them, reach them, preach to them, rescue them, restore them, and rebuild them. We will never hesitate."
Jesus said, "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat... whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me" (Matthew 25:35, 40). | | Will you minister to the least of these today? | | At Help The Persecuted, we’re on the ground in 15 Islamic countries, spanning from Morocco to Pakistan. Through our on-the-ground Field Ministers, who are persecuted themselves, we rescue, restore, and rebuild the lives of persecuted Christians in some of the most dangerous places on earth to profess faith in Jesus. | |
|  | | Above: Children of persecuted Christians joining us at a Christmas event | | In Him, |
|  | |  | Joshua Youssef
President & CEO
Help The Persecuted |
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| | About Help The Persecuted:
Since 2011, Help The Persecuted has provided emergency relief, practical support, and spiritual encouragement to persecuted Christians living in the Muslim world. |
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