Write to the Persecuted
Send Letters of Encouragement
Open Doors seeks to unite Christians worldwide by connecting them with each other. 100 million Christians around the globe are currently suffering for their faith, and you have the opportunity to stand with them in their suffering through your letters.
Open Doors will take the letters that you write and deliver them to those who are imprisoned, hiding, grieving, or struggling with their faith.
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Uganda
Write a letter to our persecuted brothers and sisters in Uganda
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Write to Susan |
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It has been eleven months since 14-year-old Susan's father abused her for embracing Christianity. She is still unable to walk as a result of many months of torture. Susan was hospitalized at Kagando Hospital in October 2010 after neighbors called for police to rescue her from her father. Read More |
| On the night of Sept 21, 2010 around 9:00pm, Francis Namukubalo, a pastor in Uganda, was ambushed and killed by an angry mob.Francis' wife, Irene, pregnant with their fourth child at the time of his murder, is finding it difficult to cope with the loss of her husband as she raises their four children on her own. Read More |
Colombia
Write a letter to our persecuted brothers and sisters in Colombia
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Write to Children's Home |
| Write to Pipe and Ingrid |
No one wants to think that we live in a world where children would be targeted by criminals, but that is exactly the situation in Colombia. Children are often abducted by civil war guerilla groups. The children of Christian leaders are at particularly high risk. Read More |
| Faithful pastor and evangelist, Manuel Camacho was killed suddenly in front of his home on September 21, 2009 with his family nearby. It is believed that he was killed because of his effective preaching and evangelizing in his town and surrounding areas by a member of the local guerilla group. Read More |
Ethiopia
Write a letter to our persecuted brothers and sisters in Ethiopia
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Write to Martha Gelata |
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Martha's husband, Yadeta Dinsa, a faithful leader in the Full Gospel Church, was brutally murdered while trying to stop an ambush on church members returning from a church service on March 15, 2010. Yadeta bravely stepped between the attacker and his evangelist friend, hoping to stop the attack, but instead he was struck down. Read More |
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China
Write a letter to our persecuted brothers and sisters in China
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Write to Zhang Rongliang |
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Chen Hongxian's husband, Pastor Zhang, has been in prison since December 2004 charged with 'illegally crossing the national border and fraudulently obtaining a passport'. He has been detained five times before and has already spent a total of 12 years in prison. Read More |
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Uzbekistan
Write a letter to our persecuted brothers and sisters in Uzbekistan
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Write to Tohar Haydarov |
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Tohar Haydarov (27), a Christian from Gulistan, Uzbekistan was arrested in January 2010; then in March he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession and manufacturing of drugs; charges that he and others vehemently deny. Read More |
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Sri Lanka
Write a letter to our persecuted brothers and sisters in Sri Lanka
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Write to Shiromi & her son |
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At only 37 years of age, Pastor Neil was shot through the heart. Pastor Neil's wife Shiromi and their little boy were also shot in the attack, but they survived.
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