Uzbekistan: Will we be silent?

 Authorities brought false charges against him and claimed that he had stored or produced drugs illegally. He was framed after refusing to renounce his faith—refusing to keep quiet about what he believes.

The government of Uzbekistan uses intimidation in an attempt to halt the spread of Christianity. According to Mission Network News, a spokesman for Voice of the Martyrs Canada “says the persecution is having an effect on the church [in Uzbekistan]. ‘It’s not stopping the spread of the Gospel. In fact, it is growing the Gospel.’”

These Christians face persecution for their faith, and the Islamic world tries to silence them. But the world cannot silence their message, and the world cannot silence our prayers.

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, "We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us." But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men." –Acts 5:27-29

Sources: Mission News Network and Voice of the Martyrs Canada.