Paul Marshall - Their Blood Cries Out

"Members of the clergy have fallen apart in my presence as they told how wives and daughters had been raped ... How many more Christians will have to suffer and die before we realize that it is our job to try to stop these atrocities? We are so often caught up with our own petty problems that we don't make time to think about the Christians who are bleeding and dying across the world."

Luis Palau, President

Luis Palau Evangelistic Association

"It is imperative that we as a church marshal the power of prayer. We cannot sit by as if nothing is happening. Get on the phone, write letters, and let those in authority know what you believe. We have been confused, intimidated, and silent too long. We must stand and be counted."

Joseph M. Stowell, President

Moody Bible Institute

"NAE has prepared a document which clearly describes this situation and calls on all Americans to respond and to stand in defense of innocent human life. The declaration, the Freedom of Conscience Statement, is not a political statement, but a statement appealing to the very basis of American life. And that is freedom of conscience."

Don Argue, President

National Association of Evangelicals

"The Bible is very clear about what we are asked to do for those who are victimized because of their faith. We are called upon to pray for them and lay claim to the civic privileges that God has given to us. It is our turn to speak up. The silence of many on behalf of the few ultimately diminishes and could destroy all of us."

Ravi Zacharias, President

Ravi Zacharias International Ministries and author of Deliver Us From Evil

"These persecutions are intense and horrifying. In many famine-stricken areas, the government will only allow relief agencies of the radical Islamic groups to go in, and they insist that anyone who wants to eat must convert to Islam. If you don't convert, you don't eat. You die. Somehow we must reach out and bring pressure to stop this intolerance and hatred."

William Armstrong

Former U.S. Senator, Colorado

"We need to shake awake those who are in power, to bring their attention to these injustices. And where we have a voice, speak out ... Once you know, then you're accountable. And I would say, now we know. Proverbs 3:23 and 24 says, `Don't withhold to do good when it's in the power of your hand to do it. And don't say to your neighbor in need, "Come back tomorrow and I'll help" "'

Jack Hayford, Pastor

Church on the Way

"Persecution of Christians around the world is growing and intensifying. Very severe beatings, burnings, lootings, and electric shock ... Crucifixions of Christians in the Sudan ... Many would like to sweep it under the carpet and pretend it doesn't exist, but it's true. It's happening."

Peter Tony

President of The CenterPoint Group, former President of Open Doors with Brother Andrea

"We must feel a sense of moral outrage that Christians, in this day and age are being sold into slavery, and are being tortured for their faith."

Charles Colson. Chairman

Prison Fellowship Ministries and author of The Body and Gideon's Torch

"Their Blood Cries Out is an encyclopedic compilation of modem-day accounts of religious persecution against Christians throughout the world. With gripping detail, it gives a thorough record of the oppression faced by millions of Christians abroad. This eloquent book provides an understanding that is sorely lacking in the American community. Dr. Paul Marshall lends an insider's view into the most pressing human-rights atrocity of our times."

Nina Shea, Director

Puebla Program on Religious Freedom of Freedom House Member, Advisory Commission to the Secretary of State on Religious Persecution

"These horror stories of brutal persecution suffered by fellow Christians must be told. We so easily forget their suffering and courage. In this timely book, Dr. Marshall shames our complacency."

John E. Langlois, Chairman

Religious Liberty Commission of WEF, London

"Paul Marshall urges readers to abandon the wide-spread indifference -,o what is occurring daily to many Christians in various parts of the world Quite properly, he also highlights other issues, including the number or Muslims in Bosnia and Chechnya murdered by so-called Christians. A profoundly moving book!"

David Kilgour

Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Common'

"The escalating world-wide repression of some hundreds of millions of Christians, which this landmark survey documents thoroughly, is one of the worst evils of our time. For all who care about human rights, human suffering, and helping the needy, Marshall's grim analysis is a must-read."

J.1-Packer

Regent College, Vancouver

"The plight of persecuted Christians in today's world is in desperate need of careful attention. No one is better equipped to educate us on this urgent topic than Paul Marshall. This book deserves a very wide readership!"

Richard J. Mouw, President

Fuller Theological Seminary

"This is a gripping and eloquent book. The murder, torture, and persecution of Christians in the Third World, and even prosperous countries, is one of the worst, and least-reported, of global human-rights abuses at the end of this century. From China to Saudi Arabia to Cuba, thousands of Christians have paid a terrible price for their faith. Human rights are either for all of us, or they are for none of us."

David Aikman, former senior correspondent and Beijing Bureau Chief, Time Magazine

"Dr. Paul Marshall is clearly one of the leading defenders of human rights. In this volume, he gathers the data that has been growing for decades: The most oppressed and mistreated peoples of the world, in terms of human rights, are evangelical Christians. Committed believers are today more often the victims than the causes of human-rights violations."

Max L. Stackhouse

Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics

Princeton Theological Seminary

"Marshall writes with careful clarity, and passionate urgency. A superb book by a gifted Christian scholar."

Ronald J. Sider

President, Evangelicals for Social Action

"This superb book combines documentation and analysis of the persecution of Christians with deeply inspiring accounts of dignity as they witness to their faith through suffering and martyrdom. This book should be read by all concerned with religious liberty as a fundamental human right."

The Baroness Cox, President

Christian Solidarity International-UK

Deputy Speaker, House of Lords

by

PAUL MARSHALL

with Lela Gilbert

To those who asked that their names not be used

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