“...our pilgrimage among house churches in persecution convinced us that God may actually want to use them to save us from the often debilitating, and sometimes spiritually-fatal, effects of our watered down, powerless western faith.”

“For us, persecution is like the sun coming up in the east. It happens all the time. It's the way things are. There is nothing unusual or unexpected about it. Persecution for our faith has always been - and probably always will be - a normal part of life. (Spoken by a Russian pastor)”

“Even though He wants our help, values our help, and calls for our help in changing the world, our all-powerful God is not helpless - even without us.”

“It is crucial to understand that God values our help. But it is more crucial to remember that our all-powerful God is able to work with our without us, that our all-knowing God is not blind to the evil in His world, and that our ever-present God is there...whether we are or not.”

“The stronger the persecution, the more significant the spiritual vitality of the believers.”

“Personal trust and spiritual maturity were often in direct proportion to the amount of suffering that had been offered for the faith.”

“Persecution stop immediately where there is no faith and there is no witness.”