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

“I was captivated by the thought: what if persecution is the normal, expected situation for a believer? And what if persecution is, in fact, soil in which faith can grow?”

“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)”

“...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.”

“...persecution is normal for millions of believers around the world.”

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

“Perhaps the question should not be: "Why are other persecuted?" Perhaps the better question is: "Why are we not?”