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After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb<\/em><\/strong>. – Revelation 7:9<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2026the worldlings are so monotonously alike compared with the almost fantastic variety of the saints. – C.S. Lewis<\/b><\/p>\n

Listed below are biographies of people who have either suffered for their Christian faith or who have witnessed to Christian ideals in a way that has put them at some risk in the future. Please keep these men and women and their families and friends in your prayers.<\/em> Their biographies are written to not only describe the events of their Christian witness, but also to set that witness into the larger context of the events underway in today’s world, as well as to inspire us in our own faith.<\/p>\n

These biographies are all formatted so that they may be printed on a single sheet of paper, both sides. As with our meditations<\/a>, they may be downloaded for use as classroom material, campus ministry handouts, parish bulletin inserts, republication in newsletters or newspapers, or any other use other than in a book or anthrology. No fee is necessary, we ask only that the copyright at the end of each document be respected, including use of the URL. Please be warned: these stories are probably not suitable for the youngest students, so please use your discretion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please check back, some biographies will be updated as the circumstances for each person changes.<\/p>\n

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2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Rene Stockman<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Andrew<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Andrew and Norine Brunson<\/a> – (updated October 2018)<\/a><\/p>\n

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2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"athraa\"<\/a> Athraa<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Jacques<\/a> Jacques Hamel<\/a> – (updated October 2016)<\/p>\n

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2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Aasiya<\/a> Aasiya Noreen aka Asia Bibi<\/a> (updated May 2019)<\/p>\n

\"Bishoy<\/a> Bishoy Armiya Boulous<\/a> (updated August 2016)<\/p>\n

\"Frederick<\/a> \u00a0 Frederick Gitonga<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Akash<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0Akash Bashir and Obaid Sadar Khokhar<\/a><\/p>\n

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2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Julie<\/a> \u00a0 Julie Aftab<\/a><\/p>\n

\"John<\/a> \u00a0 John Dayal<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Grace<\/a>\"Matthew<\/a> \u00a0 Grace and Matthew Huang<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Zhang<\/a> \u00a0 Zhang Shaojie<\/a> – still imprisoned<\/p>\n

\"Cedric<\/a> \u00a0 Cedric Prakash<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Meriam<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0Meriam Yahia Ibrahm Ishag<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Dieudonne<\/a> \u00a0 Dieudonne Nzapalainga<\/a> (updated November 2016)<\/p>\n

\"Saeed<\/a> \u00a0 Saeed Abedini<\/a> (updated January 2016)<\/p>\n

\"Frans<\/a> \u00a0 Frans van der Lugt<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Thaddeus<\/a> Thaddeus Ma Daqin<\/a> – still under house arrest <\/strong>(updated May 2016)<\/p>\n

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2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Rimsha\"<\/a> Rimsha Bibi<\/a> (updated August 2017)<\/p>\n

\"Boulos<\/a>\"Yuhanna<\/a> \u00a0 Boulos al-Yazigi and Yuhanna Ibrahim<\/a> – still missing<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dennis<\/a> \u00a0 Dennis Balcombe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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1975<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Nijole\"<\/a> Nijole Sadunaite<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Lida\"<\/a> Lida and Aaron Vashchenko<\/a><\/p>\n

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1968<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Lin Zhao<\/a><\/p>\n

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1943<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Sophie Scholl<\/a><\/p>\n

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To read a consolidated list of moving quotations from these people and others from our archives, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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