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HELPING OPPRESSED CHRISTIANS
Secret believers ‘pSassionate about
sharing the gospel
under the strict teachings of Islam, becoming an avid scholar. As a young man he became a passionate preacher for about eight years, seeking to
On a recent trip to Pakistan we met converts to Christianity who after dramatic encounters with God are trying to live out their new-found faith in a hostile environment. Here two of them share their inspiring stories
live in a radical but peaceful way. At the same time, he felt an emptiness inside.
hezhad’* was a passionate wearing white clothes and told him: Islamic preacher when he ‘You can sit here now that you are had a dream in which Jesus saved.’
appeared to him as he stood
When a Christian friend who lived abroad shared the gospel with him he initially had rejected it and refused
to speak about it again but, as time passed, Shezhad decided to look at the Bible online. As he read the Gospel of Luke he found himself transfixed by the beautiful words and the love he found within it.
beside a fast-flowing river. While We met Shezhad in the tiny flat he another man was encouraging him to shares with his wife, ‘Noor’*. Despite
jump into the water, Jesus approached having very little – the couple have and put a hand on his shoulder and no furniture and are forced to sleep
told him, ‘follow Me’. on the floor – they served us tea
As he walked with Jesus he saw the while we enjoyed a time of fellowship
Confused and questioning, Shezhad prayed for guidance for many weeks and it was during this time that God spoke to him in the dream. It was
nail scars in His hands. Shezhad together.
recounts how Jesus then led him to a Shezhad told us how he had been beautiful building filled with people adopted at birth and was brought up
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