'We Are Giving Forgiveness': Abducted Missionaries' Families Offer Radical Grace to Militant Captors Amid Deadly Uncertainty

Billy Hallowell-Pure Flix : Oct 25, 2021
Faithwire.com

"We are interested in the salvation of these men and we love them." -Father of one of the hostages

[Faithwire.com] Family members of the 17 missionaries abducted in Haiti earlier this month continue to hold out hope—and to grant incredible grace to the captors—as the potentially deadly situation stretches into its tenth day. (Screengrab image)

Christian Aid Ministries, the nonprofit organization with whom the missionaries are affiliated, said the days since the October 16 abduction have been filled with "many tears and thousands—if not millions—of prayers."

Amid those prayers and emotions, the missionaries' families have expressed an abundance of grace and forgiveness.

"We are interested in the salvation of these men and we love them," one father of one of the hostages said in reference to the kidnappers who took his child.

Another parent added, "As a family we are giving forgiveness to these men. We are not holding anything against them"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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