Faith that Endures—the "Jaw-dropping" Stories of Christians behind the Iron Curtain
It's not just about God's deliverances—that's the key—it's about how God enables everyone to endure.
(West Bromwich, UK)—Recently, Peter Wooding, news director of UCB UK interviewed British writer, Ronald Boyd-MacMillan, who shared on some of his experiences with Open Doors, and about his new book, Faith That Endures.
The work is about the Christians who lived behind the Iron Curtain. MacMillan subtitles the book, The Essential Guide to the Persecuted Church, because he had found that "a lot of Christians just didn't know the story of the persecuted."
When asked about the book, MacMillan tells Wooding:
"...I want to put the emphasis on telling the story of the whole persecuted Church, not just the extreme tip of it. We definitely should focus on martyrs and those in jail for their faith, but they're not the majority. The majority of Christians in the persecuted world face daily discrimination, but they don't end up in jail and yet they need to be helped.
"It's not just about God's deliverances—that's the key—it's about how God enables everyone to endure. A lot of these people don't get dramatic deliverances, so their stories don't get written up. It doesn't hit the headlines, and yet their story is what makes the Church change those societies.
"An old Chinese Christian once said to me, 'When you come to write up our story, remember for every deliverance story you will hear, there are a thousand enduring stories. So get the balance right."
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