(Washington Stand) Andrew Brunson understands what it feels like to be persecuted. After 25 years of being a pastor in Turkey, he was falsely charged with espionage and spent over two years in prison. Being a pastor, “I thought I was ready” to face persecution, Brunson said. But he’ll be the first to confess he was, in fact, not ready for what he faced. “I broke,” he stated. “[I]t was a very severe breaking,” but “God rebuilt me.”
This testimony came during a panel discussion at the 2024 Pray Vote Stand Summit, where Brunson flagged his concern that “there’s a wave of hostility and persecution that is racing toward the church” in America. The church in the U.S. is still “large” and “influential,” he noted, but “there hasn’t really been serious persecution in the United States in the past,” which “can create a sense of false security … of permanence, like things are going to continue to be as they have been.” (Read More)
