| Send Emergency Relief and Bibles to persecuted women in the Middle East |  | Dear Friend,
As Mother's Day approaches, we are reminded that persecuted women and their children are in dire need. James 1:27 tells us: |  | | | "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." | | | Many Christian believers living in the Middle East and North Africa face ridicule and violence for accepting Jesus as their Savior. This is doubly the case for a specific subset of believers—women. Adding religious persecution on top of cultural discrimination puts them in an especially perilous situation. | | | | | |  | | Your gift today will be part of a special Matching Gift Challenge delivering support for food, housing, medical care, and Bibles to TWICE as many persecuted women and children. | | | | | | • 37% of Arab women have reported experiencing violence. The actual number is assumed to be much higher. | | | | • 14% of girls under 18 are forced into marriage in this region of the world. | | | | • 92% of women and girls between the ages of 15 and 49 in Egypt have experienced female genital mutilation. | | | | • Rape is one of the most common forms of persecution against women in the Arab world. In many places, rapists can avoid prosecution by marrying their victim. | | | | The data is overwhelming, yet it is difficult to fully understand the impact of these statistics without knowing some of the women behind them. Women like Amira… | | | | | | | | | | When Amira and her daughters came to faith in Christ, she kept it hidden from her Muslim family. A friend found out and told her husband. He and her parents beat Amira severely. Then they threatened to mutilate her daughters.
Amira and her daughters fled Egypt with nothing. She has been living in a nearby country and recently heard that the police were looking for her. She is frightened, but so grateful for the Body of Christ.
Help The Persecuted is supporting Amira and her daughters, assisting them with medical needs and living expenses during this difficult time. Our Field Ministry Team also encourages them in Christ through prayer and God's Word. | | |  | "When you lose everyone and everything you feel that life is over. Having Christ, however, gives us hope and peace.
Thank you for helping us." — Amira | Our support was a reminder of love and unconditional care! Women who come to Christ in the Middle East are often beaten, tortured, burned, or killed by their families. To be able to get your life back is considered a miracle.
And that's where YOU come in …and why your support of Help The Persecuted today is so important. Through on-the-ground Field Ministry Teams we are able to reach the most vulnerable – in the last year we have helped over 45,000 persecuted Christians, including many women and their children. We deliver tailored packages of support based on individual needs.
With your help we can serve more persecuted women and children today... | | Your gift of $35 will help provide critical support. This can include food, safe housing, and medical assistance. In addition, we provide Bibles and other discipleship materials along with pastoral care. | | And, because of a special Matching Challenge Grant, your gift will be DOUBLED in impact – offering increased support to persecuted Christian mothers and their children today. Mothers like Noura… | | | | | | | When Noura, a young mother of four, miraculously came to faith in Jesus Christ she felt alive for the first time. But not long after, her husband noticed a change and found her Bible. He threatened to kill her. He then divorced her and took her children to another country. He sent her back to her parents who also threatened her and locked her in her room—forcing her to watch Islamic TV all day. | | | | | |
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