i didn't know until i got the end post why i was reading this thread. (started somewhere on this page, linked in from another page, haven't read the op)....
a well known, powerful in prayer, broken in suffering (in communist prison; for the name of jesus (the gospel) ) ,
minister witnessed and testified publicly of 16 year old virgins become prostitutes
to gain money that was available no other way
because the churches in america (who knew what was happening)
remained silent, on purpose... when
the 16 year old's fathers were ministers in the communist country, were (when left alive)
arrested and robbed of home, food, money, possessions, clothes except for what they had on,
and the whole family likewise left with only what they had on,
and no house nor home to live in,
and no job available nor allowed by the strict government
-- if anyone helped the family
they who helped and their family suffer the same fate.(loss of everything).(yes. today. 2015)
the usa embassy, consulate, representatives, -- government, church, private, all -- remained and remain silent(with few if any exceptions(perhaps voice of the martyrs-VOM) )
about this widespread oppression(from before 1950 to the present), and
the church(es) in particular ,
in the usa, ARE GUILTY (still, continuing, today). when they are silent, when(if?) they deny it,
and when they do nothing.(to provide support for those families driven penniless out of house and home and job and all.....)
p.s. like in the dark ages, during plagues, the only ones who help at great risk to their own lives and family,
are those who already "died in Christ Jesus" and the life they live now (today, 2015) they live by (real and true ) faith in Christ Jesus who loves them and gave Himself for them !
Galatians 2:20 - Bible Gateway
https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Galatians 2:20
[SUP]20[/SUP] I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I
live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.
And
the life which I
now live in the flesh, I
live by the
faith of the Son of God, who ...