The Facts:

"More people from Sudan's Christian regions have been murdered than all the victims in Bosnia (300,000), Kosovo (1,000), and Rwanda 500,000) combined. While Christians in many parts of the world increasingly face harassment, arrest, interrogation, imprisonment, or even death because of their religious beliefs, their co-religionists in the West have been strangely silent."

Nina Shea, Director, Center for Religious Freedom

"Since the Gulf War, police in Saudi Arabia have arrested and abused hundreds of Christians--believers whose only crime was engaging in religious activities. Saudi citizens are paid a bounty of $3,000 for exposing a home Bible study.

Chuck Colson, President, Prison Fellowship

"Imagine countries where entire divisions of the national police are dedicated to stalking peaceful people of faith. Imagine being the victim of this onslaught without any defense whatsoever."

Sam Brownback, U.S. Senator, Kansas

"Presently there's a surge of awareness sweeping Christian America in the rising tide of global persecution of believers. We need to be more sensitive to 'remember the prisoners as if chained with them, and those who are mistreated since you yourselves are in the Body also" (Hebrews 13:3).

Dr. Jack Hayford, Founding Pastor, The Church On The Way

"Right now, somewhere in the world, a man or woman languishes in prison, some on death row, because he or she did nothing more than choose faith in God over personal expedience."

Joseph I. Lieberman, U.S. Senator, Connecticut

"The Sudanese death toll in the last 10 years is estimated at anywhere from 1.5-3 million people, The Khartoum government, intent on Islamization, is subjecting innocent women, men, and children to denial of basic freedoms, forced conversion to Islam, requiring Islamization for food, forced relocation, rape, Kidnapping, enslavement, and widespread torture."

Paul Marshall, Author, Their Blood Cries Out

"How ironic and unacceptable, that the cause of Soviet Jewry was taken up and sustained as a cause celebre throughout America precisely because American Christians were so committed to its success, and now the Christian community is silent about the more pervasive persecution of Christians eerily parallels the persecution of the Jews, my people, during much of Europe's history.

Michael Horowitz, President, Hudson Institute

"Rescue those being led away to death, hold back those staggering towards slaughter. If you say, 'but we knew nothing about this,' does not He who guards your life know it?"