Christian refugees need prayer

Pakistan (MNN) ― Conflict with the Taliban has displaced almost one and a half million Pakistanis. Some are Christians, and Todd Nettleton with Voice of the Martyrs says they are especially vulnerable.

A "potential humanitarian crisis" is already brewing in the region, he said, but Christians face greater danger because they are already marginalized by the society.

"The challenge for Christians is somewhat multiplied because they are already sort of disenfranchised: they're already pushed to the side, and so they become sort of lost in the shuffle," Nettleton said. VOM already has indications that the government will not take care of Christian refugees as well as it will take care of Muslim refugees.

"We have even heard reports that while the government is helping to relocate Muslim citizens out of these areas where the Taliban is taking over, they're not giving that same assistance to Christians," Nettleton explained.

VOM is working to assist the Pakistani Christians who have been displaced by the violence. The Christians need their fellow believers around the world to pray for them -- not only for their safety, but also for the advance of the Kingdom of God.

"Pray that they can even have opportunities to witness and opportunities to share, because this is really a time of great upheaval in Pakistan, and that can be and often is a time of revival as well," Nettleton said. "There's so much going on, and people are threatened. They are open to the Gospel, they're open to the good news of Christ's love."

(Mission News Network)