Dallas Baptist University’s Institute for Global Engagement hosted a global gathering to pray for all persecuted religious minorities, Oct. 24-25.
DBU offered the event in cooperation with Pepperdine University’s Program on Global Faith & Inclusive Societies, Christians Against all Persecution and Templeton Religious Trust.
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Featured speakers who addressed the importance of working for religious freedom for all included Elijah Brown, general secretary and chief executive officer of the Baptist World Alliance; Knox Thames, author, lawyer and Capitol Hill advocate for global religious freedom; and Sam Brownback, former ambassador at large for international religious freedom.
‘Speak freedom with courage’
“Will the international community raise their voice for the victim?” Brown said a Baptist New Testament professor in Myanmar asked through tears, when she escaped soldiers who were going door-to-door in search of her for denouncing the military.
Religious freedom is under threat globally. People of all faiths are facing growing harassment. In Myanmar, both the growing Baptist population and Rohingya Muslims have experienced grave persecution and violence, but “we can make a difference when we speak freedom with courage,” Brown asserted.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Calli Keener and originally published by Baptist Standard.
