In almost any restaurant in America, Christians can pray or give thanks before their meal without any concern about retribution. They can do that because their religious liberty rights are protected by law. In fact, Christians often meet in public places to do a varierty of Christian activities. In those places, there’s no question about their activity. It’s normal to see followers of Christ doing Christian things in public places. And yet, any of those activities can get you killed in other parts of the world. We need to talk about the persecuted church.

A.S. Ibrahim, “Where following Jesus gets you killed,” https://wng.org/opinions/where-following-jesus-gets-you-killed-1706580039, January 30, 2024.