In the Middle East, there is a story that is never told. We get caught up in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and forget there are Christian brothers and sisters suffering for their beliefs.

This story sheds some light on what these brothers and sisters face day in and day out.

What I find disappointing is this comes out of England rather than the U.S. Our American Christianity is so caught up in the “conservative”/”liberal” divide, and Israel/Palestine and what the Bible says about the end times, we rarely think about our own brothers and sisters in the midst of this conflict.

In Pakistan, the murder last year of Shahbaz Bhatti, the country’s Catholic minister for minorities, “vividly reflected” religious intolerance in Pakistan.

Shortly after his death it emerged that Mr Bhatti had recorded a video in which he declared: “I am living for my community and for suffering people and I will die to defend their rights.

“I prefer to die for my principles and for the justice of my community rather than to compromise. I want to share that I believe in Jesus Christ, who has given his own life for us.”

Let us remember the Body of Christ today.