The US-based International Christian Concern persecution watchdog group has published a new report highlighting the ongoing persecution of Evangelical church leaders, and Protestant Christians generally, in predominantly Catholic Mexico.
In a new in depth article, ICC fellow Linda Burkle, Ph.D discusses conversations she had with local pastors during an evangelical conference in the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca in November, during which church leaders recounted the types of persecution they are facing. “Persecution has a variety of sources and forms,” Burke writes. “Drug cartels may target Christians because they do not approve of drug use nor participate in illegal activities and are averse to bribes,” Burke said.
Noting that Christians in the mountainous regions of the southern states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Yucatan are the most affected […]
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