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God's hostage : a true story of persecution, imprisonment, and perseverance / Andrew Brunson with Craig Borlase.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 251 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801094873
  • 0801094879
Subject(s):
Contents:
Time to come home -- The arrest -- Locked away -- Ripped apart -- Alone -- Holding on -- Just breathe -- The wolf -- The first night -- Meltdown -- The cruelest whisper -- The mouth of hell -- The shark -- A furnace of fears -- The valley of dry bones -- Maximum security -- A new trajectory -- Heartsong -- Back to the pit -- On trial -- False witnesses -- The hostage -- Broken deal -- The Brunson crisis -- Thirty-nine hours -- Epilogue -- "Worthy of my all".
Summary: "After being falsely accused and detained in a Turkish prison, pastor Andrew Brunson shares his story of preaching the gospel in a Muslim land, ministering to a marginalized people, and faithfully enduring imprisonment, hardship, and suffering"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: In 1993, Brunson was asked to travel to Turkey, the largest unevangelized country in the world, to serve as a missionary. In majority Muslim countries, Christian churches are bombed or burned; believers are harassed or imprisoned; in some places even the act of trying to share the gospel is illegal. Brunson and his wife, Nadine, were reluctant at first but became convinced this was God's plan for them. In 2016 they were arrested. Norine was released, but remained in Turkey. Andrew was imprisoned, and accused of being a spy and one of the plotters of the attempted coup. This is the true story of his imprisonment and his eventual freedom. -- adapted from jacket
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In 1993, Andrew Brunson was asked to travel to Turkey, the largest unevangelized country in the world, to serve as a missionary. Though hesitant because of the daunting and dangerous task that lay ahead, Andrew and his wife, Norine, believed this was God's plan for them.

What followed was a string of threats and attacks, but also successes in starting new churches in a place where many people had never met a Christian. As their work with refugees from Syria, including Kurds, gained attention and suspicion, Andrew and Norine acknowledged the threat but accepted the risk, determining to stay unless God told them to leave.

In 2016, they were arrested. Though the State eventually released Norine, who remained in Turkey, Andrew was imprisoned. Accused of being a spy and being among the plotters of the attempted coup, he became a political pawn whose story soon became known around the world.

God's Hostage is the incredible true story of his imprisonment, his brokenness, and his eventual freedom. Anyone with a heart for missions, especially to the Muslim world, will love this tension-laden and faith-laced book.

Includes bibliographical references.

"After being falsely accused and detained in a Turkish prison, pastor Andrew Brunson shares his story of preaching the gospel in a Muslim land, ministering to a marginalized people, and faithfully enduring imprisonment, hardship, and suffering"-- Provided by publisher.

Time to come home -- The arrest -- Locked away -- Ripped apart -- Alone -- Holding on -- Just breathe -- The wolf -- The first night -- Meltdown -- The cruelest whisper -- The mouth of hell -- The shark -- A furnace of fears -- The valley of dry bones -- Maximum security -- A new trajectory -- Heartsong -- Back to the pit -- On trial -- False witnesses -- The hostage -- Broken deal -- The Brunson crisis -- Thirty-nine hours -- Epilogue -- "Worthy of my all".

In 1993, Brunson was asked to travel to Turkey, the largest unevangelized country in the world, to serve as a missionary. In majority Muslim countries, Christian churches are bombed or burned; believers are harassed or imprisoned; in some places even the act of trying to share the gospel is illegal. Brunson and his wife, Nadine, were reluctant at first but became convinced this was God's plan for them. In 2016 they were arrested. Norine was released, but remained in Turkey. Andrew was imprisoned, and accused of being a spy and one of the plotters of the attempted coup. This is the true story of his imprisonment and his eventual freedom. -- adapted from jacket

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