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<oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>Christian Pure</provider_name><provider_url>https://christianpure.com/ru</provider_url><title>In the Shadow of the Cross</title><type>rich</type><width>600</width><height>338</height><html>&lt;p class="cppw-embed-teaser"&gt;By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member In much of the Western world, believers are not imprisoned for their faith. They are not dragged before courts or threatened with violence. Yet many quietly endure another form of suffering; one that is harder to name and often more isolating: resistance, marginalization, and spiritual control from within the very communities meant to nurture them. This is not a story of persecution by governments. It is a reflection on something more subtle: when the&#x2026;&lt;/p&gt;</html><thumbnail_url>https://i0.wp.com/christianpure.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ICC-Favicon-80px-37.png?fit=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>80</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>80</thumbnail_height></oembed>
