Dr. Carl Moeller who is the President of Open Doors, another ministry that works for the persecuted church, has written a great article about how he believes real heroes are the persecuted Christians in this world, and not Michael Jackson.  Click here to read the full article.

Here's the section that impacted me most:

I have talked to hundreds of Christians in restricted countries who have been truly persecuted for their faith in Jesus Christ. What the so-called King of Pop went through in his personal life was not persecution. In planning for his memorial service scheduled Tuesday his brothers couldn’t even agree on which religion should guide Jackson’s tribute, so they opted for a nondenominational event, according to the New York Daily News.

Let me just summarize a few incidents of persecution of Christians since Michael Jackson’s death on June 25:

• At least five people were killed and 30 injured Sunday following an explosion outside a Catholic church in Cotabato City in the Philippines.

•  In Pakistan, after a Muslim beat a Christian field worker for asking him to let him pass on June 30, a cleric in a village near Lahore used a mosque loudspeaker to announce a call to attack Christians. It resulted in more than 500 Muslims ransacking and looting at least 110 houses, according to Compass Direct News.

•  Word was received last week that Islamic extremists beheaded two young boys in Somalia earlier this year because their Christian father refused to divulge information about a church leader. The killers are now searching Kenya’s refugee camps now to do the same to the boys’ father, according to Compass.

Believe me, that is just the tip of the iceberg.