Christianity is a global religion. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with a point.

According to the British news outlet, The Guardian, it wasn't a happy holiday for many Christians in India.

Radical Hindu activists there raided Christian churches, smashing statues, burning Bibles, threatening believers.

This capped off an already bad year for Christians in India, a year that averaged 100 attacks on Christians in each of the first

three months. It's vitally important we remember that our brothers and sisters around the world

face grave trial and tribulation and totalitarian regimes like China and hostile Islamic states like

Iran, even in ostensibly democratic nations like India. A public profession of faith in Christ

is an invitation to harassment,

persecution, maybe death. It also reminds us that sometimes we need a bigger perspective.

There's much more to the world than what happens on social media. As important as these

controversies seem and sometimes are, the strength and suffering of Christ's church is broader

and bigger than what we see in our Twitter feeds.

Let's pray for the church around the world.

I'm John Stone Street.