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"He said, 'Bishop, I'm [now] a Christian; pray for me,'" Riak told the summit. "I told him, 'You are saved. But you will suffer.'"

Associate editor Jeff M. Sellers writes regularly on persecution issues for Christianity Today.

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Also appearing on our site today:

CT Classic: The Suffering Church | Increasingly, Christians are harassed, arrested, interrogated, imprisoned, fined, or killed because of their religious beliefs and practices.

The NAE site includes the text of both the 1996 and 2002 "Statement of Conscience."

Other news coverage of the summit includes:

Christian leaders ask U.S. to sanction Sudan, North Korea—The Washington Times (May 2, 2002)

Previous Christianity Today articles on the effect of 1996's statement includes:

Progress for the Persecuted | New successes represent a new approach. (Oct. 6, 1997)

State Department Report Decries Persecution of Christians | Freedom from Religious Persecution Act reflects the initiatives outlined in the NAE's Statement of Conscience. (Sept. 1, 1997)

Government Awakens to Persecution | The Clinton administration and Congress have taken new steps to re-examine U.S. policy responses to global religious persecution. (November 11, 1996)

Christianity Today's persecution archive has more articles on religious discrimination and violence from around the world. The World Report section allows readers to search for past articles by country.

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