A pastor in Turkey made headlines when he chose to forgive a group of Muslims who damaged his church in August.
He did not press charges against the Muslim men who broke windows and damaged a security camera at the rented building. The extremists were reportedly angered that the church was leading Muslims away to Christianity.
The Lord’s command
The pastor said: ‘During the trial, the judge asked me whether I was pressing charges and I replied, “I’m not pressing charges because the Lord asked me to forgive.”’ The judge was incredulous.
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