More heinous acts by ISIS against Christians as the persecution grows in the Middle East.
Islamic State militants in Syria tortured and killed a 12-year-old boy, along with 11 indigenous Christian missionaries, after they refused to leave their homeland or renounce Christ.
According to the Virginia-based Christian Aid Mission, a group that has been in contact with the slain missionaries’ director, all 12 victims were captured in a village on the outskirts of Aleppo.
Three weeks later, militants questioned the captives about whether they converted from Islam when they became Christians, an offense that is punishable by death under the Islamic State’s legal code. The Christian captives were honest and admitted that they were once Muslims.
After the Christians refused to renounce Christ and explained to the militants that God wanted them to stay in the area to share the Gospel, the four of them were tortured and crucified in front of a crowd. They were left to die beside signs that identified them as “infidels.” No one was allowed to remove them.” But before the four Christians were crucified, the militants cut the fingertips off the boy and forced his father to watch.
A spokesman for Christian Aid Mission said the attacks are happening because more and more people are being saved. quoting now…..“The ministry is growing and growing. In the past we used to pray to have one person from a Muslim background come to the Lord. Now, there are so many we can barely handle all the work among them.