Today, the story of a 24 year-old who left her dream job to mobilize Americans to march for persecuted Christians.
When Gia Chacón’s heart began to break for persecuted Christians at a young age, she knew God was calling her to be a part of the solution.
This prompted her to launch her nonprofit organization to host the first-ever march to stand in solidarity with the persecuted Church last year in California. Another march for the persecuted will be held this summer in Washington, D.C.
Estimates suggest that over 340 million Christians live in areas where they face persecution for their faith.
Chacón told The Christian Post — “I saw a need for [persecuted Christians] to have a voice, and I believed God laid it on my heart.”
Chacón traveled to Egypt with her grandmother’s nonprofit as a little girl and remembers being touched by seeing the bold faith of Egyptian Christians.
When she traveled to Egypt again at age 20, she decided to devote her life to serving the persecuted Church after witnessing the faith of those who would willingly die for Christ.
She said – “People my age and even younger were willing to lay down their lives for Christ and risk everything for the Gospel, and that impacted me so deeply. So actually, while in Egypt, I made the decision to give my life totally over to the service of Christ.”
Through her travels to South America, the Middle East and beyond, Chacón has heard the stories of refugees and the atrocities they face for refusing to renounce faith in Jesus Christ.