Related commentaries – Persecution

God is Glorified in Prison–Many Won to Him

On January 9, 1985, a pastor in Bulgaria named Christo Kuleczef, was arrested and put in jail. His crime was preaching in his church. He immediately began to share Christ while he was in prison. He had a trial. It was a mockery of justice, and he was sentenced to eight months. He did his eight months, got out, and wrote these words: “Both prisoners and jailers asked many questions, and we had a more fruitful ministry there than we could have expected in church. God was better served by our presence in prison than if we had been free. (“Spreading Power through Persecution” by John Piper, senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota).