In 2017, participants at the Christian Churches Together Forum on the Persecuted Church wrote and adopted a pastoral letter to Christians around the world who are suffering because of their faith. The letter begins,

“We write to you as Christians living in the United States where we do not face immediate danger of persecution and martyrdom in living our faith as do you. We write as Christians troubled not only by the persecution of our fellow believers and other religious communities, but also by the attempts of some seeking to eradicate Christian communities in what can only be named genocide. We write as Christians conscious in the midst of our confessional diversity, seeking to heed more faithfully the teachings of our Lord and the exhortation of Saint Paul in a perfect manner. Still, the divisions will be healed only as we “care for one another,” recognizing the suffering of those who proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord in the Holy Spirit. And therefore, we write as those who desire to express our care for you in the time of your travail…”