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Podcast: Mission Network News - Asia
Episode: Uncharted Ministries rescues over 20 families from brickyard slavery
Description: Pakistan (MNN) — To follow Christ in Muslim-majority Pakistan is to know hardship. Bruce* with Uncharted Ministries says Christians struggle in nearly every life category.
“They are unable to get good jobs; they’re impoverished. Many of them are illiterate or very uneducated. They’re just a lower class.”
Emergencies often leave believers in debt because there are no social “safety nets” in Pakistan, such as feeding programs or government healthcare. Brickyard owners offer to pay off the debt but demand manual labor in return.
“We had no idea of the epic levels of slavery and suff...