WASHINGTON – There are few issues that unite both ends of the political spectrum in the nation’s capital, but one is the life-changing work of ending religious persecution around the globe.

Billions of people live in places where their ability to worship is restricted or forbidden. From genocide in China to bloodshed in Nigeria where church bombings are all too routine.

“You know, if you don’t have religious freedom for everybody all the time and governments enforce that, you are going to have the clash of civilizations,” Sam Brownback, former Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom, told Faith Nation this week.

Pray for our Christian brothers and sisters who are increasingly suffering worldwide.