{"id":12307,"date":"2026-09-28T16:30:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/?p=12307"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:33:25","slug":"wenn-der-glaube-alles-kostet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/2026\/09\/28\/wenn-der-glaube-alles-kostet\/","title":{"rendered":"When faith costs everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An evening about persecuted Christians, courageous faith and hope in Jesus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does it mean to follow Jesus when one\u2019s own faith becomes a source of danger? When one\u2019s family, clan or social circle do not accept one\u2019s decision to follow Christ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marianne and Ernst Leuenberger<\/strong> During their many years of work in Africa, they have met people who have chosen to follow Jesus \u2013 and at the same time witnessed the severity with which young Christians are persecuted for their faith. Often, the opposition comes from those closest to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 13 years, the Leuenbergers lived and worked in Mali with ReachAcross amongst a Muslim ethnic group. They immersed themselves deeply in the language and culture and were able to witness people opening their hearts to the good news of Jesus. In January 2026, they were no longer able to return to their mission field for security reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this evening, they will share their experiences and offer an insight into the lives and faith of persecuted Christians. It is an evening that brings home to us the reality of the persecution of Christians, whilst at the same time raising the question: <strong>What does it mean for us to follow Jesus?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thursday, 5 November 2026<\/strong><br><strong>7.30 pm | Drinks from 7.00 pm<\/strong><br>D\u00fcrren\u00e4sch Parish Hall, Lindh\u00fcbelstrasse 21<br>Organiser: Evangelical Alliance of Aargau Seetal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You are warmly invited to a special and moving evening!<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An evening about persecuted Christians, courageous faith and hope in Jesus. What does it mean to follow Jesus when one\u2019s own faith becomes a source of danger? When one\u2019s family, clan or social circle do not accept one\u2019s decision to follow Christ? During their many years of service in Africa, Marianne and Ernst Leuenberger met people who had chosen Jesus\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-vielfalt"],"acf":[],"subtitle":"<i class=\"fa-solid fa-calendar-days\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1em; margin-right: 0.5em;\"><\/i>Th.&nbsp;05.11.2026&nbsp;|&nbsp;19:30&nbsp;-&nbsp;21:00&nbsp;Uhr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12307"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12311,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12307\/revisions\/12311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seetal-chile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}