Nissar Hussain, 50, a Christian convert from Islam, claims that he has faced many trials since converting to Christianity and says that problems surrounding his faith began in 2008 when his family appeared in a Channel 4 documentary, Holy War, about how Muslim converts are treated.
Nissar Hussain converted from Islam to Christianity in 1996.
Earlier in the week he spoke to Christians at the Eden Christian Centre in Ilford
Last month Mr Hussain was attacked with a pick-axe handle outside in his home Bradford.
As a result he was hospitalised for 11 days and is recovering from a fractured left hand and left knee cap.
In December a multi-faith march was held in Bradford to encourage people of all faiths to engage with one another and to promote peace.
Nissar said that in moments he found trying he turned to God: "I felt the Lord's presence so intimately and the Lord has come through for us in miraculous ways that we could never have imagined.
"Despite the recent brutal attack outside my home, I have no doubt whatsoever that the Lord was watching over me and preserved my life as it could have been fatal.
"I felt His warm and glowing presence throughout the ordeal and its aftermath."
Mr Hussein continued: "Over the years we have been called to re-exercise our faith and deep in faith we have forgiven our attackers.
"This is what the Lord requires of us as He forgave - while He was hung on a cross He forgave those who persecuted Him."
The British Pakistani Christian Association and Nissar Hussein are challenging the church to take its duty to protect Christians: "The church has to awaken and realise that the convert's dilemma is a very grave and dire one. The church has a moral duty to support and provide comfort for those who convert to Christianity and should so with the vigour and compassion of Christ.
"It is essential churches do not cave in to fear and political correctness, because the Lord did not give us a spirit of fear but one of power, love and a sound mind."
Chairperson Wilson Chowdhry, said: "Nissar's story is one of many stories of persecution faced by converts in the UK. Britain's laws do protect against such attacks but the silence from within the Muslim community and the large number of Muslims offended by conversion, mean that existing strategies to combat such hate crime are simply not fit for purpose.
"We are calling for changes to the Race and Religious Hate act 2006 to incorporate apostate protection and alterations to policing practice and policy to ensure victims are better protected.
"Nissar has been brave travelling two hundred miles to share his story At Eden Christian Centre. We hope that his message of forgiveness reaches a much wider community and that people of good conscience take up his cause in the UK and call for peace, unity and freedom."
