PRAYER FOCUS: PERSECUTED BELIEVERS
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- Pray for freedom of conscience in the 110 countries that suppress religious freedoms.
- Pray for strength and growth of the persecuted church.
- Pray for physical protection of the 100,000,000 persecuted Christians and missionaries.
- Pray for encouragement and joy for those who suffer, and for strength to endure.
- Pray that those who are persecuted will love Christ more than life.
- Pray that God will give them love for their enemies.
- Pray for an increased missionary effort to reach nations that persecute Christians
Click here for a list of Bible verses from the New Testament on the topic of persecution.
PERSECUTED CHURCH RESOURCES
Websites
- Open Doors USA: www.odusa.org - News and other resources to support the persecuted church worldwide, especially the World Watch List.
- Voice of the Martyrs: www.persecution.com - News, prayer requests, videos and other resources to support the persecuted church worldwide.
- International Christian Concern: www.persecution.org - DC-based organization promoting advocacy, awareness and assistance.
- WorldWatch Monitor: www.worldwatchmonitor.org - News stories of persecution from all over the world.
- 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative: www.21wilberforce.org - DC-based organization that deals with issues of persecution and religious freedoms globally.
Books (available through the IBC Bookstore)
- Faith that Endures: The essential guide to the persecuted church, Ronald Boyd-MacMillan. 2006. Grand Rapids: FH Revell
- Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, John Foxe (W. Berry, ed.). 1999. Grand Rapids: FH Revell.
- Persecuted: The global assault on Christians, Marshall, Gilbert, Shea. 2013. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
