Remember the Persecuted Church
By Brittany Klaus · Mar 24, 2015
Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.
Hebrews 13:3
Few Western Christians truly know what it means to be persecuted for their faith. While most of us enjoy religious freedom, our brothers and sisters in more than 40 nations around the world are being brutally punished for believing in Jesus Christ. International Christian Concern’s March 2015 newsletter reports that 100 million Christians around the world were discriminated against, beaten, imprisoned or even beheaded for their faith in 2014.
How can you help? Here are some ways.
- Various organizations share the names of persecuted Christians across the globe and how to pray for them. You can sign up for alert emails at icommittopray.com, prisoneralert.com and persecution.org.
- Some offer opportunities for members of the Body of Christ to write personalized letters of encouragement. The Voice of the Martyrs provides these resources on prisoneralert.com.
- Samaritan Ministries offers updates and prayer points on persecuted Christians in our monthly newsletter.
- You can financially support Christian workers on the front lines of persecution through Voice of the Martyrs or International Christian Concern.
Ministries that serve the persecuted Church include:
- Voice of the Martyrs.
- International Christian Concern.
- Open Doors.
- Christian Freedom International.
- World Watch Monitor.
- China Aid.
Please don’t forget your brothers and sisters in chains.