Persectution

• Persecution


  Facing hostility and ill-treatment; some Christians face punishment and death for practising their faith
• Reconciliation


  Making up and rebuilding relationships between two groups/sides after disagreement
• Christian teachings about persecution


  • Praying for the persecuted
  • Helping the persecuted (e.g. to escape where they are being persecuted)
  • Giving practical help through charities
  • Educating others about persecution
  • Raising awareness about persecution
  • Campaigning for an end to persecution
  • Putting pressure on authorities / government to help
• Christian teachings about reconciliation


  • Clothe yourselves with compassion (Colossians 3:12)
  • God reconciled himself to us through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation (Corinthians 5)
  • Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God (Matthew 5:9)
  • Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another (John 13:34)
  • If anyone holds anything against anyone, forgive them (Mark 11:25)
  • Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you (Matthew 5:44)
  • Forgive not seven but seventy seven times (Matthew 18:22)