Bound Together Ministries
Hebrews 13:3
At Home
Ideas for Observing the
International Day of Prayer for
the Persecuted Church
At Church
Pray for the needs of the persecuted
Pray for the needs of individuals found on the web sites or in magazines
Read a book to the family about someone who was persecuted.
Hold a potluck representing the countries where people are persecuted with each family providing a dish to represent the persecuted
Watch a video about persecution
Take up an offering to buy Bibles for the persecuted
Save money as a family to buy Bibles, blankets, other needs for the persecuted
Ask each family to bring in a blanket for Sudan (Voice of the Martyrs)
Hold a home school persecution information day
Hold underground services at different locations with certain people chosen to be “security forces” to find the “illegal” services
Talk about what the persecuted face
Put on a play about persecution
Buy gifts from Christian Freedom International made by persecuted Christians in Burma
Watch a video presentation
Subscribe to magazines, newsletters
Invite a speaker in
Put up a map with persecuting countries marked
Start a library with books and articles on persecution
Write a letter to the editor
Put up a bulletin board about a different persecuted country monthly
Read through the book of Acts in devotions
Ask different people in the church to report on the needs of the persecuted in different countries each month.
Visit the Martyrs' Museum in Tulsa
Enroll members in newsletters from different organizations
Send a card or letter to a persecuted prisoner
Post prayer requests on persecution in your bulletin each week
Send a letter to a government holding a Christian for his faith and respectfully urge the prisoner's release
Mention historical examples of persecution during classes and messages
Pray for the families of the prisoners
Put up a map with persecuting countries marked
After the pastor decides on the texts he will use in his message, have different people bring one of the verses or passages on a piece of paper to read-- it's risky to bring a Bible
Preach through the persecution in the book of Acts
Invite the International Children's Choir composed of twenty orphaned children from countries that suffer Christian persecution to minister at your church.
Send cards or letters to a persecuted prisoner
Send a letter to a government holding a Christian for his faith and respectfully urge the prisoner's release
Pray for the families of the prisoners
