The Southern Baptist Convention’s Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church will be observed June 6.
“Scripture makes the point from beginning to end: persecution is the norm for followers of the one true God,” said Nik Ripken, missionary emeritus with the International Mission Board. “But God can use persecution. … His highest purpose in persecution is to call His people closer to Himself, to refocus their attention to the suffering of their Lord.”
Ripken said believers must not pray for persecution to end but rather “pray for persecuted believers to remain obedient through their suffering.”
The IMB provides resources for the day of prayer at imb.org/persecuted.
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