Thirteen Three believes that persecution is not a social justice issue. Some of you might be thinking, “Huh!? Christians are being killed, of course that’s a social justice issue!”

Here is our final reason why it’s not:

4. We are not trying to stop persecution

One of the first things persecuted Christians ask us is, “Will you pray for me?” But they don’t want us to pray that persecution will stop. They ask us to pray that God will give them strength to keep going, courage to share the Gospel and that through God’s power He would continue to grow the church.

This is also how we should pray for our persecuted family.

We’re not putting out the battle cry “Let’s stop persecution!” We’re putting out the battle cry “Let’s follow Jesus! Let’s see God’s kingdom grow in our local communities and all around the world.” There’s going to be opposition and rejection when you’re on the frontlines, so now is the time for us to learn how to prepare to be a brave soldier for Christ.

And we believe that there’s no better way to learn than by connecting with persecuted Christians who are living a faith worth dying for.

Will you be BOUND WITH THEM? Save the date for our June Youth Events and tell your friends to come along!

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• Persecution Is Not a Social Justice Issue #1: Following Jesus is about dying
• Persecution Is Not a Social Justice Issue #2: Jesus promises that His followers will be persecuted
• Persecution Is Not a Social Justice Issue #3: God grows His church through persecution