How To Reduce Persecution: Biblical Ways To Overcome Persecution With Love And Prayer
The church age started 2000 years ago with 3000 baptisms on the day of the Pentecost. The original church had no buildings, no Sunday service, no salaried pastors, no musical instruments, and no tithing. They did not even have the printed gospel in their hands. They did not have any financial resources or political power but they had the power of the Holy Spirit and so the churches grew exponentially. As time went by all these things were added by human ingenuity and church growth and multiplication dwindled to a halt. They broke bread (ate food) and gossiped about the gospel and the churches grew in numbers and in strength daily. Persecution is not new. Lord Jesus himself was persecuted and so were his disciples as well as the churches throughout its history. The worst scenario was when the institutionalized powerful big churches started persecuting the little house churches. However, the more they were persecuted, the truer churches grew in numbers and strength ( Acts 16:5 )...