Persecution

Bulletin Insert:

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The Litany:

• Lutheran Service Book — Page 288

Suggested Propers for the Divine Service:

• The Persecuted Church

Bible Study:

• Why Are You Persecuting Me? — A Christian Response to Hostility and Persecution

Hymn Suggestions:

• Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word — LSB 655
• A Mighty Fortress Is Our God — LSB 656
• Lord of Our Life — LSB 659
• The Son of God Goes Forth to War — LSB 661
• O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe — LSB 666
• Saints, See the Cloud of Witnesses — LSB 667
• Rise! To Arms! With Prayer Employ You — LSB 668 

Articles

• “Shaped by the Cross” — The Lutheran Witness | June/July 2014
  This special issue discusses the “mark of the Church,” the suffering that Christian brothers and sisters endure for the sake of Christ and His gifts of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
• “Suffering, Persecution and Martyrdom as a Mark of the Church” — Journal of Lutheran Mission | September 2014
  This special issue features papers from confessional Lutheran church leaders who presented at the International Lutheran Council’s fifth world seminary conference.
• “Making a Faithful Confession” – by the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison
  President Harrison offers encouragement for Lutherans — and an opportunity for them to help — in light of these troubling events.
• LHM-LCMS partnership provides care for persecuted Christians – Reporter | May 2015
• “Sticks and Stones” –  by Elizabeth Ahlman
  Deaconess Elizabeth Ahlman’s “Sticks and Stones” assists parents, pastors, Sunday school teachers and all who care for Christ's little ones in helping youth understand what persecution is and how they can give a bold confession in the midst of it.
  
• “Shaped by the Cross” – by the Rev. Alexey Streltsov
  In “Shaped by the Cross,” the Rev. Alexey Streltsov helps to prepare Christians for persecution, encouraging them to be armed with God’s Word, receive the Sacraments and remain faithful despite suffering.
• Former Muslims baptized at LCMS partner-church congregation – by Elizabeth Ahlman
  Four former Muslims are baptized at a Lutheran congregation in Leipzig, Germany.

Audio

• Persecuted: The Global Assualt on Christians
  KFUO host Rod Zwonitzer interviews Mollie Ziegler Hemingway on the book Persecuted: The Global Assualt on Christians. The book's goal is to open the North American church of Christ to the fact that a significant portion of Christians around the world suffer persecution daily, especially in Asia, Africa and the former Soviet Union.  Also, Hemingway and the book address why America's major media ignore covering this growing persecution due to their prejudice against Christianity.
• World Lutheran News Digest – Religious Persecution, Korea
• World Lutheran News Digest — Christian persecution is on the rise