HELP THE PERSECUTED
All the church planting pastors supported by 360Serve experience
various degrees of ongoing persecution
Support Persecuted Pastors’ Families in Crisis
When pastors are arrested for sharing the gospel, this creates great emotional pain and great financial challenges for the family. When you give we get these funds to families in need of financial assistance.
Help Pastors Whose Homes and Churches are Being Destroyed
The photo shows a group of house church Christians praying outside their house church. The police have taken everything from this home and are not allowing anyone to go into the house, so they are praying outside the house.
Many pastors and their families' churches and homes are being destroyed. They need our prayers and also our financial support. A donation of any amount will be a great blessing to our brothers and sisters who are undergoing this type of persecution.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.” Matthew 5:10
Provide Legal Support
Some of our church planting pastors are falsely accused and arrested for simply sharing the gospel. Pastor Geoffrey was on his way to preach the gospel at a conference. He was falsely accused of being a terrorist. There was no trial. He was thrown into prison for one year. While in prison he led over 100 inmates to Christ. He was released on good behavior but now he has to provide a defense for the false accusations. When you give we get these funds to church planters to help pay their legal fees.
“Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” Hebrews 13:3
"3,150 believers detained without trial, arrested, sentenced and imprisoned each year."
- Open Doors
Provide Medical Aid
Every month I hear about one of our church planting pastors who has suffered some form of physical persecution because of their commitment to sharing the gospel. Church planters face beatings, stonings, attacks with fists, clubs, mobs and even machetes. Pastor Suraj pictured on the hospital bed was sharing the gospel to a woman on a train in India. Radical Hindus surrounded him and threw him off the train when it was going full speed. I had the chance to meet him and pray for him as he was recovering. When you give we get these funds to church planters who need medical attention.
“They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” Revelation 12:11
“245 million Christians experience high levels of persecution just for
choosing to follow Jesus” —Open Doors