Persecuted believers are not an abstract "issue". They are our family in Christ: members of the same body, called by the same Lord, baptised into the same hope. To pray for them is to ask God for endurance, protection, wise speech, and unexpected favour. It is also to keep moral distinctions clear. Harassment, imprisonment, violence, and coercion must be named for what they are. But ordinary plural life, where many convictions are visible in public, is not the same thing as persecution. Christians should resist both indifference to the suffering church and the temptation to narrate every disagreement as siege.

Lord, be refuge. Strengthen those under threat. Provide helpers, safe places, and wise leaders. Turn persecutors, soften hard officials, and sustain your people with hope that cannot be taken away.