Allie Bartels

Mrs. Roskamp

L.A, 8C

9 March,  2017

Persecution Research Paper

In 2016 every 6 minutes a Christian had been martyred. Christians are being persecuted daily all over the world. Have you ever done something about Persecution? Christians have been persecuted in the past and are still being persecuted in Countries today such as, Egypt; however there are things we do to help these Christians.

Persecution is continuing today and didn’t start recently either, it goes all the way back to before 54 AD. Nero was the emperor for Rome for about 15 years. He took the throne, and led his country in one of the worst ways possible. He hated everything about Christians and everything they stood for. One night a fire set ablaze and caused the deaths of thousands of people. The homeless people blamed Nero for the fire, and because of his fear he lied and blamed the Christians for the fire. After that Christians were burnt at the stake, killed on crosses, tied up, and tortured for amusement. This was all happening because of Nero’s false statements and skewed view.

Egypt has 95,215,000 Million people and out of that 9,521,500 are Christians. I have been researching Egypt and how persecution is in effect in the present day. In many different cases different people are being persecuted daily in Egypt. Christians are being killed for following Jesus. A teacher was gunned down as he was going to work. He was shot by Islamic members. He was martyred even while walking in the street. This is so sad to know that Christians are persecuted as they are traveling to work, and are doing what they do everyday. Another current story was a 15 year old girl was abducted at the beginning of the year and hasn’t been found yet. Her family is now being forced to convert to Islam. They feel as if they

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have no other choice but to follow the same religion as the abductors. I am almost 15 years old, and to realize that I am able to worship God and not live in fear is such a blessing. Christians are also being discriminated for living out their faith boldly. Egypt certainly isn’t the only place Christians are persecuted, you can easily pray to prevent persecution around the world.

Persecution continues present day and we can prevent it. In America 80% of people that claim to be Christians are not willing to stand up for their own faith. People make websites, news articles, and magazines on Persecution, but people aren’t taking time to read and learn more about this. If I didn’t start this project I wouldn’t have known all of this information about what is happening around the world and even here in America. I encourage you to pray about the people being persecuted, to learn more about it and to teach others about it. One of the reasons why people are unable to prevent Persecution is that most people don’t know enough to help. There is a couple of simple things you can do to prevent persecution. You can donate to a cause that is helping people affected, you can learn more and teach others about it, and you can pray for those who are in desperate need.  

Christians have been persecuted in the past and are still being persecuted in Countries today such as, Egypt; however there are things we do to help these Christians. I am glad that I’ve been able to learn more about persecution. I have been praying for people who are affected, and I continue to read stories off the people who are persecuted. In Bible class we are creating a presentation on Egypt. I’ve made a poster that explains what persecution is and how we can prevent it. I am helping to prevent persecution just by teaching others about what is happening. In conclusion, persecution is in effect and by doing simple things like donating money or your time, researching, teaching others, and even praying can make a difference in the life of a person who is persecuted.

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