Witnessing & Persecution

Melissa is a member of Hudsonville Protestant Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Michigan. She wrote this essay for Church History at Covenant Christian High School. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my names sake” (Matthew 5:11). There are a lot of examples of persecution in the Bible, like the Israelites and the disciples. These Christians were persecuted because they were different than everyone else. They...