Church pastors in the U.S. have overwhelmingly indicated that the needs of the persecuted church are important to their local ...

Ackermann emphasized a need to differentiate between disagreement and discrimination.

This was helped by energetic apostles, such as Paul and by the modern communications ... Despite this, Nero's persecution of the new Christian sect was brief and, in the first century at least ...

These letters concern an episode which marks the first time the Roman government recognized Christianity as a religion separate from Judaism, and sets a precedent for the massive persecution of ...