Word On Fire Institute / ACN Persecuted Church Series

Watch the Word On Fire Institute in partnership with Aid to the Church in Need online event on the persecuted Church:

Last week ACN is collaborated with Word on Fire Institute (WOFI) on a series of live discussions focusing on the Middle East and Africa. The Persecuted Church Series will feature conversations between ACN staff, Word on Fire representatives and theologians, as well as personal witness testimonies from clergy and laypeople from Nigeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt and the Holy Land. The aim is to educate the laity about the reality of modern-day persecution, and to explore the relationship between martyrdom and evangelisation.

The sessions were livestreamed via the WOFI platform between Monday 3rd and Friday 7th November 2025, with two or three discussions each day (14 in total). These discussions were recorded and available to watch for members of the Institute.

Monday, November 3

Session 1: The Vision and Mission of Aid to the Church in Need (5 pm)
Session 2: The Theology of Martyrdom (7 p.m.)
Session 3: Martyrs of the 21st Century (9 p.m.)

Tuesday, November 4

Session 1: Surviving a Terrorist Attack in Nigeria (3pm)
Session 2: Christianity in Iraq: A Decade after ISIS (5pm)
Session 3: Experience in Nigeria Part I (7pm)

Wednesday, November 5

Session 1: Lebanon and Syria (3pm)
Session 2: Experience in the Holy Land Part I (4:45pm)
Session 3: Experience in the Holy Land Part II (6pm)

Thursday, November 6

Session 1: Egypt and Beyond (4pm)
Session 2: Experience in Nigeria Part II (6pm)

Friday, November 7

Session 1: Solidarity with the Persecuted Church (5pm)
Session 2: Evangelization and the Persecuted Church (7pm)
Session 3: Learnings from the Persecuted Church (9pm)