people and had taught them to use Western modes of evangelism. As tragic as those attacks were, these causes for persecution are quite different than actually being persecuted “for Jesus’ sake.” It is important to define what persecution for Jesus’ sake entails and what persecution for other, secondary reasons is. All believers, Western and local, need to make sure that when persecution arrives, it is for Jesus’ sake. To be painfully frank, being persecuted for Nik is not the same as being persecuted