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Around the world, Christians face abuse, threats, violence, arrest, prison and even death because of their choice to follow Jesus. And many still choose to follow, knowing the risk. This is brave faith being lived out – the perspective that knowing Jesus is truly worth everything we have.

Safety. Money. Freedom. Reputation. Career. Friends. Even family. All this can be at stake, but brave faith chooses to keep focused on Jesus, knowing He is worth more than everything else.

Sign up to our Brave Faith journey and, over six weeks, we’ll introduce you to six Christians from around the world who are bravely living out their faith in Jesus. They have chosen Him to be front and centre, and in doing that have seen their lives changed and transformed.

Their stories are challenging and inspiring. They can encourage us to have greater passion and perseverance – showing us that taking risks and getting out of our comfort zones can deepen our relationship with God.

What’s involved?

If you sign up, we’ll give you out a Brave Faith journal that’ll get you started on a six-week journey into braver faith. All you need to do is to commit to spending 20-30 minutes each week working through:

• One story
• A linked Bible reflection
• and some prayer points

Plus, through the week we’ve suggested two brave faith challenges (one aiming to connect you to your persecuted family and one aiming to grow your faith and push your boundaries).

And, on top of that, you can sign up to receive a special weekly email and text that will link to videos and audio discussions featuring other young people who have been on this journey of Brave Faith. Make sure you sign up when you get your journal (links are on the first few pages) to get encouragement and reminders to keep going!

Up for it? Sign up using the form on this page?

Got questions?

1. Can I go on a Brave Faith journey with my friends or youth group?

2. I’m not big on reading, will this work for me?

3. How come this is free?

OK, so you’ve worked through the Brave Faith journal? How did you find it? Did you take any risks for Jesus? Did you grow in brave faith? Were you inspired and challenged by stories from the persecuted church? More importantly, do you want to keep growing?

We know following Jesus can be hard and we know that we can’t do it alone. That’s why we want to create a Brave Faith Community – a group of young people daring to follow Jesus, to take risks, to stand with the persecuted church, to make a noise about injustice and to pray and act for change! Interested?

Here’s what’s involved…

We’re a loose community – we’re not replacing your church or youth group! But we want to carve out a space in your life where you can be encouraged, challenged and supported as you grow in brave faith. Here’s what being part of the community means:

• Taking part in a termly Zoom with other members of the community, led by Naomi and Jamie from the Open Doors Youth team. These hour long Zooms will involve stories and interviews with people from the persecuted church, times of prayer and the chance to meet other young people committed to following Jesus with all they have.
• Being part of a WhatsApp broadcast list where you’ll hear urgent prayer news and other stories, plus have the chance to encourage others by sharing about how you’re living out brave faith.
• Being the first to get other special content, like this extra Brave Faith conversation, to help you in your journey with Jesus!

Up for it? Sign up with just your email and mobile number using the form over there (or down there). We’ll add you to the WhatsApp broadcast list and an email list, plus the Open Doors Team will be in touch over email to say hi! You can unsubscribe from these lists at any time.

Around the world, Christians face abuse, threats, violence, arrest, prison and even death because of their choice to follow Jesus. And many still choose to follow, knowing the risk. This is brave faith being lived out – the perspective that knowing Jesus is truly worth everything we have.

Safety. Money. Freedom. Reputation. Career. Friends. Even family. All this can be at stake, but brave faith chooses to keep focused on Jesus, knowing He is worth more than everything else.

Sign up to our Brave Faith journey and, over six weeks, we’ll introduce you to six Christians from around the world who are bravely living out their faith in Jesus. They have chosen Him to be front and centre, and in doing that have seen their lives changed and transformed.

Their stories are challenging and inspiring. They can encourage us to have greater passion and perseverance – showing us that taking risks and getting out of our comfort zones can deepen our relationship with God.

What’s involved?

If you sign up, we’ll send you out a Brave Faith journal that’ll get you started on a six-week journey into braver faith. All you need to do is to commit to spending 20-30 minutes each week working through:

• One story
• A linked Bible reflection
• and some prayer points

Plus, through the week we’ve suggested two brave faith challenges (one aiming to connect you to your persecuted family and one aiming to grow your faith and push your boundaries).

And, on top of that, you can sign up to receive a special weekly email and text that will link to videos and audio discussions featuring other young people who have been on this journey of Brave Faith. Make sure you sign up when you get your journal (links are on the first few pages) to get encouragement and reminders to keep going!

Up for it? Sign up using the form on this page?

Got questions?

1. Can I go on a Brave Faith journey with my friends or youth group?

2. I’m not big on reading, will this work for me?

3. How come this is free?