Starting with a small church in Northern California, the idea came to make wristbands that would raise financial gifts and public awareness for the “suffering church” and at the same time encourage all of us to “remember them that are in bonds” (Hebrews 13:3).

Each message to the seven churches listed in Revelation chapters two and three have a promise for those who “overcome”. Many of the churches to whom the letters were written suffered fierce persecution under most of the Roman Caesars and were put to death by the hundreds of thousands.

Likewise, in our day, we are seeing Christians suffer and die for their faith at an unparalleled rate threatening to overshadow the persecutions of ancient Rome. This is why the message to the “suffering church” continues to be: OVERCOME.

The wristbands offer a visual and practical commitment to remember the persecuted, pray for them and support the suffering saints that we all may “overcome”. The red color reminds us that when the church is persecuted it grows and that the “blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” It also reminds us that the saints will “overcome” by the “blood of the Lamb.”

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto death.”

Revelation 12:11

Proceeds raised from the “overcome” wristbands will be sent to help organizations that are working with the “faithful” all over the world who are persecuted and suffering for their faith.

All for the Lamb!

Zach Vestnys

Pastor
Calvary Chapel Petaluma

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