In studying persecution worldwide today, we wanted to use a system that lined up with what the Early Church faced.  We based this system on the several recorded instances in the Book of Acts, taking from instances between Acts 3 and 12.  We use this window as methods of persecution that are recorded after chapter 12 are similar to those found within the 10 chapter sample size.  We outlined several of these instances of persecution in Episode 2 last week, which can be read here.  To help our readers follow along with our discussion about modern persecution, we outline the types of persecution we found in Acts 3-12.  These are general guidelines and are not to be taken as the gospel on the types of persecution.  It is simply a general idea of persecution from what we found.