By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Persecution seeks to isolate, weaken, and erase. It destroys farms and businesses, blocks promotions, weaponizes laws, and fuels hostility. Yet across the world, persecuted Christians continue to rebuild. The final article in this series is not about loss. It is about restoration. If economic persecution aims to dismantle livelihoods, then small business initiatives and economic empowerment become powerful instruments of resistance. When a family regains the ability to earn a living, persecution loses one of its most effective tools. Economic restoration is not charity in the traditional sense. It is stabilization: dignity restored through opportunity.