Download February's
Prayer Calendar today!
This New Year, what better way can you stand with the persecuted
Church than to remember them in your prayers? This electronic calendar
will serve as a daily reminder for the plight of the oppressed.
The calendar includes:
- 28 days of specific prayer points
- A focused topic about the persecuted Church each day
- Links to recent news stories on persecution
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America's New Government-Imposed Religion
2/8/2013 United States (WT)
There has been a rise in religious oppression in America. Catholic
charities are forced to close their doors when they refuse to recognize
same-sex marriage as equal to the God-ordained marriage between a man
and a woman. Pharmacists are forced to quit their jobs when their
religious beliefs prevent them from killing an unborn child.
Pray that America will maintain its freedom.
Pray that Christians in America will continue to fight for religious freedom.
Pray For a revival in America that would rival those in the world of the persecuted Church.
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Supporters of American Pastor Jailed in Iran Take Case to UN
Supporters of American pastor Saeed Abedini, who was sentenced by
an Iranian court to eight years in prison for his faith, have asked the
United Nations to take up his cause, Fox News reports. The European
Centre for Law and Justice filed a formal request, asking the UN Human
Rights Council to demand Iran release Abedini.
Pray the UN will demand Abedini's release.
Pray God's Spirit to encourage Abedini so that he will know the world is supporting him.
Pray for Abedini's wife and family, that they will not lose hope.
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House Raided, Women Abused by Mob in Pakistan
Three Christian women, Zareena Bibi, Hameedan Bibi, and Sharifan
Bibi were severely abused when a mob raided their home in Pattoki,
Pakistan on Feb.9, said a statement released by the Legal Evangelical
Association Development (LEAD), an advocacy group in Pakistan. “It was
the second such incident in Punjab's Kasur District within about two
weeks…On Jan. 25, a 15-year-old Christian girl, Fouzia Bibi, was raped
by two influential Muslim men in the district's village of Roday,” Bos
News Life reports.
Pray for the safety of all Christians, especially women and girls, in Pakistan.
Pray that Pakistan will achieve freedom of religion.
Pray the taboo
of rape and abuse will be broken in Pakistan, so that when abuse does
occur women are not shamed and can get the help they need.
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Two More Churches Hit in Indonesian Firebomb Attacks
Four churches on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have now been
hit by early morning Molotov cocktail attacks in the last week. Police
say the attacks, which left no one injured, but caused property damage
to the church buildings, are meant to ignite tensions between Christians
and Islamic groups on the islands. Between 1999 and 2003, a conflict
between Christians and Muslims, which began on Sulawesi left thousands
of Christians dead or homeless.
Pray for the safety of Indonesian Christians.
Pray that appropriate legal action will be taken against the perpetrators of this horrible violence.
Pray that the Gospel will be spread throughout Indonesia, including all its islands.
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Philippine Peace Deal Makes Christians Vulnerable to Persecution
A peace deal between the Philippine national government and Islamic
secessionist rebels over the island of Mindanao could signal the end of
a 40-year conflict, but it might be at the cost of religious freedom
and more persecution for Christians. Although the Philippines is a
predominantly Christian country, several of its southern provinces are
mainly Muslim, and Christians in the area have suffered constant
persecution at the hands of extremist Muslim groups, who have been
fighting a violent war for a separate Islamic state in the
Muslim-dominated island of Mindanao.
Pray Muslims in the Philippines will not abuse the terms of the peace deal.
Pray for the safety and peace of the Philippine Christians in Mindanao.
Pray for religious freedom of everyone in the Philippines.
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Is a Ceasefire with Boko Haram Possible?
Boko Haram has been attacking churches and public places in Nigeria
for three years. The group has now called a truce. In exchange, they
want their arrested members released and one of their mosques rebuilt.
Their three years of attacks on churches during worship service (in an
effort to maximize death and loss) have them being blamed for killing
over 3,000 people. Nigerian Christians are hopeful the government will
be able to pull off the peace deal with the militant group.
Pray the ceasefire will be effective and Nigeria's Christians will be safe.
Pray the Gospel will spread throughout Nigeria.
Pray that if
Boko Haram fails to abide by the terms of the peace agreement, should
one be reached, that the government will continue to hold them legally
accountable for their crimes.
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Providing assistance, advocacy and awareness to persecuted Christians with integrity towards God and our donors.
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"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of the destitute."
Proverbs 31:8
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