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News and Prayer for the Persecuted
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Scientists Upset at Hire of Christian Professors in Indiana
Professor
Eric Hedin was hired at Ball State University and afterwards was
accused of"indoctrinating" the students with his religious beliefs due
to his teaching of Creationism by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. The
evolutionary scientists at the university are angry and have also been
speaking out against Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez who believes in intelligent
design. Jerry Cone, an evolutionary biologist, said, "If the
university wants to retain any scientific credibility, they should start
hiring scientists who will teach real science and not religious
apologetics."
- Pray that this issue will invite dialogue on the practice of religious freedom in the work place
- Pray for Christian professors and scientists in universities who are being persecuted for their faith
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Christian Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment For Blashpemous Text Messages
in Pakistan
In
the Punjab province of Pakistan, a Christian man named Sajjad Masih has
been sentenced to life in prison for sending blasphemous text messages
to Muslim clerics from his ex-fiance's phone. Sajjad sent the text
messages in order to seek vengeance. The police did not initially
charge Masih but after being pressured by the Muslim clerics, the police
added charges and tried to arrest his ex-fiance but could not track
her.
- Pray that,
despite Sajjad's vengeful motivations, that this issue will shed
international attention on the injustice of blasphemy laws
- Pray for Muslims in Pakistan to come to know Jesus
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Christians Continue to Suffer Under North Korean Regime
7/15/2013 North Korea (CSW)
North
Korea is known as one of the worst persecutors of the Christian faith,
and arguably the world's worst violators of human rights. There is an
estimated 200,000 people in prison camps within North Korea, 70,000 of
them estimated to be Christians. Anyone found practicing religions
outside of the state-controlled church can face detention in the prison
camps, torture, and even death.
- Pray for the Christians in North Korea's prison camps
- Pray for repentance of the North Korean regime
- Pray for revival in North Korea
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Syria-Lebanon And Christian Genocide
Lebanon and Syria have
crossed paths between wars since French colonial rule. The Sunni Muslims
in Lebanon support the Sunni uprising in Syria, thus, the Christians in
Syria have been divided between political parties. The issues within
Syria are affecting religious communities in Lebanon by causing tension
to arise. President of the International Christian Union (ICU), Joseph
Hakim, believes that the jihadi forces and Hezbollah have used the
Syrian conflict to ethnically cleanse the Christian community. He states
that the Syrian Christian minority is being "forced out of their native cities, towns and villages."
- Pray for the repentance of those who are attempting to ethnically cleanse Christians
- Pray the persecuted Church in Lebanon and Syria will fearlessly make known the Gospel during these times of suffering
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The civil war in Syria has
brought about the deaths of over 100,000 people; 5,000 of them being
children under 16. Islamic militant groups have attempted to carry out
and establish Islamic law and have attacked the Christian population in
Syria as well as church buildings. The United Nations office of the
Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed
Conflict verifies that children have been killed in the violence carried
out from the Syrian civil war. Sadly, sometimes children are used as
porters or combatants.
Syria Conflict Kills Over 5,000 Children; "Pray For Syria," Says Young Girl Survivor
Full story
- Pray for the children being used for the war, that they will be rescued and that justice will be carried out for those responsible
- Pray for Syrian hearts to be open to the Gospel
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Christian Association of Nigeria Reports Abduction of Christian Girls in Northern Nigeria
The
Christian association of Nigeria (CAN) has reported that five girls
have been kidnapped in the northern part of Nigeria. Professor Daniel
Babayi, the Secretary of the Northern CAN said, "We have three cases from Kaduna State where three Christian little girls have been abducted and made to renounce their faith."
He reports that the police act helpless when these instances are
reported and in some cases the police are said to be part of this
injustice. The Muslim extremist group Boko Haram continues to target the
Christian community and attempts to drive them out of Nigeria. Part of
their tactic is to attempt to force vulnerable, under-aged Christian
girls to renounce their faith.
- Pray that those who abduct young Christian girls will be convicted and not resist the Holy Spirit
- Pray for the perpetrators to be brought to justice
- Pray for the safety of young girls still in bondage; pray that they are comforted by the Holy Spirit
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