Today Christians around the world are being asked to pray for over 100 million suffering Christians during the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. This Day of Prayer has grown to be one of the biggest prayer events in the world since its inception in 1996.
This year we focus particular attention on NORTH KOREA where presently over 100,000 Christians languish in the most atrocious conditions in political prisons and suffer the most heinous of tortures. North Korea has been No 1 for the past six years for the country where persecution is the most severe. Public executions are presently being used to intimidate.
IRAN stands at No 3 where persecution is most severe. On September the Iranian government passed a bill by 196-7 to make apostasy from Islam a capital crime. Unless there is huge international pressure, this bill will soon be ratified. Christians and Baha'i will be worst affected.
IRAQ The church in Iraq is under fierce attack at the moment with 10,000 Christians
leaving the city of Mosul because of terrorism specifically targeting Christians. Terrorists dressed like policemen recently asked a Christian for his ID and when it revealed he was a Christian, he was shot right on the spot. At least 15 Christians have been killed in Mosul in the past month.
However 618 Christians in Iraq recently met in their fourth national prayer conference
to pray for their country. This included 50 Kurdish believers as well as 10 Muslim background believers. Special testimony was given by some who have experienced great blessing as a result of their turning to Christ.
INDIA We continue to pray for the Christians in Orissa where at least 60 people have been killed in the last two months. 14 districts of the State have ben affected by Hindu extremists and 50,000 people have been made homeless. Many have fled to the hills for safety.
Let us pray for the persecuted church.
This year we focus particular attention on NORTH KOREA where presently over 100,000 Christians languish in the most atrocious conditions in political prisons and suffer the most heinous of tortures. North Korea has been No 1 for the past six years for the country where persecution is the most severe. Public executions are presently being used to intimidate.
IRAN stands at No 3 where persecution is most severe. On September the Iranian government passed a bill by 196-7 to make apostasy from Islam a capital crime. Unless there is huge international pressure, this bill will soon be ratified. Christians and Baha'i will be worst affected.
IRAQ The church in Iraq is under fierce attack at the moment with 10,000 Christians
leaving the city of Mosul because of terrorism specifically targeting Christians. Terrorists dressed like policemen recently asked a Christian for his ID and when it revealed he was a Christian, he was shot right on the spot. At least 15 Christians have been killed in Mosul in the past month.
However 618 Christians in Iraq recently met in their fourth national prayer conference
to pray for their country. This included 50 Kurdish believers as well as 10 Muslim background believers. Special testimony was given by some who have experienced great blessing as a result of their turning to Christ.
INDIA We continue to pray for the Christians in Orissa where at least 60 people have been killed in the last two months. 14 districts of the State have ben affected by Hindu extremists and 50,000 people have been made homeless. Many have fled to the hills for safety.
Let us pray for the persecuted church.
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