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News and Prayer for the Persecuted

  

Nigeria: Freed Boko Haram Captives Receive Aid
 
5/6/2015 Nigeria (BBC)


Hundreds of Nigerian women who were rescued from the area of Boko Haram's last strongholds in the Sambisa Forest are in desperate need of help. Christian women faced forced conversions to Islam, beatings, their husbands were murdered, and some were soon scheduled to be married off to Boko Haram fighters. Among the women being helped at the refugee camp in Yola, Nigeria in the northeast of the country, none of the girls from Chibok were identified. 
  • Praise God for the safe return of the hundreds of Nigerian women and girls
  • Pray for the physical, emotional and spiritual healing of the women and girls as they return to their lives
  • Pray for the now widowed mother's in Nigeria by Boko Haram's violence as they care for their children on their own

Nepal's Christians Return To Worship After Deadly Earthquake
5/5/2015 Nepal (Christianity Today) 

 

Many of Nepal's Christians are returning to worship following a deadly earthquake that struck the country over a week ago. Initial reports estimate the death toll above 6,000. Many Christians were affected by the earthquake because it struck as Christians across Nepal were attending weekly worship services. 


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  • Pray for the recovery of the thousands of injured during the deadly earthquake

  • Pray for the rebuilding of Christian buildings that were affected by the earthquake

  • Pray for the speedy rebuilding of many of Nepal's historical buildings 

Hundreds of Christians in India Protest as Government Claims International Conspiracy

5/4/2015 India (International Christian Concern)  


 On Saturday, May 2, over 400 Christian leaders, social activists, and legislators gathered in Hyderabad to protest and condemn attacks on Christians in Telangana, of which there have been an estimated 25 in the past eleven months. There has been increased fear and intimidation among the minorities of this country ever since the Modi-led government came to power.

  • Pray that Prime Minister Modi who promised to ensure religious freedom in India will fulfill his promise 
  • Pray that the government of India will stop ignoring the persecution of Christians in India and will begin to positive steps to secure the rights of all of its citizens, including and especially religious minorities

Boko Haram: Nigerian Army 'Frees Another 234 Women and Children'
5/2/2015 Nigeria (BBC)

 

Nigerian military forces rescued another 234 women from the Sambisa Forest region in northern Nigeria. The area is thought to be the last remaining stronghold of Islamic terror group Boko Haram in the country. This news comes just days after 293 women and 160 women and children were rescued on back-to-back days earlier this week. 

 

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  • Praise God for the rescue of the 234 women and children in Nigeria
  • Praise God that the Nigerian military was able to destroy 13 camps belonging to Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest
  • Pray that Nigerian military forces will be able to defeat Boko Haram and protect Christians in Nigeria  

U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Calls For Criminal Prosecution Of Islamic State

4/30/2015 Syria (Washington Times)

 

In its latest report, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) called for pressure to bring the Islamic State (ISIS) to charges in the International Criminal Court. The report recognizes the increasing role the non-state actors (groups like ISIS, Boko Haram, etc.) are playing in violations of religious freedoms across the world. 

 

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  • Pray that the Islamic State will be prosecuted for the mass beheadings and vicious attacks on Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria 
  • Pray for the more than 2 million people who have been displaced in Iraq under the Islamic State offensive 
  • Pray for the safety of the more than 6.5 million people internally displaced in Syria, along with 3.3 million Syrians who are now refugees in Turkey, Lebanon and elsewhere

71 Get Life Sentences For Torching Christian Church In Egypt

4/29/2015 Egypt (CNN)

 

In August 2013, Egypt witnessed the most intense attack on Christians in recent history. The Virgin Mary Church was torched and looted by a mob, some of whom chanted against Coptic Christians and called for Egypt to become an "Islamic state," one of at least 42 churches and many more businesses and homes targeted that August, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch reports.  Earlier this week a court sentenced 71 people to life in prison for their role in an attack on one of dozens of churches that were torched in the attacks.

 

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  • Praise God that the attackers of Christians in the August 2013 attacks have been brought to justice
  • Pray that the 71 sentenced to life in prison will come to know Christ as their Lord and Savior and repent for their ways
  • Pray for the rebuilding of the Christian churches across Egypt that were attacked and torched 

  

 

 
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