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News and Prayer for the Persecuted

Coptic Christian Community Still in Hiding as Violence Continues Over Land Confiscated by Muslim Family

10/1/2015 Egypt (International Christian Concern)  

The situation remains dangerous for Coptic Christians in the Nahda area in the Amreya District of Alexandria, Egypt. On Sunday, September 20,violence erupted as police tried to enforce a court ruling to return a plot of land to its Christian owner after it had been taken over by the Lahoty family in 2012, as ICC previously reported. A Muslim man related to the tribe of Lahoty was killed during the violent clashes between the police and the Bedouins in Al-Oula village on Sunday. 

  • Pray for peace and the restoration of order in the Nahda area in the Amreya District
  • Pray that the Egyptian government will recognize the gravity of the situation for the Coptic Christians in the Nadha area who are having their lands illegally seized and will provide protection for them
  • Pray that President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi will intervene and solve this case

Hindu Radicals Demand Christian Missionaries to Leave Nepal

9/29/2015 Nepal (Christian Today) 

A Hindu radical group called Morcha Nepal has distributed leaflets in Nepal demanding that Christian missionaries leave the country. Recently, Nepal adopted a constitution that maintained the country's secular character. In response, the Morcha Nepal bombed several churches. Despite the government keeping Nepal a secular state, the constitution the country adopted contains a clause that makes attempts to convert individuals from one religion to another illegal. Many Christians fear that this clause will be used to persecute Christian pastors and other religious minority leaders. 

  • Pray that Christians in Nepal will not be discouraged by the persecution of the Morcha group but continue to proclaim the Gospel in boldness and in faith
  • Pray that Nepal will remove an anti-conversion clause in its new constitution that states, "any act to convert another person from one religion to another" illegal
  • Pray for the protection of Christians in Nepal amidst increasing attacks and persecution 
  
Christian Syrians In the U.S. Fear For Their Families Back Home

9/29/2015 Syria (Buzzfeed)

More than 700,000 Christians are believed to have left Syria, but hundreds of thousands remain, their lives in danger. For Syrian Christians who live abroad they are daily in fear for their relatives. They fear that the news of a new mortar strike on a school will be the school of their niece, or the village taken by Islamic extremists is that of their cousin. 

  • Pray that those conflict with one another will  come to a peaceful solution, so that civilians may resume their daily lives
  • Pray that European government leaders will come to compassionate solutions for refugees in these dire circumstances
  • Pray that organizations will be able to provide desperate families with ample resources to withstand the weather 

Unreported Incidents of Christians Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan Over Past Two Years

9/30/2015 Pakistan (Crossmap)

Since 2013, 23 incidents of Pakistani Christians being accused of blasphemy have gone unreported. This is due to the intervention of multi-religious groups who work to head off these incidents before the become deadly. In Pakistan, Christians are disproportionately accused and convicted of blaspheming against Islam. In most cases, the law is being used as a weapon to settle scores, for financial gain, or to incite religious hatred. Sometimes, a blasphemy accusation against a religious minority is the precursor for communal violence in which religious minority communities are attacked.

  • Pray for an end to Pakistan's deadly blasphemy laws used as a tool of violence against Christians
  • Pray for the strongholds of Islamic extremism and terrorist violence to be broken and rendered powerless
  • Pray for breakthroughs in reaching spiritually oppressed people living in areas currently beyond the reach of a Christian witness

Group Demands Removal of 'God Bless the Military' Sign Over Religious Reference

9/26/2015 United States (Christian News Network)
 
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has demanded that a sign reading "God Bless the Military" be removed or relocated from a Hawaii Marine base. MRFF has stated that the sign violates the US Constitution's Establishment Clause unless it is placed in the chapel or completely removed. The Base Inspector's Office is currently reviewing the matter and searching for any prior complaints.

  • Pray that the sign will not be removed and be a message of hope for those in the military and military families 
  • Pray that God would quicken the minds of all Christians, instilling wisdom and discernment within the American church
  • Pray that the Holy Spirit would lead Christians to repent of sin in American and that believers of all ages would desire to become more like Jesus Christ in the United States

Syrian, Iraqi Bishops Urge Faithful Not to Join Refugee Flow

9/24/2015 Middle East (VOA)

Leaders of Churches in Syria and Iraq are urging their people not to leave their homelands but to find ways to stay despite the incredible risks and hardships. While Christians have faced incredible attacks, kidnappings, destruction of homes, and more, many are finding ways to remain in the region rather than join the tide of thousands heading to Europe to find refuge.   

  • Pray for the safety of Christians who choose to remain in their homelands despite attacks and incredible hardship
  • Pray that humanitarian organizations and churches will be able to reach persecuted communities and meet its spiritual as well as physical needs
  • Pray that the Church will pray with one heart: "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in Heaven as well as in Syria and Iraq." 

  

 

 
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