The Persecuted Church: The Persecution and Prayer Alert

 
1. Violence against Christians in Sri Lanka
On March 25, a pastor and church worker were attacked by a man armed with a machete, according to a March 27 report from the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka. The armed man barged into the Vineyard Community Church in the city of Pannala, North Western Province [...]

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Persecuted Church: Pakistan – Sharia Hits Swat Valley

Pakistan: Christians Brace for Sharia in Swat Valley
 
ISTANBUL, March 27 (Compass Direct News) – Just over a month since Pakistan’s Swat Valley turned into a Taliban stronghold where sharia (Islamic law) rules, the fate of the remaining Christians in the area is uncertain. In an effort to end a bloody two-year battle, the Islamabad administration [...]

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Persecuted Church: Turkey

 
Turkey: ‘Insulting Turkishness’ Case Proceeds Under Revised Law
 
ISTANBUL, March 20 (Compass Direct News) – Turkey’s decision last month to try two Christians under a revised version of a controversial law for “insulting Turkishness” because they spoke about their faith came as a blow to the country’s record of freedom of speech and religion. A Silivri [...]

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Persecuted Church:UK – NOT CHILD FRIENDLY

THIS IS NOT CHILD FRIENDLY
 
A British imam was raping his daughter for ten years, and when she fled her family to avoid being sent to Pakistan for a forced marriage and became a Christian, he led a gang through the streets trying to kill her:
 
We are all too familiar with the persecution of Christians in countries [...]

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Persecuted Church: Pastor shot in India

 
Pastor Shot in Bomb Attack On Church in India
Compass Direct is reporting this news today. Attacker said he aimed to stop Christian conversions; Hindu extremist connection suspected.
NEW DELHI, March 10 (Compass Direct News) – In an effort to stop conversions to Christianity in the eastern state of Bihar, a 25-year-old ailing man on Sunday (March [...]

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Persecuted Church: Christians Tortured in Lybia

 
Muslim-background Christians tortured in Libya
Libya (MNN) ― International Christian Concern (ICC), a Christian human rights group, says it has learned that Libyan intelligence officials have detained and tortured four Christians for converting from Islam, adding that the Christians have been imprisoned for the past seven weeks in Tripoli, Libya’s capital.
A spokesperson for ICC told ANS, [...]

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Persecuted Church: Azerbaijan

 
Azerbaijan to further restrict religious freedom
Russian Ministries hopes to launch a Schools Without Walls ministry in Azerbaijan despite the persecution.
Azerbaijan (MNN) ― Azerbaijan’s wide-ranging religious literature censorship system has started to affect evangelical leaders in the country.
Vice President of Russian Ministries Sergey Rakhuba was just in the country and says, “Two Baptist pastors were traveling [...]

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Persecuted Church News:Eritrea

The following sad news comes from our friends at Mission Network News.
Eritrea (MNN) ―  The persecution in Eritrea has not let up as hundreds of Christians remain imprisoned, many of whom are tortured and eventually killed.
Eritrea has no constitution and is run by a singular communist ruling party. Since 2002, 2000 Christians have [...]

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Persecuted Church: Egyptian Christian Burned Alive

Egyptian Christian Burned Alive
Sadly, the Christian Post is reporting this horrific story about an Egyptian Christian who was burned alive and his father was also murdered.
Yasser Ahmed Qasim approached 25-year-old Sabri Shihata and poured gasoline on the Coptic Christian and then set him on fire, reported the Voice of the Copts on Friday. The young [...]

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Persecuted Church: Indian Pastor Arrested in Thailand

Indian Pastor Arrested in Thailand
Pastor David Raj (28yrs) of ‘Divine Vision Fellowship Church’, Sanathnagar near Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh who is also the Asia Co-coordinator, ‘Community Care World Mission’, was arrested in Thailand on 11th Feb for sharing the Gospel with a Buddhist.
Pastor David went to Bangkok for a meeting of a Community Care World [...]

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