4th and 11th NOVEMBER – INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
In line with the Biblical command in Hebrews 13:3 for Christians to pray for those suffering as if they themselves were suffering, Christians across the globe are invited to join in the International Days of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on 4th or 11th November.
Czech aid worker recounts torture by IS convicts in Sudan prison
World Watch Monitor The Czech aid worker released in February, 2017, after being imprisoned for 14 months in Sudan on spying charges has revealed how he was tortured by fellow inmates. Petr Jasek explained at a conference in the US organised by charity Voice of the Martyrs that he was treated like a “slave” during […]
Churches across the globe to join in prayer for the persecuted this Sunday
Christians across the world will be praying for their persecuted brethren this Sunday in the first of two annual International Days of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Held on the 5th and 12th November, the first International Day of Prayer – organised by the World Evangelical Alliance’s Religious Liberty Commission – was held in 1996. […]
THE BIG PICTURE: ‘COME AND JOIN US’
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APPS: FOUR LETTER WORD INSPIRATION, AND PRAYING FOR THE PERSECUTED
DAVID ADAMS downloads a verse of the day app with a difference, and an easy way to engage in prayer for the persecuted…
More than 100 pastors jailed in crackdown in Vietnam, say rights activists
BosNewsLife (with reporting by STEFAN J BOS) Christian rights activists say more than 100 pastors of house churches in Vietnam remain in jail for refusing to join the central church in the communist nation. “The government-controlled ‘official church’ wants to combine multiple house churches in order to control and diminish the influence of the thriving independent […]
THE INTERVIEW: BRAD KONEMANN, A VOICE FOR THE PERSECUTED
Brad Konemann, 22, has recently been appointed Voice of the Martyrs Australia’s first youth director. Mr Konemann, who lives with his wife Katherine in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, spoke to DAVID ADAMS about his new role and how trips to visit the persecuted church in Vietnam and Colombia have impacted his life…