Category Archives: Persecution

The Moral Inversion of NZ Evangelicalism

Israel.co.nz
May 6, 2012
Perry Trotter

As the persecution of Christians in Egypt, Syria, Sudan and Iraq intensifies, for many Western Christian aid agencies it is apparently not a high priority. Here in New Zealand it is not the ongoing expulsion or murder of Middle East Christians that is given special attention by Tear Fund and World Vision – rather, it is the one nation in the region in which religious freedom is guaranteed regardless of race. Continue reading →

Prayer Chains Request: A Comparison

A pastor friend of mine wrote and sent me this saying, “I couldn’t help but write this after I prayed through our church’s prayer chain today.” I think it’s meaning is self-explanatory.

The Local Church in America The Persecuted Church Throughout the World
J.V. – Pray for my 6-year-old son Johnny. He’s had a sore throat for 4 days. Pray that he will get well and be able to play soccer again. V.J. – Pray for the B family whose son’s throat was slit by Muslim extremists on his way to school. Pray for this family during their grief, and ask for protection for their other three children. The police have not filed charges.
B.K. – Pray for the S family; their favorite pet Fido has been diagnosed with cancer and the vet is telling them the chemotherapy may run around $6000! They are praying that God will provide the necessary funds. K.B. – Pray for the C family. Islamic extremists burned their house and crops, and killed their goats. Now they have little to eat. Pray for the rest of the village to rise up and help meet their daily needs.
S.P. – Please pray for me that God will help me lose weight. P.S. – Please pray for us. We have no grain left due to the drought and we have not eaten more than a handful of rice in 7 days.
C.L. – We have opened escrow on our new four- bedroom, 3-bath house. Pray that God will see that the escrow closes as soon as possible. We have outgrown our 3-bedroom house. L.C. – Last night our village was burned by Muslim rebels. We are now hiding in the jungle praying that the rebels will not find us. The monsoons start next week.
M.N. – My car needs fixing. Pray that God will provide the funds. N.M. – The village chief, who is Muslim and has threatened us to leave our village, has taken possession of our water buffalo and we now have no way to plow our field. He says infidels should not live among Allah’s chosen ones.
T.U. – Pray for my daughter. She’s being bullied at school by some mean girls. U.T. – Pray for A.B.. She was falsely accused of blaspheming Islam and has been in prison for over a year. She has been sentenced to death under Shiria law. There is a fatwa on her family.
L.H. – Pray that B will win his football game. He’s worked so hard this year. H.L. – Pray for our church in Shanghai. The government has barricaded the doors shut saying that we are an illegal church, even though we’ve been trying to become registered for 3 years. Now they will not allow us to meet in a park and many of our members have been imprisoned.
R.S. – Our daughter J is having difficulty deciding which college God wants her to attend. She wants her decision to be God’s will and is waiting for an answer or a sign. S.R. – Pray that God will give me the grace to make good bricks. That is the only kind of work my class is allowed in B.. Pray that I will show great love to my Hindu boss.
I.W. – Please pray for my daughter who has been struggling with acne and needs to look good for her senior prom. W.I. – Please pray for my Christian daughter K.. A suitor threw acid in her face because she refused to marry him, a Muslim man twice her age. She is now in the hospital, blinded in both eyes. The doctors say she will be permanently disfigured.

Eritrea – Mass arrests of Christians continue

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Eritrean officials have arrested 90 Christians since May – and more than a quarter of them are college students, according to Release partners.

According to fresh, more detailed reports from Release Eritrea, the authorities detained 64 believers in Adi Abeyto, a village near the capital, Asmara, in May. Only six have since been released – and the rest are thought to be detained at a police station in Asmara or in the notorious Mitire military prison. Continue reading →

Prominent House Church Leader Arrested Again Amid Ongoing Crackdown

CHINA – The deputy chairman of the Chinese House Church Alliance (CHCA) was seized again by Jiangsu police on the day he was released from detention – even before he reached home.
Pastor Shi Enhao had just been freed on Sunday after 12 days’ administrative detention when he was immediately rearrested and taken away to an unknown location, according to Release partner China Aid. He has not been heard from since. Continue reading →

Shock decision against Council worker sacked for mentioning God

11th August 2010
Christian Concern For Our Nation

There is widespread shock following the news that Duke Amachree has lost his case, having been sacked for mentioning God in the workplace. An employment tribunal has ruled that it was reasonable for Wandsworth Council to dismiss Duke. Duke was initially suspended for telling a client with an incurable illness not to give up hope and suggesting that she try putting her faith in God. He was later sacked for gross misconduct for his comments to her and for taking the story to the press. The decision has come as a huge surprise to Duke and to his legal team. Continue reading →

The “How-To” Plan to Criminalize Christianity

‘Homosexuals know they must silence the church and that’s what’s behind this’

Posted: October 18, 2008
12:10 am Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

A growing movement that experts believe could end up in the criminalization of Christianity in the United States is being exposed in a new documentary being prepared for airing on October 26, officials at Coral Ridge Ministries have announced. Continue reading →

South Ossetian Update 8/17/08

August 17, 2008
Dear Jason,

Thank you very much for your letter. Really, me and my friends appreciate your attention and comfort very much. We all need strong minds here to survive such a big tragedy. Even for believers, because many of us have relatives in and from South Ossetia. It’s difficult to stay indifferent when we listen to such awful stories which happened to our people – children, women, old people, and young men. But as I see it, what’s amazing is this – refugees want to return to Tskhinvali, because that’s where their homes are, and they don’t want to disturb or impose upon other people. I see that South Ossetian people are very special. As we visited victims – they are all open to accept us and appreciate any kind of attention and concern. They were always very kind, open, and simple. But what happened to them? These are the refugees’ stories and a short chronicle of what happened. Continue reading →

Schoolboys Punished with Detention for Refusing to Kneel in Class and Pray to Allah

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 11:30 AM
04th July 2008

Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and ‘pray to Allah’ during a religious education lesson.

Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to 12-year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstration of how Allah is worshipped. Continue reading →

Wife of Vicar Beaten for “Being a Christian” by Asian Yobs Speaks of Shock at Faith Hate Attack

Last updated at 09:12am
 17th March 2008

The wife of a clergyman beaten up in his churchyard in a suspected “faith hate” crime has spoken of the shock felt by his congregation. Canon Michael Ainsworth, 57, was set upon by three Asian youths shouting anti-Christian abuse when he confronted them for rowdy behaviour outside St George-in-the-East church in Shadwell, leaving him with two black eyes and cuts and bruises. Continue reading →