Happening Now! Praying as One in the Body of Christ for the Persecuted Church
Today – All Day 9am-9pm EDT GMT-04
We invite you to participate in this opportunity to connect as one body globally together in prayer. Global—Prayer—Fire
The Body praying together for the PERSECUTED Church & for the Harvest. This is the 1st call of 2017. 12 hour Prayer Call for the PERSECUTED Church & for the Harvest:
Dial: (712) 775-7035
Access Code: 281207#
Come in for 5 minutes or 5 hours, as you are able to join. All are welcome to pray.
Location: Any location from your phone
When: Saturday April 29, 2017
Length of call: 12 Hours (Note: You’re not required to commit to 12 hours. Come on the call and pray as your time allows.)
Time of the Call:
9 a.m.- 9 p.m. Eastern time
8 a.m.-8 p.m. Central time
7 a.m.-7 p.m. Mountain time
6 a.m.-6 p.m. Pacific time
We believe prayer works. Stay on the call 5 minutes, 5 hours, or as long as you feel led. Your prayers make a huge difference in the lives of our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world.
Lord willing, we look forward to praying with you on the call.
Your brother in Christ,
Blaine Scogin
pwprayercall@gmail.com
Serving Jesus as Prayer Director of Voice of the Persecuted and Persecution Watch.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24
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Cyprus +357 77 788854
Czech +420 225 852 060
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Estonia +372 614 8061
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Italy +39 06 8997 2187
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Kenya +254 (0) 20 5231033
Latvia +371 67 881 516
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Luxembourg +352 20 30 10 03
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Mexico +52 (01) 899 274 5015
Netherlands +31 (0) 6 35205061
Nigeria +234 (0) 1 440 5221
Norway +47 21 93 53 35
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Panama +507 838-7821
Poland +48 32 739 96 40
Portugal +351 21 114 3145
Romania +40 (0) 31 780 7760
Slovakia +421 2 333 255 32
Slovenia +386 (0) 1 828 03 25
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Spain +34 931 98 23 70
Sri Lanka +94 (0) 11 5 322961
Sweden +46 (0) 31 781 06 26
Switzerland +41 (0) 43 550 70 55
Taiwan +886 (0) 985 646 917
Turkey +90 (0) 212 988 1713
Ukraine +380 (0) 89 323 9978
United Kingdom +44 (0) 330 606 0527
United States (712) 775-7035
Vietnam +84 (0) 4 7108 0080
(Though not expected, due to circumstances beyond our control, connection may be lost. Simply call again to rejoin the call. Please let us know if you were unsuccessful getting on the call so we can address the issue with technical support.)
REMINDER: Sat. 4/29 Prayer Conference Call Event: Abiding in Prayer for the Persecuted
Click link for details about tomorrow’s Prayer Conference Call Event: Abiding in Prayer for the Persecuted
Police, Mob Attack Synod Guard’s Quarters, Arrest His Family in Omdurman, Sudan
Synod guard’s wife and their three children in jail in Omdurman, Sudan. (Morning Star News)
(Morning Star News) Three weeks after an elder was killed in an attack on church property in Omdurman, Sudan, a mob with police on Monday (April 24) ransacked the living quarters of the compound guard and arrested his family, sources said.
Police accompanied by a mob demolished part of the room where the family lived after first destroying its padlock at the compound of the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC), sources said. Officers took 27-year-old Mona Matta, wife of guard Azhari Tambra, 28, and their children ages 6, 4 and 2 from their room at the SPEC synod offices and detained them until 10 p.m. at the Northern Division Police Station in Omdurman, they said.
Tambra was not home at the time of the attack. When Matta and her three children, including one who is disabled, were taken away in a police van, they were accused of opposing authorities, lacking ownership papers and betrayal of the country. They were released, however, with no charges filed against them, said a source who requested anonymity.
When the family arrived home after the release of Tambra’s wife and children, they found all their belongings destroyed, and officers prevented them from entering their living quarters, sources said.
“It is very inhumane,” the Rev. Yahia Abdelrahim Nalu, SPEC moderator, told Morning Star News.
The guard and his family, members of an evangelical church in Omdurman, were unsure where they would take shelter after their home was ruined, sources said.
A committee that the government illegally appointed to run the SPEC in 2013 is occupying the synod offices with help from police. Committee members were reported to have been present in the mob that damaged the guard’s living quarters.
On April 3 about 20 men with knives and other weapons, including members of the government-appointed committee, arrived at the Evangelical School of Sudan on the synod property and began to beat several women after police had arrested the men at the school. Christians from nearby Bahri Evangelical Church rushed to the school to try and protect the women, and two church members were stabbed.
Church elder Younan Abdullah later died in a hospital from wounds sustained while he and others were defending the school. Supporters of a Muslim business interest in Omdurman trying to take over the school, including members of the government-imposed committee, participated in the attack after police along with a group supported by Sudan’s Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments arrived at the school first and arrested all men.
Abdullah is survived by his wife and two young children.
The illegally imposed committee has been selling church properties to businessmen aligned with the government, sources said. SPEC leaders are appealing to the Sudan government to stop interfering with SPEC affairs and cease support of the government-appointed committee.
After the arrest of the guard’s family, Elia Aromi Kuku, a prominent Christian writer from the Nuba Mountains area, on Monday (April 24) published an open letter on the Nuba Times website to Sudan’s first vice president, minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments and Sudan’s chief of justice urging them to respect the rights of Sudanese Christians.
“It is the role of the Sudanese government to protect the rights of its Christian citizens and their rights to religious co-existence, as well as respecting their beliefs and their places of worship,” he wrote.
Police in Omdurman, across from Khartoum on the Nile River, on March 27 had arrested 12 staff members of the Christian school and the next day prevented others from leaving the campus, they said.
They were taken to Omdurman’s Central Division Police Station and released at about 8 p.m., accused of obstructing the work of Education Vision, which is trying to take over the school. The institution was still functioning as a Christian school, but representatives of Education Vision were regularly disrupting classes, school personnel said.
On March 16 about 20 policemen aboard a truck forcefully entered the school compound, arrested three Christian teachers including the headmaster, Daud Musa, and took them to Omdurman’s Central Division Police Station, sources said. Also arrested were Christian teachers Yahya Elias and the late elder Abdullah, all of the SPEC.
They were released on bail after eight hours, charged with obstructing the work of those attempting to take over the school.
The arrests came nearly a month after authorities arrested and held overnight four educators from the same school, including Musa, before releasing them on bail. They were accused of destroying a sign belonging to Education Vision. The Christians strongly denied the accusation.
The Evangelical School of Sudan is one of several SPEC schools throughout Sudan.
The leadership of the SPEC remains in the hands of government-appointed committee members even after a court ruled in November 2016 that the appointments were illegal, sources said. That case is separate from an Aug. 31, 2015 ruling by the Administrative Court of Appeal saying the Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments interfered with SPEC’s Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church by imposing committees on the church in order to enable Muslim investors to take it over.
Harassment, arrests and persecution of Christians have intensified since the secession of South Sudan in July 2011, when President Omar al-Bashir vowed to adopt a stricter version of sharia (Islamic law) and recognize only Islamic culture and the Arabic language. The Sudanese Minister of Guidance and Endowments announced in April 2013 that no new licenses would be granted for building new churches in Sudan, citing a decrease in the South Sudanese population.
Due to its treatment of Christians and other human rights violations, Sudan has been designated a Country of Particular Concern by the U.S. State Department since 1999, and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended the country remain on the list in its 2016 report.
Sudan ranked fifth on Christian support organization Open Doors’ 2017 World Watch List of countries where Christians face most persecution.
Urgent #Prayer Conference Call scheduled for North Korea on Thursday evening, 4/27/2017
Blaine Scogin
pwprayercall@gmail.com
Serving Jesus as Prayer Director of Voice of the Persecuted and Persecution Watch.
Prayer Conference calls held weekly every Tues., Thur and Sat.
Call info (one hour, or longer as the Lord leads)
9 p.m. Eastern time
8 p.m. Central time
7 p.m. Mountain time
6 p.m. Pacific time
Call number: 712.775.7035
Access code: 281207#
Religious intolerance increasing, says report
Religious Freedom Down, Hostility Up
(World Watch Monitor) A report released earlier this month by the Pew Research Center shows an increased intolerance towards religion by governments and societies alike in 2015.
The global study, which included 198 countries, found that government restrictions increased by 1%, while there was a 3% growth in the number of countries with “high” or “very high” levels of social hostility.
Egypt had the highest levels of government restrictions, while Nigeria had the highest levels of social hostilities, though the two were not always linked, as the report noted: “In some places (such as Russia and Egypt) there are high restrictions and hostilities, but in others, such as China, some of the highest levels of government restrictions in 2015 were accompanied by some of the lowest levels of social hostilities.”
While the Middle East continued to lead the ranks as the region with “the largest proportion of governments that engaged in harassment and use of force against religious groups (95%)”, Europe saw the greatest increase in these measures in 2015, as the report noted: “More than half of the 45 countries in [Europe] (53%) experienced an increase in government harassment or use of force from 2014 to 2015” – in part in response to “record numbers of refugees entering Europe”.
According to the report, 79% of the world’s population lived in countries with high or very high levels of restrictions and/or hostilities in 2015 (up from 74% in 2014). Among the 25 most populous countries, Russia, Egypt, India, Pakistan and Nigeria had the highest overall restrictions.
In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia continued to be a nation where “national laws and policies do not provide for religious freedom and the national government does not respect religious freedom in practice.” However, according to Saudi human rights activist Abdullah al-Nasseri, Saudis are enjoying an element of freedom to voice their opinions about the economy and are doing so more than ever before – mostly via Twitter and the Internet, as seen after the government announced plans to sell off 5% of its shares in the state-owned Aramco oil company.
Meanwhile, as World Watch Monitor reported last year, a new directive ordered Saudi’s religious police to conduct its affairs with “gentleness and lenience”.
But al-Nasseri cautioned that “while freedom of expression exists when it comes to the debate over economy-related issues, freedom of expression has declined to unprecedented levels in human rights and political issues”.
Remembering Those Who Have Gone Before Us -Prayer Call Reminder: Sat. April 29
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
…and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection; and others experienced mockings and scourges, yes., also chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death. with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill treated men of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.
And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, because God had provided something better for us so that apart from us, they would not be made perfect.
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance, the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For consider him who has endured such hostility by sinners against himself so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. — Hebrews 11:35 – 12-3
The writer of Hebrews concludes his great roll call of faith chapter by reminding us of those saints who have undergone persecution. He does this to remind his readers to stay faithful to Jesus and to continue to run that race with their eyes fixed on him. By implication in His prophetic word, he is encouraging us to do the same. And also, by implication for us to remember the persecuted saints, today.
It has been said that it was never considered a church service in the first century unless the martyrs were remembered. The word martyr in the Greek means witness. The writer of Hebrews is exhorting us to remember those witnesses who have gone before us.
I invite you to come join our 12 hour call this coming Saturday April 29th and to lift up our persecuted brothers and sisters in prayer. Details for the call are below. Meet you on the call.
Your brother in Christ,
Blaine Scogin
pwprayercall@gmail.com
Serving Jesus as Prayer Director of Voice of the Persecuted and Persecution Watch.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Location: Any location from your phone
When: Saturday April 29, 2017
Length of call: 12 Hours (Note: You’re not required to commit to 12 hours. Come on the call and pray as your time allows.)
Time of the Call:
9 a.m.- 9 p.m. Eastern time
8 a.m.-8 p.m. Central time
7 a.m.-7 p.m. Mountain time
6 a.m.-6 p.m. Pacific time
Call number: 712.775.7035
Access code: 281207#
We believe prayer works. Stay on the call 5 minutes, 5 hours, or as long as you feel led. Your prayers make a huge difference in the lives of our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world.
Lord willing, I look forward to praying with you on the 12-hour call.
Your brother in Christ,
Blaine Scogin
pwprayercall@gmail.com
Serving Jesus as Prayer Director of Voice of the Persecuted and Persecution Watch.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24
PRINT PRAYER CALL FLYER: View and download printable PDF flyer here
MOBILE APP: Free Conference Call HD also provides a quick and easy way for you to dial into conference calls without having to remember the dial-in credentials. Save all of your conference call dial-in numbers and access codes using this free app. With the Free Conference Call HD you can instantly dial into a conference call via 3G/4G data network and or regular mobile carrier.Google Play link or App Store – iTunes
Available International Conference Call Numbers
(Note: If you will be using one of the call numbers below, you may experience issues in your country. If you are unable to connect, try using the VoIP dialer available at this link. Click on VoIP dialer, go to this number 712-775-7035 in the drop down menu—enter access code 281207 (do not add the # symbol)—enter your name and click on the ‘Place Call’ button.
Australia +61 (0) 3 8672 0185
Austria +43 (0) 732 2781155
Belgium +32 (0) 9 324 29 17
Brazil +55 61 4040-4314
Bulgaria +359 (0) 2 495 1527
Canada (712) 775-7060
Chile +56 (0) 44 890 9161
China +86 (0) 510 6801 0117
Costa Rica +506 4000 3885
Croatia +385 (0) 1 8000 065
Cyprus +357 77 788854
Czech +420 225 852 060
Denmark +45 78 77 36 35
Dominican Republic (829) 999-2585
Estonia +372 614 8061
Finland +358 (0) 9 74790032
France +33 (0) 1 80 14 00 56
GCC/Arabian Peninsula +973 1656 8325
Georgia +995 (0) 706 777 110
Germany +49 (0) 89 143772955
Guatemala +502 2458 1416
Hungary +36 1 987 6821
Iceland +354 539 0323
Indonesia +62 (0) 21 51388813
Ireland +353 (0) 1 437 0318
Israel +972 (0) 76-599-0026
Italy +39 06 8997 2187
Japan +81 (0) 3-5050-5075
Kenya +254 (0) 20 5231033
Latvia +371 67 881 516
Lithuania +370 (8) 37 248962
Luxembourg +352 20 30 10 03
Malaysia +60 (0) 11-1146 0070
Mexico +52 (01) 899 274 5015
Netherlands +31 (0) 6 35205061
Nigeria +234 (0) 1 440 5221
Norway +47 21 93 53 35
Pakistan +92 (0) 21 37130640
Panama +507 838-7821
Poland +48 32 739 96 40
Portugal +351 21 114 3145
Romania +40 (0) 31 780 7760
Slovakia +421 2 333 255 32
Slovenia +386 (0) 1 828 03 25
South Africa +27 (0) 87 825 0107
South Korea +82 (0) 70-7686-0015
Spain +34 931 98 23 70
Sri Lanka +94 (0) 11 5 322961
Sweden +46 (0) 31 781 06 26
Switzerland +41 (0) 43 550 70 55
Taiwan +886 (0) 985 646 917
Turkey +90 (0) 212 988 1713
Ukraine +380 (0) 89 323 9978
United Kingdom +44 (0) 330 606 0527
United States (712) 775-7035
Vietnam +84 (0) 4 7108 0080
(Though not expected, due to circumstances beyond our control, connection may be lost. Simply call again to rejoin the call. Please let us know if you were unsuccessful getting on the call so we can address the issue with technical support.)
Open 12-hour Prayer Conference Call for the Persecuted. April 29, 2017
Former Egyptian-Muslim converts to Christianity
This is the story of Amani Mustafa, a Egyptian women who left her country and moved to the US. In this video she explains the danger and abuse she was faced with in Egypt and about her conversion to Christianity.
VOICE OF THE PERSECUTED 