Northern Nigeria is is number 13 on the Open Doors World Watch List 2013 of the world’s worst persecutors of Christians. Tensions are high and there are many incidents of violence against Christians. This email alert was issued on 22 April by Release International:
NIGERIA – Extremist violence targets Christians in Borno
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Open Doors supports persecuted Christians around the world. They have recently issued this email report on a 30-minute Adjournment Debate in Westminster Hall on the ‘Persecution of Christians in Africa and the Middle East’, held on Tuesday 16 April 2013.
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Tuesday’s Westminster Hall adjournment debate addressed key issues on the …
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On Tuesday 16 April there will be a 30-minute Adjournment Debate in Westminster Hall on the ‘Persecution of Christians in Africa and the Middle East’.
What an exciting opportunity: not only will MPs publicly discuss the reality of persecution – highlighting the importance of the right to freedom of religion and belief – but Foreign …
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Join Release Women, part of Release International, at the National heart2heart Conference “A Garment of Praise”, a day of prayer and fellowship as we remember our suffering sisters. Hear first hand from women who have experienced persecution. Choose a seminar to attend in the afternoon on various relevant subjects. Featuring international speakers, up-to-date news from …
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This month’s Prisoners of Faith alert from Release International is a brief update of the previous 12 Prisoners of Faith alerts. We thank God for those who have been released and we continue to pray for, support and advocate on behalf of those who remain in prison.
Download the January 2013 Prisoners of Faith …
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The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9
Twenty-nine-year-old Maryam Rostampour and thirty-two-year old Marzieh Amirizadeh spent 259 days in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison in 2009 in Iran. They had …
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Open Doors are delighted to report that the case against Rimsha Masih, the teenage Christian girl accused of blasphemy, was dropped by a court in Islamabad on 20 November.
In response to the verdict, Rimsha’s lawyer, Akmal Bhatti, said her case had been a misuse of law. “The court has quashed the case, declaring …
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If you’ve always wanted to speak up for the persecuted church but didn’t know what to say, Release International are running the perfect event for you – a sponsored silence!
By keeping quiet for all or part of a day in the week beginning Sunday, November 25, you can …
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Syria has been closed to the outside world for many weeks. This letter has been received from a leading pastor in Syria and the Evangelical Alliance in the UK is taking the unprecedented step of circulating it to Christians around the world. In it, the pastor writes of the situation in Syria, his hopes, …
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We know that people are watching us. That is the reason I used the back door of the church.”
Close your church – and pray!
Imagine this: You have been thrown out of your home for becoming a Christian. You are no longer in contact with your family and they have withdrawn any financial …
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