Prayer Alerts
Christians in Burma need our prayers. This Sunday is the Global Day of Prayer for Burma – and it comes right as Christians in Burma are courageously standing against a military coup. Burma was on a tentative path away from decades of brutal rule by a military junta that persecuted Christian ethnic minorities. But it…
Read MoreShahbaz Bhatti, the highest Christian official in Pakistan and advocate for religious freedom, was assassinated on March 2, 2011. He had courageously fought for religious minorities and against the country’s blasphemy law, which outlaws insulting Islam. Anticipating his killing, Shahbaz arranged for a video interview to be sent to news agencies within hours of his death.…
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After tentative hope for a peace process, Burma’s military has renewed its attacks on Karen villages. In one area, over 200 people fled the shelling and are hiding in the jungle. Burma “has not specifically said it is because the Karen in the area are Christian, but have somehow made deals with any Buddhist villages,”…
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