The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has just became aware of draft regulation intended to govern religious activities in Indonesia.  The present law on religious buildings, SKB 1/69, has been used by radical Islamists to legally close over 60 churches in the past few months.  These laws are now being revised to make the situation even more restrictive for minority religions, and will have the effect of denying basic freedom of worship to all religions except Islam.  These draft regulations have been presented as Christians, and particularly young girls, are being shot and beheaded only because they happen to be Christians.

 

ICC is a Washington-DC based human rights organization that exists to help persecuted Christians worldwide. ICC delivers humanitarian aid, trains and supports persecuted pastors, raises awareness in the US regarding the problem of persecution, and is an advocate for the persecuted on Capitol Hill and the State Department. For additional information or for an interview, contact ICC at 800-422-5441.  To learn the most up-to-date happenings, please go to: www.persecution.org/suffering/index.php

 

"Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering." -- Hebrews 13:3 (NIV)

Links for more information:

• Welcome to Christian Freedom International / CFI-Frontline

• Christian Solidarity Worldwide - USA

• Christians In Crisis

• Persecution - Gospel For Asia

• Iranian Christians International, Inc.

• Jubilee Campaign USA :: a vital voice for those suffering in silence

• Open Doors USA

• The Voice of the Martyrs

• World Evangelical Alliance - a global network of evangelicals

• PrisonerAlert.com - This internet address will help you if you wish to mail an encouraging letter to a Believer in prison.

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Why do we pray?

More than 200 million brothers and sisters around the world are suffering for the sake of Christ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, 'How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?' Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed"
(Revelation 6:9-11).