Brief history:
The 15-year-old daughter of well-known Egyptian convert Maher el-Gohary has written a letter appealing to President Obama to help her father who is in danger of being murdered or imprisoned for becoming a Christian. – Paragraph 1.

Dina el-Gohary, who also converted from Islam to Christianity, has been on the run and living in hiding with her father, who is the second Egyptian to legally request to change his religious status. - Paragraph 2.

In her handwritten letter in Arabic, posted on Coptic Web sites, she writes: “Mr. President Obama, we are a minority in Egypt. We are treated very badly. You said that the Muslim minority in America are treated very well, so why are we not treated here likewise? We are imprisoned in our own home because Muslim clerics called for the murder of my father, and now the Government has set for us a new prison, we are imprisoned in our own country,” according to a translation posted by the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA). – Paragraph 3.

“I’m not so much afraid of the government anymore,” el-Gohary told the Times in August. “It’s conservative Muslims who worry me. Some of them believe whoever kills me is rewarded. When I go to court, I’m surrounded by police protection.” - Paragraph 7.

Copts United has also appealed to the U.N. Human Rights Council for help with el-Gohary’s case. - Last Paragraph

Point of prayer:

Let us thanks and praise THE LORD CHRIST fort the faith and protection. The war already won by our SAVIOR, THE CHRIST. Now we have to stand the faith and keep support to strengthen the others faith.

Wish to GOD,
- to the Christian People in Egypt and middle east to keep in faith.
- to the Christian country and organization to support this mission.
- to the people that involve in this mission to have strength in faith, hope and love in doing their mission for LORD.
- to cast away darkness (evil) from influencing and fail the mission.

Verse from Bible (KJV – e-Sword) Rom 8:35 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”

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Brief history:
- The Taliban has turned on Christians with a vengeance for the ongoing army offensive against the Islamic militants in Pakistan.” – Paragraph 1.

- “They barged into our homes shouting ‘death to infidels’ and beat us, hurling murderous threats if we don’t convert to Islam,” Sadiq recalled. – Paragraph 5.

- “The police never helped. None of us had weapons. The police just stood there,” 26-year-old Imran Masih, who spent 10 days in the hospital after a bullet pierced his neck, told AP. – Paragraph 12.

Point of prayer:

Wish to GOD,
 
- to give strength, courage and protection to Pakistani Christians to stand on faith, hope and love. And to help them on all their need and to protect them from evil way.
- to give peace and THE WORD of GOD to Pakistan people so will be there many soul can be saved from darkness.

- to give protection, justice and courage to the authority of Pakistan to hold peace and human rights.

- to the world countries so they are not stand still about this matter and take action immediately.

Tags: Pakistan, Taliban, Persecution, Shariah, Jihad, Islam

“On a global basis, Calvin was always working for unity and common
witness among Christians,” Kirkpatrick said. “He once wrote Archbishop
[Thomas] Cranmer that he would eagerly ‘cross ten seas’ if that would
further the cause of Christian unity.” – Paragraph 4.

“The second theme, according to the WARC (World Alliance of Reformed Churches – postmaster) head, is covenanting for justice.” – Paragraph 7.

“In Geneva, Calvin was not only concerned about building up the Church,
but also about establishing the general hospital that served as a
social safety net for the dispossessed, welcoming immigrants, and
shaping a social order where justice reigned,” he noted.” – Paragraph 8.

Point of prayer:
Wish to GOD,
- to the Christian People to support this mission.
- to the country and Christian organization to support this mission.
- to the people that involve in this mission to have strength in faith, hope and love.
- to cast away darkness (evil) from influencing and fail the mission.  

Tags: Church, Calvin, Unity

Brief history:
“Around the world next week, churches will take part in a wide range of activities to help end the 60-year conflict between Palestinians and Israel.” – Paragraph 1.
“This year’s events for World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel, June 4-10, will focus particularly on Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, which is illegal under international law.” – Paragraph 3.
“During that week, peace prayers will be read aloud near settlements, at demolished homes, at checkpoints, in refugee camps, and in parishes and schools in the West Bank and Gaza. WCC (World Council of Churches – Postmaster) invites individuals and congregations to send personal prayers for peace to Bethlehem via email.” – Paragraph 8.

External Link: World Week for Peace

Point of prayer:
Wish to GOD,
- to the Christian people in Israel and Palestine to keep the faith and love to all religion in their country and to be a peacemaker that overcome fear and hatred (to become light that overcome darkness).
- to the people of Israel and Palestine to stop fighting and to have peace between them.
- to the country of Israel and Palestine to give peace a first place in their heart and to overcome the problem with understanding and fear of GOD.
- to the country of the world to more actively and peacefully support the peace between two nation.

Tags: Irael, Palestine, War, Peace

Brief history:
“Last August, Hindu extremists attacked Christians in Orissa (India - Postmaster), killing at least 60 Christians and destroying more than 5,000 homes along with a string of churches. Thousands more were displaced by the violence. Indian church leaders criticized the government for doing little to stop the attacks.” – Paragraph 5.[2]

“Open Doors ranked North Korea as the No. 1 persecutor of Christians for the seventh year in a row in its latest World Watch List. Earlier this month, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that the State Department re-designate North Korea on its list of “countries of particular concern” (CPCs) for its systematic and egregious violations of religious freedom.” – Paragraph 6.[3]

“Violence has struck the nation’s Christian community particularly hard since the Iraq war began in 2003. Left mostly defenseless in sectarian violence, Christians have been targeted for kidnapping – and death – under the assumption that they can garner a large ransom.” – Paragraph 6.[1]

“During the anti-Christian violence in the south Indian state of Karnataka (India - Postmaster) last September, Amnesty estimated that about 30 Christian places of worship were attacked by supporters of Hindu nationalist organizations.” – Paragraph 8.[2]

“Thousands of people have been killed, displaced or somehow affected by ongoing sectarian violence in Nigeria, reported Commissioner Leonard Leo. The Nigerian government has also allowed destruction of churches and mosques to go with impunity.” – Paragraph 9.[1]

“Constitutionally Nigeria is a secular state with freedom of religion. For nearly 40 years the northern ruling elite gave preferential treatment to Muslims and discriminated against Christians. Little was done to stop persecution of Christians in the north with tragic results of many churches being burnt and hundreds of Christians killed. In 1999, Shariah Law was imposed in 12 northern states, adding to the chaos.” – Paragraph 11.[1]

“Last month violence near the port city of Karachi (Pakistan – Postmaster) – nearly 700 miles from the Swat valley where the government officially allowed the Taliban to establish Islamic law – heightened fears. As members of a congregation erased pro-Taliban graffiti on their church in Taiser, near Karachi, armed men intervened to stop them. Soon 30-40 others arrived as support and began to fire indiscriminately at the crowd; among those seriously injured were three Christians, including a child, according to a report by advocacy group Minorities Concern of Pakistan.” – Paragraph 14.[1]

“Country reports of religious rights violations from organizations like USCIRF help us stay informed on the status of religious freedom – or lack of freedom – around the world. Pray for believers in these restrictive countries, learn what hostility Christians face in those places and join campaigns urging our members of Congress to keep religious freedom high on their list. For more information, go to www.OpenDoorsUSA.org.” – Paragraph 16.[1]

External Link: OpenDoorsUSA

Point of prayer:
Wish to GOD,
- to the  minorities Christian to stand the faith, truth, and love whatever they will be released or be a martyr and to keep their faith to stand until the last breath even under persecution.
- to the people in the non-Christian majority country so they can know the love, peace and justice so they can know the difference between the light and darkness.
- to the authority of the non-Christian majority country so they can hold justice and truth without fear of the death.
- to the country of the world so they will not neglected this matter and to have they to stand together against all radicalism and civil rights opponent and to overcome this matter by the peace and understanding way. (by  the fear of GOD).

Tags: Persecution, Hindu, Islam, Shariah, Nigeria, India, NorthKorea, Pakistan

[1] The Christian Science Monitor – What next for North Korea’s nukes? – 2009, May 28.

[2] The Christian Post – N. Korean Christians Pray amid Gov’t Military Aggression  – 2009, May 27.

Brief history:

“The underground Christian body in North Korea has launched a prayer campaign for evangelization in the country in response to the government’s recent missile testing and threat to attack its southern counterpart, South Korea.” – Paragraph 1.[2]

“Scientists at the Lamon-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, N.Y., place the yield of the May 25 blast at between 2.2 and 4 kilotons of TNT – significantly larger than North Korea’s 2006 experiment.” – Paragraph 6.[1]

“If it was supposed to produce about a 4 kiloton explosion, that is one thing. But it could have been intended to produce 20 or 30 kilotons. The Nagasaki bomb of World War II produced an explosion equal to about 21 kilotons of TNT, for instance.” – Paragraph 12.[1]

“Many experts believe that North Korea’s nuclear design is an implosion type, as was the Nagasaki weapon. Implosion bombs squeeze a round core of plutonium to produce their explosive power. North Korea is known to have plutonium – an estimated six to eight bombs’ worth, produced from spent nuclear reactor fuel.” – Paragraph 14.[1]

Point of prayer:

Wish to GOD,

- to the Christian People in Korean or it neighbor country to stand in Faith and not to fear because GOD is on them and protecting them.

- to the people of North Korea to stand the justice and truth to peace and not to the fear that named themselves a proud over confident.

- to the country of North Korea that they will know LORD JESUS CHRIST and to calm their over confident to justice, truth and the peace.

- to the country of the world to stand together and to calm down the fear of North Korea by a peace and friendly way and not by threat or abandoned.

Verse from Bible (KJV 1611- eSword) Rom 8:6 “For to be carnally minded, is death. But to be spiritually minded, is life and peace.”

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Tags: Korea, War, Persecution, Nuclear

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Brief history:
“Security officers in Iran recently arrested five newly converted Christians and the leader of the house church they were meeting in, reported a Farsi Christian news agency.” – Paragraph 1.
“Several Bibles and New Testaments were confiscated during the raid. The newly converted Christians and house church leader have been taken to an undisclosed location. Authorities have refused to reveal to the detainees’ family members where they have taken them.” – Paragraph 4.
“Since March, two young women, also recent converts to Christianity from Islam, have been held in the notorious Evin prison that American journalist Roxana Saberi had also been kept in.” – Paragraph 7.
“Iran’s parliament is in the final stages of passing a new law that would add apostasy, the renouncing of one’s faith, to the list of acts that would be punished with execution.” - Paragraph 10.

Point of prayer:
Wish to GOD,
- to the Christian People in Iran to have strength on faith and love to patient and hoping GOD WORD to help them and release them from the fear.
– to the country of the world to not abandon this matter and provide the justice and truth for this matter of civil rights in Iran and the middle east.
- to the people of Iran so that they can know better about the truth of LORD JESUS CHRIST and to be have mercy and be saved too in LORD JESUS CHRIST NAME.

Tags: Iran, Persecution, Convert, Islam

Brief history:
“Action by Churches Together (ACT) and local NGO partners have appealed for assistance after Cyclone Aila hit Bangladesh and eastern India Monday evening.” – Paragraph 1.
“The death toll in Bangladesh rose to at least 89 following the recovery of more bodies on Tuesday. At least 49 people died in West Bengal state.” – Paragraph 2.
“In Bangladesh, the worst affected area was Satkhira district, near the port of Mongla, where a local official said 17 bodies were found in one village. Around 500,000 people have been moved by the local authorities to temporary shelters to escape huge tidal waves churned by winds up to 60 mph. ” – Paragraph 3.
“ACT members Church Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) and Lutheran World Service India (LWSI) immediately received appeals from local NGO partners operating in the affected regions for assistance.” - Paragraph 10.
“ACT is a global alliance of churches and related agencies working to save lives and support communities in emergencies worldwide. The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland.” – Paragraph 12.

Point of prayer:
Wish to GOD,
- to the people that are victim, donor and helper, to stand on the faith and to have strength to overcome their sadness, traumatic, and fear of future.

– to the country and organization not to close their eyes to this matter and provide the safety, utilities, and transportation to the victim, donor, and helper in their mission.

- to the people of the world to support this mission and to provide such help to this matter.

Tags: India, Disaster, Cyclone

Brief history:
“Beijing – Twenty of China’s most courageous and outspoken civil rights lawyers face being disbarred next Monday, as judicial authorities reject or delay their applications to renew their professional licenses, according to three of the lawyers affected. ” – Paragraph 1.

Point of prayer:

Wish to GOD,
 
- to have dealing in China whether they are or they aren’t a Christian to see the equality and justice on China people life. 

- to change the heart of China authority to have more support to Civil rights issue and to have justice and truth on their law.

- to create more civil right’s defender on China.

- to have the safety of the missionaries in China and to support the missionaries to spreading the WORD of GOD and resurrection of LORD JESUS CHRIST to redeem their life.

Tags: China, HumanRights, Missionaries

Brief history:
“The Taliban has warned Pope Benedict XVI that he will feel ‘the consequences of a severe reaction’ if Christianity is allowed to be preached in Afghanistan.”-Paragraph 1.

Effect to the world:
The statement of the Taliban group has threaten the missionary and christian in Afghanistan and it neighbour. This could lead to hatred between religion.
 
Point of prayer:

Wish to GOD,

- To give a peaceful heart to all side.

- To give strength to Christian people in Afghanistan to stand in faith and love.

- To country of the world not to close their eyes from this matter.

Tags: Afghanistan, pope, catholics, taliban, missionary, middleeast