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EGYPT: ARMY FIRES LIVE AMMUNITION AT MONASTERY

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ March 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 097 | Wed 02 Mar 2011 ———————————————- EGYPT: ARMY FIRES LIVE AMMUNITION AT MONASTERY ———————————————- Plus critical updates from Afghanistan and Laos By Elizabeth Kendal The Egyptian uprising has left Coptic Orthodox monasteries exceedingly vulnerable, as the police who normally guard the monasteries have either deserted their posts or […]

Prayer as Lament

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ March 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

We speak honestly of what we know. God meets us there. “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words” (Romans 8:26). I often think the sighs of the Spirit are heard most clearly […]

Pray for the World February 28, 2011

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ February 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE * UNREST IN ARAB COUNTRIES CONTINUES WITH VIOLENT STREET PROTESTS * OBAMA TALKS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST * AT LEAST 100 CHRISTIANS DETAINED IN IRAN * ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIANS WARNED TO CONVERT OR FACE DEATH * HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL RAISES TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR CANADA ———————————————– […]

Christians in the Arab World

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ February 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 096 | Wed 23 Feb 2011 By Elizabeth Kendal WELCOME to the intercessors who have joined the list recently. Let those who fear the LORD say, ‘His steadfast love endures forever.’ (Psalm 118: 4 ESV) FEBRUARY 2011 UPDATE — During February we prayed for . . . ARAB WORLD, […]

Ethiopia

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ February 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 094 | Wed 09 Feb 2011 ———————————————– ETHIOPIA: PERSECUTION ESCALATES IN MUSLIM AREAS ———————————————– By Elizabeth Kendal The simplistic portrayals of Ethiopia as ‘Orthodox Christian’ or ‘a Christian island surrounded by hostile Muslim neighbours’ are misleading. These descriptions ignore the reality that Ethiopia is the legacy of a Christian […]

Pray for the World February 7, 2011

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ February 7, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * TURMOIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS EGYPT THE NEXT NATION TO EXPLODE * ISLAMIC COUNTRIES DOMINATE 2011 WORLD WATCH LIST OF PERSECUTING COUNTRIES * HAITI ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE * UNITED STATES CHURCHES CALL FOR GUN CONTROL * PRAYER ALERT FOR TUNISIA * ZAMBIAN CHURCH LEADERS WRESTLE OVER CHINESE […]

Does Religious Disaster Relief Really Work?

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ February 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

*Sightings* 2/3/2011*The Haiti Earthquake One Year Later: A Survey of Religious Disaster Relief* — Jonathan C. Bergman On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the island nation of Haiti just sixteen miles outside the capital city, Port-au-Prince. The quake left approximately 200,000 dead, more than a million displaced, and an infrastructure in tatters. […]

DREAMS OF REVOLUTION GRIP ARAB WORLD

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ February 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 093 | Wed 02 Feb 2011 Christians more vulnerable than ever as . . . DREAMS OF REVOLUTION GRIP ARAB WORLD By Elizabeth Kendal When hundreds of international Sunni jihadists infiltrated and seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 20 November 1979, they attracted little interest. The […]

Wave of Protests in Arab World Endangers Christians in Eritrea

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ February 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

STATEMENT OF THE RELIGOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION OF THE WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE For Immediate Release January 31, 2011 *Wave of Protests in Arab World Endangers Christians in Eritrea* While Tunisia was witnessing a remarkable uprising in December 2010, Eritrea renewed the crackdown on Christians. While dozens of Christians were arrested for praying together in Eritrea ¢â‚¬â„¢s capital […]

Pray for the World – January 31, 2011