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Belarus, Kyrgyzstan

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 5 March 2008 BELARUS: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PETITION DELIVERED, BUT PROTESTANT FINES CONTINUE http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1097 Belarus seems to be increasing its use of technical […]

Pray for the world

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * HOW A BISHOP BROUGHT THE GOSPEL OF PEACE TO THE TROUBLED CONGO * CUBAN CHRISTIANS UNCLEAR ABOUT IMPACT OF CASTRO’S RESIGNATION * INDIAN CHRISTIANS REACH OUT IN MINISTRY TO TRANSVESTITES * MALAYSIAN CHRISTIANS DECRY EROSION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM * HONG KONG CHRISTIANS SEEK TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE * KOSOVO MAY […]

Pray for the World

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 25 February 2008 KAZAKHSTAN: INCREASED PRESSURE TO COMPLETE INTRUSIVE QUESTIONNAIRES http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1092 For some years, Kazakhstan has been demanding that non-Muslim religious communities […]

Prayer for Australia

Father God, Sovereign Lord who rules over all, we thank you for this land in which we live – its awesome beauty and its rich resources. Give us wisdom so that we might be good stewards of what you have entrusted to us. Help us to respect and care for our environment. We believe you […]

Pray for the World

Prayer Focus Update Prayer Focus Update March 2008 Issue 137 PRAYER FOCUS UPDATE is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information and for inclusion in church magazines. It can be sent […]

Pray for the World

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * ACID ATTACKS ON WOMEN IN NEPAL INCREASING * FASTING AND PRAYER TURNS CHILD’S LIFE AROUND * AN EXAMPLE OF EXTRAORDINARY FORGIVENESS * MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE BIBLE AS GOD’S WORD * PRO-LIFE SENTIMENTS BUILDING IN UK POLITICIANS * POLISH MAN WAKES FROM COMA AFTER 19 YEARS ———————————————– ACID ATTACKS ON WOMEN […]

Pray for the World

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * NEW PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA AN OUTSPOKEN COMMITTED CHRISTIAN * KENYAN CHILDREN PRAY FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND GET MIRACULOUS RESULTS * CHAD: ISLAMIC JIHADIST COUP POSES MAJOR THREAT * GAZA BELIEVERS, IN FEAR, CONTINUE TO PROCLAIM JESUS * BIBLES CONFISCATED AT AIRPORT IN MALAYSIA * NEW DRAFT LAW PROPOSING DEATH […]

Thugs and Religion in Myanmar

*Sightings* 2/14/08 — Jason A. Carbine Four months ago, Myanmar was all over the headlines. For the first time since 1988, monks and lay people had staged major protests in the streets. The self-professed Buddhist military had beaten, shot, and killed Buddhist monks. After forty-five long years, the country again seemed poised on the brink […]

Pray for the World

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 15 February 2008 KAZAKHSTAN: REVIVAL OF STATE HOSTILITY TO RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS FUELS INTRUSIVE CHECK-UPS? http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1089 The KNB secret police, the Interior Ministry […]

Religious Liberty Trends 2007-2008

Subj: Religious Liberty Trends 2007-2008. – Apostasy, Apostaphobia and postmodernism – The New Cold War, and its implications for religious liberty This WEA RLC annual Religious Liberty Trends posting will focus on two global trends: 1) apostasy, apostaphobia, and postmodernism; 2) the New Cold War. Most localised trends, tensions, repressions and “hot” conflicts are actually […]