By Brian F. O’Connell The background and history of the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted (IDOP) is an important one in the life of the global evangelical church. Arguably, one can make the case that it was, at least partially...
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October 21st, 2020 marked 18 months since the tragic Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka. Easter Sunday on the 21st of April 2019, a day of celebration for Christians worldwide, proved to be otherwise for many in the small island. Religious...
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According to reports, during 22nd to 25th June, Fulani herdsmen killed around 200 people including women and children near Jos in Nigeria. The attacks come in the wake of recent violence in the central state of Benue where 72 people were killed...
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Turkish Government charges Andrew Brunson for being connected to the Fetullah Gulen movement Andrew Brunson is an American Pastor of the Izmir Resurrection Church, who has lived in Turkey for 23 years. He was arrested on the 16th of October 2017...
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Christians under attack in Nigeria With violent attacks on churches by the Boko Haram and Christian communities by Muslim Fulani Herdsmen, attacks on Christians in Nigeria have been relentless during the past couple of months. Adding salt to the...
Read more It is believed that 100 million Christians face persecution daily for their faith in Jesus Christ. In countries such as Syria, Iraq and Sudan being a Christian could often result in death. In Pakistan, blasphemy laws continue to be used to...
Read moreA song written and composed by Jessie Dipper for IDOP 2016 Put down, and hurt, by voices thrown. With fingers burnt, my faith has grown. Told I’m nothing, within this world. But I know there’s something, From the words they’ve hurled...
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John Langlois This year we look back on twenty years since we set up the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. We set up IDOP because there was a great need of prayer for the increasing persecution being suffered at the time by...
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Thomas Schirrmacher A Chinese government official once told me, a German, that China fears being prayed out of office, just as it happened in East Germany at the end of the Soviet empire! Yes, prayer and peaceful actions in many churches played a...
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