A Series of New Prayer Bulletins - Please Pray

NEW PRAYER BULLETIN: VIETNAM FAMILY PERSECUTED	February 12, 2014
Youa Thao lives with his wife and three children in Va Who village, Dien Bien Province. When he became a Christian, his relatives began to harass him. But Youa refused to give up his Christian faith. On Dec. 9, 2013, Youa Thao's relatives burned his house and everything inside. ...     NEW PRAYER BULLETIN: MALAYSIA CHURCH ATTACKED February 26, 2014 A church in Penang was attacked on Jan. 26, when two men on a motorcycle threw Molotov cocktails at the building. Thankfully, the building was not seriously damaged. The attack came less than 24 hours after five separate churches found banners hung on their property with the phrase, "Allah is great, Jesus is the son of Allah" -- a slogan that is extremely offensive to Muslims. It appears the banners were put up by a group wishing to increase tensions between Christians and Muslims. ...   NEW PRAYER BULLETIN: VILLAGE ATTACK IN NIGERIA March 05, 2014 Members of the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram attacked the Christian village of Izghe, in Borno state, on Feb. 15, killing 106 residents. They also looted businesses and stole residents' vehicles. Nearly 100 members of Boko Haram, which seeks to eradicate Christianity from Nigeria and establish Sharia law, entered Izghe on trucks and motorcycles, witness Ali Ndume reported to the BBC. They shot and hacked to death male residents who had gathered in the town square. ...     NEW PRAYER BULLETIN: KAZAKHSTAN PASTOR UPDATE March 12, 2014 Bakhytzhan Kashkumbaev, the retired pastor of Grace Church in Atsana, Kazakhstan, was released on Feb. 17 after spending nine months in jail awaiting trial on a charge of "intentionally inflicting serious harm to health." He was convicted of the charge and received a four-year suspended sentence after the family of a church member accused him of putting drugs in the Communion drink. ...   NEW PRAYER BULLETIN: INDIA HOUSE CHURCH March 19, 2014 On Jan. 24, Hindu radicals attacked a group of house-church believers at a one-day prayer meeting in Karnataka. The leader of the house church, Pastor Anand, has ministered in the area for more than three years, and the house church is attended by about 10 families. At about 4 p.m., six hours after the prayer meeting began, Hindu radicals arrived at the house church and interrupted the meeting by shouting at the believers. ...

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