Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 265 | Wed 18 Jun 2014

UPPER MESOPOTAMIA: CHRISTIANS AT THE MERCY OF ISIS

by Elizabeth Kendal

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham/Syria (ISIS) formally split from Al-Qaeda earlier this year over long-disputed matters of principle and strategy. (1) Regarding principle: Al-Qaeda's more seasoned leaders - the 'old guard' - are prepared to co-operate with Iran / Shi'ites in pursuit of higher goals. The…

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 264 | Wed 11 Jun 2014

SCOTLAND: FIGHTING A FLAWED LAW

by Elizabeth Kendal

The Government of Sudan continues to wage war against its non-Arab, non-Muslim people, with the aim of annihilating the predominantly Christian Nuba peoples of oil-rich South Kordofan. In Nigeria, Boko Haram is waging a full-scale terrorist insurgency in the north-east, targeting Christian towns and enclaves, abducting and massacring…

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 263 | Wed 04 Jun 2014

LAOS: HIGH COST OF FAITH - plus update on North Korea

by Elizabeth Kendal

The Communist regime in Laos has long been committed to 'eliminating Christianity' which it regards as a 'foreign' religion linked to its enemies. [The Lao Hmong aided US troops against communist forces during the Second Indochina / Vietnam War, in which the US bombed Laos heavily. After the war, a massive…

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 261 | Wed 21 May 2014

SUDAN: CHRISTIAN WOMAN FACES DEATH FOR APOSTASY

by Elizabeth Kendal

On Thursday 15 May a court in Khartoum, Sudan, convicted Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag (27) of apostasy and sentenced her to death by hanging. Having deemed her marriage to a Christian man null and void, the court also found Meriam guilty of adultery, for which she was sentenced to 100 lashes. The court ruled that Meriam,…

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 260 | Wed 14 May 2014

KOREA: HOPES FOR PEACE FADE

by Elizabeth Kendal

Koreans desperately need peace, as distinct from a frozen conflict that regularly threatens to blow hot. North Korea boasts nuclear weapons and South Korea boasts support of the US military. If peace could be achieved and the two sides stop threatening each other then perhaps the situation could normalise and efforts to improve the lives…

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 259 | Wed 07 May 2014

CAR: MAY GOD EMPOWER THE PEACEMAKERS

by Elizabeth Kendal

CAR: MAY GOD EMPOWER THE PEACEMAKERS

In early 2013 the Central African Republic (CAR) government desperately appealed for help as bands of local and international Islamic jihadis backed by Sudan and Iran advanced on the capital, Bangui. But President Bozize had recently signed oil concessions with China, leading the US…

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 258 | Wed 30 Apr 2014

by Elizabeth Kendal

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. (2 Corinthians 10:3,4 ESV)

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Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 257 | Wed 23 Apr 2014

NIGERIA: BOKO HARAM RAIDS CHRISTIAN ENCLAVE
- 187 teenage girls still missing from Chibok, Borno

by Elizabeth Kendal

On 25 February 2014 Boko Haram militants slaughtered at least 59 teenage boys boarding at the Federal Government College in Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Nigeria. After rounding up the female students, the militants sent them off with orders to abandon their education and…

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 256 | Tue 15 Apr 2014

PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF THE CROSS

by Elizabeth Kendal

To those who believe that Jesus of Nazareth was a mere man, the Cross is a symbol of Christian foolishness (1 Corinthians 1:18). 'Jesus was executed,' they scoff, 'and it is ridiculous to suggest that a dead man would rise.'

To Muslims, who believe that Jesus was a mere prophet of Allah, the Cross is a symbol of Christian…