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Pray for our education system and those who are involved
in the education of our young people.
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Pray for our political leaders to rule in wisdom and righteousness,
especially during these current times of political, economic and financial
crisis.
INTERCESSION
- SAUDI ARABIA
Daily Express, 10th July 198, Pg 6
ESTRADA URGED TO SEEK SAUDI PARDON FOR PREACHERS
MANILA : President Joseph Estrada was urged Thursday by
the Roman Catholic leadership here to work for the release of 12 Filipinos
detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly preaching the Christian faith.
House of Representatives member Romeo Candazo, in a separate statement,
said the 12, all contract workers, were detained in Riyadh and some could
face the death penalty for distributing religious items to fellow Filipinos
there.
Quitoro said there were reports that some of the 12 had been tortured
to reveal the names of other Filipinos who were practising Christianity.
"To practice one's religious faith is an internationally recognised
human right," Candazo said.
An e-mail received over the Internet.
(Please do not mention names of any missions/organizations.)
Dear Friends,
Today we take the very unusual step of sending
you a message requiring the attention and action of many Christians worldwide.
The following concerns a situation that
we have been following for the last two weeks. We know that the details
given are trustworthy. We are thankful that the families and churches of
those involved are in favour of this action.
All forms of Christian expression are strictly
banned in Saudi Arabia, and foreign Christian workers from less influential
countries such as the Philippines and India are often persecuted and harassed
without regard for their rights ... Over recent weeks the situation has
worsened with 11 expatriate Christians have being picked up in a security
sweep. They are likely undergoing interrogation under considerable
mental and physical duress.
Please take whatever action you can on this.
Any co-operation you can give on this matter
would be appreciated.
Click here
find out more about Saudi Arabia and the current situation from Operation
World.
INTERCEDE
FOR INDONESIA
Indonesia's Churches Scrap
Midnight Mass Amid Fears
(25th December 1998, Fri - Daily Express, pg 1 &
2)
JAKARTA : Jakarta's Roman Catholic Cathedral
Thursday scrapped it's midnight Christmas Mass because of security fears
after a recent rash of violence tragetting Indonesia's minority Christian
populaton, an official at the embassy of the Holy See said.
"With the recent political situation there are many
who are afraid to leave home so late at night. There will be no midnight
mass this year, the latest will start at 8pm and last until 10pm" an official
at the St Kristoforus Catholic Church in Jelambar, a predominantly ethnic
Chinese residential area in West Jakarta said.
He declined to give a reason, but when asked whether
the decision not to hold the midnight mass which the church held last year
had something to do with security, he replied "Yes".
Some churchgoers said their churches too, including
Protestant ones, would hold Christmas Eve services earlier in the evening
because of the same concerns.
On November 22 at least 13 Christians were killed
by mobs who attacked and burned a church and a gambling hall following
unfounded rumours that a mosque had been burned.
The rioting spread and 21 other churches and church
schools in the capital were burned or damaged. The Nov 22 incident
was followed by sporadic attacks in outer provinces on both mosques and
churches despite a plea by President BJ Habibie to respect "all houses
of worship".
Minority ethnic Chinese and Christians have often
been the target of violence during times of political and economic crisis
in Indonesia.
The chairman of the Christian Protestant's Indonesian
Church Community (PGI), Sularso Sopater, was quoted by the Jakarta
Post Thursday as saying a recent congress of the Council of World
Churches in Harare rated Indonesia among the worst in the world in terms
of intolerance and persecution.
The PGI said 516 churches have been attacked in Indonesia
in the past 32 years, 415 of them in the past 2 years. The last figures
include 45 churches damaged during the 180 days of President BJ Habibie's
term over the past seven months. In the latest incident against churches,
mobs attacked three churches and a Roman Catholic school in Bekasi some
18 km east of here last weekend.
Pray for Indonesia
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that there will be peace.
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pray against violence and disorder, for submission to
law and order and authorities - against hatred and prejudices.
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pray for safety and protection for the innocent, for those
who are peaceful, righteous and meek.
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pray against the devil's deception and fire of hatred
and prejudice will be exposed and extinguished but instead the fire of
passion for God to burn in the people's hearts, passion for Truth, passion
for righteousness and mercy.
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pray for the Church of Indonesia, for wisdom, love and
faith to stand up for Jesus, that though it was a fire of hatred that burned
a few churches to the ground, it will be a Spiritual Fire of revival that
will spread through the whole of Indonesia and lift Jesus higher
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Click here for more
info & prayer points for Indonesia.
For more information and news on Indonesia, click on the
links below.
13th July 1998.
Indonesia
Cancels 39 Corrupt Projects (08.12.98). Reuters
Indonesia
Moslem Chief Warns of Slide into Chaos (06.12.98). Reuters
Moslems
Torch Indonesian Church, Christians Flee (04.12.98). Reuters
Mosques,
buildings burned in anti-Moslem backlash in eastern Indonesia (01.12.98).
AFP
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