Praise and Prayer Report Part 1

1. PRAISE AND PRAYER
REPORT PART 1:
PERSECUTED CHURCH WORLD WIDE

2. CHINA-PASTOR WANG YI
• PASTOR WANG IS SERVING A NINE YEAR SENTENCE AFTER
BEING ARRESTED IN 2018 WITH HIS WIFE.
• HIS WIFE WAS RELEASED ON BAIL.
• HIS WIFE AND SON ARE BEING VERY CLOSELY MONITORED BY
AUTHORITIES AND SECURITY AGENTS.
• HIS SON IS BEING DAILY DRIVEN TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN A
POLICE VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE HE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO
SCHOOL WHERE THEY CONTINUE TO INDOCTRINATE HIM
• THIS IS ALL A RESULT OF PASTOR WANG REFUSING TO
COMPROMISE HIS FAITH WHILE IN PRISON
• PLEASE PRAY FOR PASTOR WANG
• PLEASE PRAY FOR HIS WIFE JIANG AND SON JOSHUA

3. CHINA-PASTOR CAO
• PASTOR CAO WAS ARRESTED IN 2017 AND SENTENCED TO 7
YEARS IN PRISON AFTER A YEAR OF BEING HELD WITH NO
CHARGES
• PASTOR CAO HAS STARTED AT LEAST 16 SCHOOLS HELPING
2,000 IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN AMONG THE POOR IN THE
MYANMAR’S WA STATE
• IN AUGUST HE WAS ALLOWED A VIDEO CALL WITH HIS
MOTHER IN WHICH HE TOLD HER HE IS PRAYING DAILY FOR
HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST AS WELL AS WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE WORLD
• SEPTEMBER 2020, HIS MOTHER RECEIVED A LETTER STATING
HE WAS IN GOOD HEALTH
• PLEASE PRAY FOR PASTOR CAO IN PRISON IN CHINA
• PLEASE PRAY FOR HIS WIFE JAMIE AND SONS BENJAMIN AND
AMOS WHO CURRENTLY ARE IN THE USA

4. IRAN-PASTOR VICTOR
• PASTOR VICTOR WAS ARRESTED IN 2014 AND HIS WIFE
SHAMIRAM WAS ARRESTED IN 2017.
• AFTER FACING MULTIPLE HEARINGS AND HAVING APPEALS
REJECTED, BOTH PASTOR VICTOR AND HIS WIFE WERE
ORDERED ON AUG 11 TO REPORT TO THE PRISON IN FIVE
DAYS
• PASTOR VICTOR AND HIS WIFE WERE ABLE TO FLEE THE
COUNTRY BEFORE BEING BROUGHT TO THE PRISON TO
SERVE THEIR PRISON SENTENCES
• BOTH PASTOR VICTOR AND HIS WIFE ARE IN AN
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION AND REMAIN SAFE AT THIS TIME!

5. IRAN-ROKHSAREH AND AMIN
• ROKHSAREH WAS CHARGED IN DECEMBER 2018 AND
SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON IN OCTOBER 2019.
SHE WAS GRANTED TEMPORARY RELEASE ON MARCH 2,
2020 AND ON APRIL 2, 2020 SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE NO
LONGER NEEDS TO RETURN TO PRISON.
• AMIN KHAKI WAS SENTENCED TO 14 MONTHS IN PRISON IN
MARCH 2019 FOR PROPAGANDA AGAINST THE REGIME
CHARGES. MARCH 2, 2020 HE WAS TEMPORARILY
RELEASED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS. ON APRIL 6,
2020 HE WAS TOLD HE DID NOT HAVE TO RETURN TO
PRISON
• PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE RELEASE OF TWO PRISONERS
FROM IRAN!

6. ERITREA
• JULY 2020 22 METHODIST CHRISTIANS WERE RELEASED
• SEPTEMBER 2020 VOICE OF THE MARTYRS RECEIVED NEWS
THAT 31 CHRISTIANS WERE RELEASED FROM PRISON IN
ERITREA. 21 MEN AND 10 WOMEN, SOME OF THESE HAVING
BEEN IMPRISONED FOR MORE THEN 10 YEARS.
• MORE CHRISTIANS WERE RELEASED IN OCTOBER OF 2020,
BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 69 HAVING BEEN RELEASED. THEY
WERE RELEASED ON CONDITION THAT THEY WOULD NOT
LEAVE THE COUNTRY
• IN CELEBRATION OF THE RELEASES, CHRISTIANS TOOK TO THE
STREETS TO PRAISE THE LORD. AT THIS TIME FIVE WOMEN
WERE ARRESTED, ALL FIVE MOTHERS
• PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE RELEASE OF SOME OF THE
CHRISTIANS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. CONTINUE TO PRAY
FOR THOSE RECENTLY ARRESTED AND STILL IN PRISON

7. AFGHANISTAN
• MANY CHRISTIANS ARE MEETING IN THEIR HOMES
STUDYING THE BIBLE THROUGH THE METHOD OF STORY
TELLING
• SOCIAL MEDIA HAS ALSO PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN OUT
REACHING PROGRAMS
• THANK THE LORD THAT THOUGH IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO
FIND WAYS TO OPENLY SERVE THE LORD IN AFGHANISTAN,
YET THE LORD STILL OPENS DOORS FOR HIS WORD TO
PENETRATE THROUGH TO MANY LIVES

8. TURKEY
• PLEASE PRAY FOR RADWAN WHO IS BEING HELD BY A SUNNI
MUSLIM GROUP BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO HAND OVER HIS
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOR THEM TO TURN IT INTO AN
ISLAMIC SCHOOL. THIS SUNNI MUSLIM GROUP CALLED
SHAM LEGION IS CONTROLLED BY TURKEY.
• PLEASE PRAY FOR HIS SAFETY AS MANY ARE FEARFUL HE
WILL LOSE HIS LIFE WHILE IN CAPTIVITY