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Prayer Alert - Iran
HOUSE CHURCH LEADER MARTYRED: by a group of fanatic Muslims
Iran Ranks 5th in Persecution Ranking
Iranian Christians are asking for prayer following a series of disturbing incidents in their country, including the recent murder of a house church leader.
On November 22, Ghorban Dordi Tourani was arrested from his home in Gonbad-e-Kavus, located in northeastern Iran. A few hours later, Tourani, 53, who converted to Christianity while in prison 22 years ago, was beaten and stabbed to death by an unnamed group of fanatic Muslims, who dumped his body in front of his house.
Not long after Tourani's murder, representatives of Iran's secret police, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), raided Tourani's home, apparently searching for Bibles and other banned Christian literature in the Farsi language.
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Over the past month, Ahmadinejad has conducted a broad shake-up within the government establishment, replacing hundreds of governors, ambassadors and senior ministry officials with young and mostly inexperienced Islamists. Recently, students at Tehran University protested when a religious cleric without even a high school diploma was appointed rector of the nation's oldest university.
In November, the new director of prisons also transferred a number of political prisoners of conscience into criminal wards with convicted murderers and drug dealers. At least one of these political prisoners has been killed by fellow inmates, sparking the fears of Iranian Christians for the security of Hamid Pourmand, serving a three-year sentence at Tehran's Evin Prison for refusing to renounce his conversion to Christianity.
Prayer Points
Please pray:
* Tourani's widow and his four children to know the comfort, peace and strength of Jesus. Pray for God's care for Tourani's house church. Pray that his death will bring many to Christ and for his congregation to grow spiritually and to multiply.
* Those detained and beaten by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security to know the LORD's healing, physically and psychologically.
* All Christians across Iran to know the LORD's Psalm 91 protection and deep inner peace now and always. Ask God to deepen the faith, conviction and passion of Iranian Christians who are facing an escalation in incidents of persecution. Pray Psalm 140 over Christian Believers.
* This recent wave of persecution to cease immediately and for God's intervention in Iran.
* The salvation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, other authorities and members of Iran's secret police.
* The LORD to continue to build His Church in Iran, and raise up anointed pastors to lead it.
* Supernatural growth of house churches to multiply rapidly and for new converts to grow strong in their faith.
* The glory of God will be revealed in unprecedented ways to the people of Iran.
* The LORD of Hosts to crush the forces of darkness in and around Persia (Iran).
* All women in Iran to be protected, equipped, and informed with biblical principles.
Sources: Compass Direct and Jubilee Campaign USA
http://www.win1040.com/
HOUSE CHURCH LEADER MARTYRED: by a group of fanatic Muslims
Iran Ranks 5th in Persecution Ranking
Iranian Christians are asking for prayer following a series of disturbing incidents in their country, including the recent murder of a house church leader.
On November 22, Ghorban Dordi Tourani was arrested from his home in Gonbad-e-Kavus, located in northeastern Iran. A few hours later, Tourani, 53, who converted to Christianity while in prison 22 years ago, was beaten and stabbed to death by an unnamed group of fanatic Muslims, who dumped his body in front of his house.
Not long after Tourani's murder, representatives of Iran's secret police, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), raided Tourani's home, apparently searching for Bibles and other banned Christian literature in the Farsi language.
...
Over the past month, Ahmadinejad has conducted a broad shake-up within the government establishment, replacing hundreds of governors, ambassadors and senior ministry officials with young and mostly inexperienced Islamists. Recently, students at Tehran University protested when a religious cleric without even a high school diploma was appointed rector of the nation's oldest university.
In November, the new director of prisons also transferred a number of political prisoners of conscience into criminal wards with convicted murderers and drug dealers. At least one of these political prisoners has been killed by fellow inmates, sparking the fears of Iranian Christians for the security of Hamid Pourmand, serving a three-year sentence at Tehran's Evin Prison for refusing to renounce his conversion to Christianity.
Prayer Points
Please pray:
* Tourani's widow and his four children to know the comfort, peace and strength of Jesus. Pray for God's care for Tourani's house church. Pray that his death will bring many to Christ and for his congregation to grow spiritually and to multiply.
* Those detained and beaten by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security to know the LORD's healing, physically and psychologically.
* All Christians across Iran to know the LORD's Psalm 91 protection and deep inner peace now and always. Ask God to deepen the faith, conviction and passion of Iranian Christians who are facing an escalation in incidents of persecution. Pray Psalm 140 over Christian Believers.
* This recent wave of persecution to cease immediately and for God's intervention in Iran.
* The salvation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, other authorities and members of Iran's secret police.
* The LORD to continue to build His Church in Iran, and raise up anointed pastors to lead it.
* Supernatural growth of house churches to multiply rapidly and for new converts to grow strong in their faith.
* The glory of God will be revealed in unprecedented ways to the people of Iran.
* The LORD of Hosts to crush the forces of darkness in and around Persia (Iran).
* All women in Iran to be protected, equipped, and informed with biblical principles.
Sources: Compass Direct and Jubilee Campaign USA
http://www.win1040.com/