Please continue to pray for our brothers and sisters around the globe who suffer for Christ.
Iraq - Fr. Youssef Adel, 40, an Assyrian Orthodox priest, was driving to a church on April 5 when gunmen in another vehicle opened fire and killed him. The murder took place in the district of Karradah, Baghdad. Fr. Adel, who directed a high school attended by both Christians and Muslims, faced numerable threats meant to evacuate him from his position.
India – The pastors and members of the Manna Ministry in Krishnapuram, Andhra Pradesh, were beaten by Hindu extremists on April 2nd. The mob, numbering about 20, attacked their vehicle while they were returning from an evangelistic outreach. Pastor Gopal, one of the leaders, was seriously injured, and the group’s literature was destroyed.
A couple of weeks earlier, on March 17, Hindu extremists assaulted and threatened school children from the Toopran School in Telungana Village, Andhra Pradesh, while they were distributing Bible tracts. “A group of Hindu extremists stopped the school children from further distribution of tracts.
China - We thank the Lord for the release of well-known house church leader and Christian book store manager, Zhou Heng, on February 19. Heng was released when a court determined there was not sufficient evidence to prosecute him. Please pray for Heng’s physical and emotional healing as he recuperates at home from severe beatings he received from guards and inmates while imprisoned.
HT: Voice of the Martyrs / China Aid
