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ALGERIA
FRIDAY 1: Thank God for the
presidential pardon given
to Hamid Soudad who was
serving a five-year sentence
for blasphemy, after he
shared a caricature of Islam’s
prophet Mohammed on social
media.
SATURDAY 2: Continue to
intercede for this North
African nation, praying
that our Algerian brothers
and sisters will be granted
freedom to worship God and
share the gospel.
SUNDAY 3: Pray for four
pastors presently facing
trial. The accusations against
them include holding a
church service in a home and
producing Christian media
content.
MONDAY 4: It is believed that
only ten churches remain
open throughout the whole of
Algeria: 30 have been closed
since 2017. Pray that the
church in Algeria will find
creative and fruitful ways to
enjoy fellowship.
TUESDAY 5: Thank God that
Algerian Christians continue
to proclaim the gospel boldly.
Pray that persecution will
continue to lead to significant
church growth, in Algeria and
across northern Africa.
LAOS
WEDNESDAY 6: Pray for
believers in Laos who often
face discrimination and
oppression. Christians are
reportedly excluded from
government humanitarian
aid distributions.
THURSDAY 7: When Jai refused
to recant his Christian faith,
he lost his seat on the village
council. Then local officials
killed all his pigs and poultry,
which were his livelihood.
Pray that God will provide
for him and his wife, Tai.
FRIDAY 8: Pray for Christian
children in the Laotian
village where Jai (above)
lives. The local council rules
that children under the age
of 18 are not allowed to
attend church.
SATURDAY 9: Pray for a dozen
Christian families and their
pastor who were driven out
of Mai, a mainly Buddhist
village in Luang Namtha
province, following their
conversion to Christianity.
CHINA
SUNDAY 10: Officials raided
a children’s summer camp
run by the Xuncheng (Zion)
Reformed Church. Four
leaders were given 15-day
‘administrative detention’.
Pray that the children, who
witnessed the raid, will stand
firm in their faith.
MONDAY 11: Xuncheng
Reformed Church and its
leaders have long suffered
persecution: Pastor An
Yankui and Zhang Chenghao
were detained for a year
after attending a conference
in Malaysia in 2020. Ask God
to encourage them in their
faithful ministry.
TUESDAY 12: Pray for several
leaders and members of
Golden Lampstand Church in
Linfen who are currently on
trial for ‘fraud’. Their building
was forcibly demolished in
2018.
WEDNESDAY 13: Among
the members of Golden
Lampstand Church, Linfen, on
trial for fraud are Pastor Wang
Xiaoguang and his wife, Yang
Rongli. Pray for this faithful
couple who are said to be in
poor health after two years
behind bars.
THURSDAY 14: Pray for four
Christians from Shingjia
Church in Shunde, including
Pastor Deng Yanxiang, who
were arrested in May on
suspicion of ‘illegal business
practices’. They were detained
beyond the term of their 30-
day ‘administrative detention’.
FRIDAY 15: Please pray for a
fifth Christian from Shingjia
Church, elder Zhu Longfei,
who was arrested in August,
also on suspicion of illegal
business practices. He is
detained at the same centre as
his sister and brother.
SATURDAY 16: Pray for Pastor
Ru Zongren of Chengxi
Christian Church in Anhui,
whom police hand-cuffed to
his hospital bed for five hours
during dialysis treatment. It
appears the motive was to
silence him during a visit of
senior communist officials.
SUNDAY 17: Continue to pray
for members of the Shenzhen
Holy Reformed Church (also
known as the Mayflower
Church) as they re-establish
DECEMBER 2023