{"id":18666,"date":"2019-11-26T13:04:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T04:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?p=18666"},"modified":"2020-02-18T16:06:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T07:06:30","slug":"vomk-report-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/2019\/11\/26\/vomk-report-79\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE 2020 WALL CALENDAR SEEKS TO INCREASE PRAYER FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Seeking to promote more knowledgeable and frequent prayer for persecuted Christians around the world, persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea is offering a free 2020 full-color wall calendar to individuals who request it directly from the ministry this month.&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:p|font_size:1.2em|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221; el_class=&#8221;headline&#8221;][vc_column_text]According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea representative Hyun Sook Foley, each day on the calendar lists a detailed prayer request for an actual Christian or church facing persecution, while each month features a different full-color inspirational photo of Christians carrying on their ministry in countries closed to the gospel.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row overlay_dotted=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;17238&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/2020-calendar\/&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;\ud55c\uad6d VOM 2020\ub144 \uae30\ub3c4 \ub2ec\ub825&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:p|font_size:11px|text_align:center|color:%23000000|line_height:1.6em&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Representative Foley says,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe first request of our persecuted brothers and sisters is always \u2018Pray for us.\u2019 However, their prayers are often quite different than how we might pray. Instead of asking to be rescued from suffering, for example, they ask for God to keep them faithful in the midst of suffering and to use their suffering to further the gospel. That\u2019s why this calendar is special: We ask persecuted Christians what they want us to pray for them, rather than us just praying for them what we think they need.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Foley believes that both the detailed daily prayer requests and the photos of joyful Christians in closed countries are important for Korean Christians to see.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe calendar is not full of sad faces or depressing prayer requests because in our experience, persecuted Christians are typically more joyful and bold and ministry-driven than Christians in other countries,\u201d says Foley. \u201cWe believe Korean Christians will grow in their faith as a result of using this calendar to pray together daily with persecuted Christians.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18672&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2020\ub144 \ubcbd\uac78\uc774 \uae30\ub3c4 \ub2ec\ub825\uc744 \uc18c\uac1c\ud558\ub294 \ud55c\uad6d VOM \ud604\uc219 \ud3f4\ub9ac(Hyun Sook Foley) \ub300\ud45c&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:p|font_size:11px|text_align:center|color:%23000000|line_height:1.6em&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Individuals interested in receiving VOMK\u2019s free 2020 prayer calendar can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vomkorea.com\/en\/2020-calendar\">www.vomkorea.com\/2020-calendar<\/a> or text their name and address to 010-3151-2065. Anyone signed up for the calendar will also receive a free subscription to VOMK\u2019s popular monthly newsletter, which keeps readers up-to-date on persecution news from around the world, including updates from prayers prayed earlier in the year.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Sign up for the VOMK\u2019s free 2020 prayer calendar&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;info&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fvomkorea.com%2Fen%2F2020-calendar%2F||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #333333;\">Because of the cost of the calendar, the free offer is only available to individuals who contact the ministry directly to request the calendar for themselves. There is a limit of one free calendar per household. Bulk orders for the free calendar are not accepted. Interested individuals can also call Voice of the Martyrs Korea at 02-2065-0703 for more information.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Seeking to promote more knowledgeable and frequent prayer for persecuted Christians around the world, persecution ministry Voice of the Martyrs Korea is offering a free 2020 full-color wall calendar &#8230;","protected":false},"author":903,"featured_media":18690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vomk-report"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["ko","en","zh","ru"],"languages":{"ko":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"zh":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}