{"id":39178,"date":"2021-11-03T13:09:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T04:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?p=39178"},"modified":"2021-11-03T15:34:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T06:34:42","slug":"vomk-report-177","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/2021\/11\/03\/vomk-report-177\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS SUNDAY IS THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”39175″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Christians in an estimated 100,000 churches in 130 countries worldwide will be joining together this Sunday to pray especially for persecuted Christians. The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church has been observed annually on the first and second Sundays of November each year since being established more than 20 years ago by the World Evangelical Association. Voice of the Martyrs Korea has released a new short film to help Korean churches and Christians participate in the worldwide event this Sunday and for the coming year.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:1.2em|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” el_class=”headline”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u201cToday 260 million Christians<\/span>\u2014a<\/span>bout\u00a0<\/span>10% of\u00a0<\/span>the global Christian population<\/span>\u2014face\u00a0<\/span>intense persecution for their faith<\/span>,\u201d says Voice of the Martyrs Korea Representative Dr<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0Hyun Sook Foley<\/span>, citing statistics from the World Evangelical Association<\/span>\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Religious Liberty Commission<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”39167″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand as portrayed in the 5-minute Finding Life video” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230a0a0a|line_height:1.45em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Representative Foley says that the\u00a0<\/span>International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church\u00a0<\/span>(IDOP)\u00a0<\/span>is a direct response to the most common request made by persecuted Christians.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWhen we ask persecuted Christians how we can help them, the first thing they say is \u2018Pray for us!<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u201d<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0says\u00a0<\/span>Representative Foley<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThat is exactly what happens on the two IDOP Sundays annually: The church around the world\u00a0<\/span>joins together in prayer for their persecuted brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]For this year\u2019s event,\u00a0<\/span>V<\/span>oice of the Martyrs Korea has<\/span>\u00a0released\u00a0<\/span>a new\u00a0<\/span>short<\/span>\u00a0film<\/span>, \u201cFinding Life\u201d<\/span>\u00a0(run time 5 minutes)<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0dramatizing the\u00a0<\/span>story of\u00a0<\/span>Voice of the Martyrs\u2019 worldwide co-founders, Richard and Sabina\u00a0<\/span>Wurmbrand<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>Despite imprisonment and other persecution<\/span>\u00a0under both\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Nazi<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0and Communist occupation of Romania<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Wurmbrand<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0faithfully advanced the gospel, abandoning selfish pursuits and obediently surrendering daily to Christ<\/span>,\u201d says Representative Foley<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>Following their decades-long ministry work<\/span>\u00a0and periods of imprisonment<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Wurmbrands<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>co-founded Voice of the Martyrs.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”39165″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”An original photo of Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand in their later years.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230a0a0a|line_height:1.45em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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Representative Foley says that b<\/span>y choosing to\u00a0<\/span>\u2018<\/span>lose<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u00a0their earthly lives, sacrificing their comfort and safety in this world, the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Wurmbrands<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>found true life in Jesus Christ.\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>Today, our persecuted Christian brothers and sisters are finding life that counts for eternity at the cost of harassment, imprisonment and even death<\/span>,\u201d says Representative Foley<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>On the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, w<\/span>e pray for our\u00a0<\/span>260 million\u00a0<\/span>persecuted Christian family members who choose to walk this path in obedience to Christ. Like\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Wurmbrand<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0and countless others throughout church history, they are examples for us.\u00a0<\/span>We believe that \u2018Finding Life\u2019\u00a0<\/span>will inspire your family,\u00a0<\/span>small\u00a0<\/span>group, or church to walk that same path of obedience.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\u201c<\/span>Finding Life\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0available for<\/span>\u00a0free\u00a0<\/span>viewing<\/span> \u00a0at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>www.vomkorea.com\/idop<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Visitors can also sign up to receive Voice of the Martyrs Korea\u2019s free 202<\/span>2<\/span>\u00a0Prayer Calendar, with daily prayer requests for persecuted Christians, along with the free monthly newsletter containing updated\u00a0<\/span>prayer information.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”39163″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Screenshot of the IDOP web-page \u2013 www.vomkorea.com\/idop” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230a0a0a|line_height:1.45em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vomkorea.com%2Fidop||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”39175″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Christians in an estimated 100,000 churches in 130 countries worldwide will be joining together this Sunday to pray especially for persecuted Christians. The International Day of Prayer …","protected":false},"author":659,"featured_media":39176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[857,235,869,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russian-special","category-special-column","category-china-special","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":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39178","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\/659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}