{"id":44407,"date":"2022-11-01T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?p=44407"},"modified":"2022-11-01T14:47:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T05:47:56","slug":"vomk-report-227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/2022\/11\/01\/vomk-report-227\/","title":{"rendered":"1 in 7 CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED: SUNDAY IS WORLDWIDE PRAYER DAY FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”44400″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Christians in an estimated 100,000 churches in 130 countries worldwide are expected to join together over the next two Sundays to pray especially for persecuted Christians. The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) 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.” 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_text]Voice of the Martyrs Korea<\/span> Representative Dr<\/span>. Hyun Sook<\/span> Foley says her organization <\/span>is providing <\/span>free<\/span> materials to help <\/span>Korean<\/span> churches and Christians participate <\/span>in the worldwide event<\/span>, at <\/span><\/span>www.vomkorea.com\/en\/idop<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u201cToday <\/span>3<\/span>60 million Christians<\/span>\u2014a<\/span>bout <\/span>1 in 7 Christians worldwide<\/span>\u2014face <\/span>persecution for their faith<\/span>,\u201d says Representative<\/span> Foley<\/span>, citing statistics from the World Evangelical Association<\/span>\u2019s <\/span>Religious Liberty Commission<\/span>. <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Last year<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span>n<\/span> average <\/span>of <\/span>16<\/span> Christians were killed <\/span>each day <\/span>for their faith<\/span>, while another <\/span>1<\/span>7<\/span> were <\/span>arrested<\/span> and <\/span>10 were abducted. <\/span>Overall l<\/span>ast year, more than 200,000 Christians were forced to leave their homes or go into hiding <\/span>for faith-related reasons. The numbers are staggering, but behind every number is a story.<\/span> Typically<\/span> the story is one of Christian <\/span>perseverance<\/span> and God\u2019s faithfulness.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”44403″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Rebecca pictured with the Bible she rescued from the remains of her burnt home.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230f0f0f|line_height:1.45em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]V<\/span>oice of the Martyrs Korea\u2019s<\/span> 2022 IDOP video<\/span>, <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Rebecca: Nigeria<\/span>\u201d<\/span>,<\/span> tells the <\/span>true <\/span>story of a Nigerian woman <\/span>forced to <\/span>watch helplessly with her daughter as Boko Haram militants killed her husband and son and burned her home.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Representative Foley says that <\/span>the video highlights the miracle that gave the woman hope to <\/span>continue on<\/span> with her faith <\/span>after the massacre.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>When <\/span>Rebecca<\/span> searched <\/span>through her completely burnt <\/span>home<\/span> after the fire<\/span>, she found the Bible that she and her husband had received on their wedding day<\/span>,\u201d says Representative Foley<\/span>. \u201c<\/span>In the video Rebecca says, \u2018<\/span>I still use <\/span>this<\/span> Bible<\/span>. <\/span>It reminds me of God\u2019s faithfulness.<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”44405″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Screen capture of the \u201cRebecca: Nigeria\u201d video which shows her village being burnt by Boko Haram militants.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230f0f0f|line_height:1.45em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope families, small groups, and churches will watch this video and then pray especially that <\/span>God will grant <\/span>every Christian in a hostile area or restricted nation access to <\/span>their <\/span>own Bible<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d<\/span> says Representative Foley.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The <\/span>video is available for free viewing at <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/idop\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Visitors can also sign up to receive Voice of the Martyrs Korea\u2019s free 202<\/span>3<\/span> Prayer Calendar, with daily prayer requests for persecuted Christians, along with the free monthly newsletter containing updated <\/span>prayer information.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”44400″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”Christians in an estimated 100,000 churches in 130 countries worldwide are expected to join together over the next two Sundays to pray especially for persecuted Christians. The …","protected":false},"author":659,"featured_media":44401,"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-44407","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":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44407","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=44407"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44418,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44407\/revisions\/44418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}