Source: International Christian Concern, December 12, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An Indonesian official called for regional governments to support Christians who are having difficulty carrying out Christmas services this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[The Minister for Human Development and Culture, Muhajir Effendy] emphasized that he wants to prevent discrimination, saying, \u201cEveryone must receive the same service; there must be no discrimination. If you cannot carry out your worship because of difficulties, there are no facilities, the government must provide them under the Ministry of Religion offices in each region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please join us in praying for a safe Christmas for Christians across Indonesia gathering to celebrate our Savior\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another recent story from ICC reports that authorities in Mauritania have arrested many Christian leaders and their families<\/a> following calls for punishment by Muslims outraged over a baptism video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Christians in other places may also have \u201cdifficulties\u201d gathering, particularly to celebrate Christmas. In Iran, Christmas is a time of terror<\/a> when believers are frequently arrested (Back to Jerusalem).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: International Christian Concern, December 12, 2023 An Indonesian official called for regional governments to support Christians who are having difficulty carrying out Christmas services this year. [The Minister for Human Development and Culture, Muhajir Effendy] emphasized that he wants to prevent discrimination, saying, \u201cEveryone must receive the same service; there must be no discrimination. … Continue reading Indonesia: Official Calls Government to Support Christians This Christmas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12579,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12570\/revisions\/12579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}