{"id":8601,"date":"2019-06-19T12:23:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8601"},"modified":"2019-06-19T12:23:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:23:51","slug":"eritrea-arrested-while-praying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8601","title":{"rendered":"ERITREA: Arrested While Praying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Christian Freedom International, June 6, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Reports are trickling out of police in Eritrea raiding private gatherings and arresting Christians while they pray. Eritrea outlawed most Christian denominations and closed evangelical churches in 2002. Christians who worship in unregistered churches are considered enemies of the state. Jailed without charges or trials, some are beaten, kept in shipping containers in the desert, hanged from trees, and tortured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe torture of Christians is widespread\u201d in Eritrean prisons reported a recent global review of persecution by the Bishop of Truro. Eritrea has been called the \u201cNorth Korea of Africa.\u201d President Isaias Afwerki has ruled with an iron fist since 1993. Pray for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Miracles to free and heal Christians and prove Jesus\u2019 power.<\/li>\n<li>Truth to break through and open the eyes of Eritrean persecutors.<\/li>\n<li>Justice, righteousness and grace to spread and transform Eritrea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/christianfreedom.org\/eritrea-arrests-pentecostals-while-praying\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/christianfreedom.org\/eritrea-arrests-pentecostals-while-praying\/\">Read full story<\/a> with more prayer points.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoorsusa.org\/christian-persecution\/stories\/30-more-christians-arrested-in-eritrea-renounce-your-faith-or-go-to-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoorsusa.org\/christian-persecution\/stories\/30-more-christians-arrested-in-eritrea-renounce-your-faith-or-go-to-jail\/\">30 More Christians Arrested in Eritrea<\/a> (Open Doors).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Christian Freedom International, June 6, 2019 Reports are trickling out of police in Eritrea raiding private gatherings and arresting Christians while they pray. Eritrea outlawed most Christian denominations and closed evangelical churches in 2002. Christians who worship in unregistered churches are considered enemies of the state. Jailed without charges or trials, some are beaten, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8601\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ERITREA: Arrested While Praying<\/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-8601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8601","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=8601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8602,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8601\/revisions\/8602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}