PubLiC Enemy #1

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SuDAn Public Enemy Number 1 of the top 13 countries that

persecute Christians world-wide

CounTry PRoFiLE• Sudan is perhaps the worst violator. Its

Islamic government has engaged in a policy of forcible conversion. Many of the Sudanese in the southern part of the country (the north is Arab) have resisted conversion, in many cases because of adherence to Christianity (a criminal act under Sudanese law).

• As punishment, the Sudanese government has denied food and medicine to Christians in famine areas and has sold thousands of Christian children--some as young as 6--into slavery. There have been reports of crucifixions and torture of Christians.

CounTry PRoFiLE• Population: 34,300,000• Head of State: President

Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashiro In March 2009, the International

Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

• One hundred thirty-seven of the 246 people groups in Sudan are unreached by the gospel.

• Category: Restricted Nation• Religion: Muslim 61.4%,

Christian 26.1%• Ideology: Islam• In a January 2011 referendum,

South Sudan overwhelmingly voted for independence from the north.

• Sudan ranked among the bottom 10 countries in the 2012 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index. "News is controlled, the media are under surveillance and journalists are harassed by the security forces," the watchdog has said.

• Darfar conflict- 2003-2010• 400,000 dead• 2.5 million people displaced• Ordered killing of citizens

THE CYCLE OF ImPRisonmenT

Imprisonment

Sharing the GospelPersecution

Why ARE WE AFRAiD?• For God has not given us

the Spirit of Fear but of Power and of Love and of a sound mind- 2 Timothy 1:7

• Honeymoon with Jesus in Prison

• What is real comes out in the process of us being crushed

• “It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their [the communists' ] terms. It was a deal; we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching. They were happy beating us, so everyone was happy.” ― Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ

How CAN WE PRAy• Remember those in

prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies. Hebrews 13:3

• Lastly pray that you would be willing to go to a country like this to give the gospel to these needy people!

• Pray for Sudan’s leaders starting with the head of State: President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir

• Pray for the persecutors of our brothers and sisters in Christ in Sudan, that through the testimony of faithful believers they would come to faith in Christ (example the Apostle Paul)

• Pray for the persecuted saints in Sudan that God would protect and provide them with the power of His Spirit when they preach and stand up against their persecutors

WILL YOU GO?

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