Pray for Persecuted Ministry Leader Arrested for Quoting Scripture on Homosexuality

Precious ones, we have a lot to pray about this week.  So I would like to encourage you to print these posts up and pray over them.  Remember that the Lord does hear our prayers, and even though we may never see the answers ourselves to our cries for mercy, justice and help for the persecuted, we can know that God does not lie, and that He is answering us!

The following prayer requests are from our VOM partners in Canada.  Visit www.persecution.net for more information.

Ministry Leader Arrested in Wales for Scripture Quotes on Homosexuality

Stephen Green, director of the UK organization, Christian Voice, was arrested on September 2 as he was distributing a pamphlet to those attending a homosexual Mardi Gras event in the Welsh capital of Cardiff. He was approached by an inspector from the "Minorities Support Unit" of the police after some of the participants took offense at the content of the leaflet (go to www.persecution.net/news/uk1.pdf to view a copy of the leaflet). When he went outside the park and continued distributing the offending material, he was arrested and charged with "threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby, contrary to section 5(1) and (6) of the Public Order Act 1986." A spokesman for the police told London's Daily Mail that Green had not been violent or aggressive, but that the arrest was solely because "the leaflet contained Biblical quotes about homosexuality."

Pray that the Word of God will take root in the hearts of those who received the pamphlet, and that they will come to know Christ (Luke 8:4-8). Pray that Stephen will respond to his accusers with love and compassion (Matthew 5:43-48). Pray that all charges will be dropped against him.