ChinaAidOctober 9, 2010 HENAN -- For simply practicing her faith, Zheng Yumei was arbitrarily sentenced to a year of re-education through labor at the Shibahe Women's Center in Zhengzhou, Henan in March 2010. She and three other members of Tianmiao Town Church in Yuchen County, Henan were accused of “belonging to a cult” and given unfair prison sentences. While imprisoned, Yumei has fallen seriously ill, and the administration at the women’s center refuses to provide medical care for her and insists that her treatment be funded by family members. Zheng Yumei’s husband, Liu Yunhua, was one of the other three also injudiciously sentenced to a year in a laogai facility in March, so he cannot pay for his wife’s medical needs. Liu Yunhua and fellow inmate Gao Jianli have been fighting a court battle ever since the sentencing. They sued the Shangqiu Municipality Committee in May in an attempt to clear their names and place a stop to the persecution.

JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 13 (CDN) — Islamic organizations have mounted a campaign against the planned construction of Mother Teresa Catholic Church in West Java Province, where Christian leaders report 20 other churches have faced Muslim hostility since 2009. Muslim leaders said plans for the Mother Teresa church in the Lippo Cikarang property project in the Cikarang area will make it the largest church building in Bekasi City. Adang Permana, general chairman of the Bekasi Islamic Youth Movement, said Bekasi area Muslims oppose the church building because they fear it will become “a center of Christianization,” according to the Islamic website Hidayatullah.com. “This church will become the center of apostasy and clearly disturb the faith of Bekasi citizens, who are mostly Muslims,” Permana said, according to the website. “In addition to rejecting this parish church, we also call for the disbanding of all unauthorized churches in Bekasi Regency [City],” he stated. A church leader, however, said area residents had approved the presence of the church.

It's hard to believe that it's been nine months since the horrible disaster in Haiti, but it has been. So today I wanted to remind you to pray for the people of Haiti. Mission Network News has highlighted Haiti today in a report, and it is so sad because only about two percent of the rubble has been removed.

Our good friends at China Aid are asking for prayer for the members of Changchunli Church because the members are being targeted. Please say a prayer for them today.

Before burning at the stake for teaching the Bible, Dr. Rowland Taylor wrote these beautiful words:

Here's another interesting case that the ACLU has taken up, this time regarding a bible study that has taken place in an elementary school during school hours.

Here is an interesting story coming out of South Carolina concerning the ACLU who is suing this jail because they will not allow the inmates to read anything besides the bible.

Thank you all for joining us again in prayer this week. The prayers of the righteous accomplish much!

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