4/11/2024 (VOM)
In January, two masked gunmen randomly shot and killed a 52-year-old man in the middle of a church service. The self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility. Turkish police quickly arrested two suspects with ties to ISIS and later arrested 25 more after raiding numerous locations. Afterwards, police contacted a pastor of a rapidly growing church in another part of Turkiye and told him that his name was on an ISIS hit list. This pastor has been threatened by ultra-nationalist Turks many times, but this time that he is more worried than before. Turkish police offered to protect the pastor and encouraged him to set up security cameras.
Please pray…
Pray that that the Lord will encourage and strengthen this pastor who is under threat of assassination.
Pray that the churches in Türkiye will continue to be lights in the darkness.
Pray that the police will be sincere in their promises to protect the pastor.
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