China
Pray for an elderly couple who belonged to Early Rain Covenant Church in China: police officers moved in with them in November to monitor their activity.
China
Pray for Dai Zhichao and his family in China: he leads the Tashui group (see previous prayer). The family have been detained, threatened and had their flat vandalised. Police rent the flat next door to monitor them closely.
China
In China, ongoing persecution of Early Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan province has caused the congregation to split into smaller groups. Members of one such group, Tashui, have been arrested: one, Shu Qiong, has been beaten three times.
China
Continue to pray for high-profile Chinese Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng who has not been seen for more than four years. Gao has suffered intense persecution since 2005.
China
In September, the Maizi Christian Music High School in Heilongjiang province, China was raided and the principal arrested. Pray its music will continue to make manifest the glory of the Lord.
China
Pray for God’s peace to fill a Christian school in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province in China, which officials raided in October. More than ten children, three teachers and three parents were questioned and the adults detained overnight.
China
In China, five representatives of Abeka Academy in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, were arrested in October. Abeka is a Christian home-schooling programme founded in the US. Pray for the release of Wang Jian, who remains in detention.