IDOP 2023 - November 5, 2023
What is IDOP?
IDOP stands for International Day of Prayer: for the Persecuted Church. Every year, Christians around the world set a day aside for prayer for our sisters and brothers who are persecuted for their faith.
We encourage you to join us and be prayerfully engaged.
IDOP Canada is coordinated by a group of Christian organizations across Canada that are serving the persecuted church worldwide.
Click the video to learn more about IDOP 2023 and how you can be involved.
Since 1969, ICR’s international ministry has been providing hope and help in Ukraine. At this time, as people in Ukraine are fleeing for their lives, ICR teams and partners are on the ground working to provide emergency food, safe shelter, blankets, and medical supplies for displaced people in Ukraine, and for those who have fled to nearby countries. Will you help?
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ICR Canada provides fast and effective help for persecuted Christians and people in need in many countries around the world.
Christian Worship Service Prohibited in Indonesia
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A church in Indonesia on Jan. 8 was prohibited from holding a Sunday service in front of a city hall building, where it had gone after losing its prior worship venue in a mall, sources said. Following opposition to the church’s services in a mall in Medan, North Sumatra Province, the head of the Medan Public Order Enforcer (Satpol Pamong Praja, or SPP), Rakhmat Harahap, and his unit banned an Elim Church Indonesia Christian (GEKI) congregation from holding worship…
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Learn how you can make a difference around the world by helping persecuted Christians who are persevering in their faith.
How We Help
Leadership training, church planting, humanitarian aid, and providing bibles and study guides are only a few of the ways we help.
Financial support is always appreciated, but let's also discuss how to partner with ICR Canada to help the persecuted church around the world.
Christian Doctor Slain in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 27, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A Christian doctor was killed in a machete attack on him and his motorcycle driver on Oct. 17 in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, sources said. Terrorists attacked Dr. Stephen Angbas, head of Angbas Hospital in the town of Lafia, at about 4 p.m. as he was returning…
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Terrorists Kill 11 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, October 4, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (Oct. 1) killed eight Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, and wounded five others, sources said. The assailants attacked Du village, in Bassa County’s Kwall District, with two children among those slain and the wounded requiring hospital treatment, said Davidson…
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Local Officials Seal Church Building Shut in Indonesia
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Local officials sealed shut a church building in West Java Province, Indonesia on Saturday (April 1), two weeks after Muslims intruded into a worship service and demanded its closure, church leaders said. The congregation of the Simalungun Christian Protestant Church (Gereja Kristen Protestan Simalungun, or GKPS) in Cigelam, Babakancikao,…
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Muslim Relatives Kill Pastor for His Faith
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 28, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a pastor in eastern Uganda took him from his home and killed him for his faith this month, sources said. Pastor Adinani Bulwa had fled Muslim opposition in northern Uganda and returned home to Muterere village, Bugiri District in January before he was killed…
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Five Christians Killed in NE Nigeria, 12 in Middle Belt
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed five Christians early Sunday morning (Jan. 22) in northeast Nigeria, following the slaughter of 12 Christians on Friday (Jan. 20) in the country’s Middle Belt, sources said. In Bauchi state’s Tafawa Balewa County, area residents said herdsmen attacked the predominantly Christian community of Gambar Sabon…
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