Praying for Eritrea

Through Church in Chains, World Mission Partnership shares regular prayer requests for persecuted Christians around the world. Church in Chains is an Irish organisation that encourages prayer and action in support of the persecuted church. Over the next couple of months, please pray for Eritrea.

• The Eritrean army has been involved in widespread human rights violations in the conflict in the Tigray region of neighbouring Ethiopia. A peace agreement was signed in November 2022, but Eritrea was not a party to this agreement.
  Pray for the complete withdrawal of all Eritrean forces and for peace and justice in the region. 

• We are thankful that Dr Berhane Asmelash from Release Eritrea is speaking at Church in Chains’ annual conference on 9th September to give us an update on his work. We will also hear from ex-prisoner Twen Theodros by video link. We ask the Lord to bless them both.
  More details here: https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/e_VLCMQErIW5RqfwqOMK?domain=churchinchains.ie/

• Today we want to pray for strength and hope for the 103 young Christians who were arrested in April when they gathered to record worship music to release on YouTube. We also pray for their release! 

• We pray that God would convict President Isaias Afewerki of the many human rights violations his regime has committed during his thirty-year rule. We pray for a righteous and just government to rule in Eritrea.