{"id":1022,"date":"2024-02-17T11:15:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T10:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forfulgtekristne.dk\/?page_id=1022"},"modified":"2024-03-14T15:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:24:13","slug":"write-an-encouraging-letter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forfulgtekristne.dk\/en\/engager-dig\/skriv-et-opmuntrende-brev\/","title":{"rendered":"Send letters of encouragement to harassed, discriminated and persecuted Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout history, Christians have been harassed, discriminated against and persecuted for their faith. They have been killed, imprisoned, attacked, ostracized, deemed disloyal, fired, evicted, watched and much more. It is still happening today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of those who has experienced persecution is Pastor Ilmurad Nurliev from Turkmenistan. He led a church in the country and was sentenced to four years in a labor camp. Until he was released after almost 1\u00bd years in prison, he received many warm letters from Denmark:\"They showed me that I had not been forgotten.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can send a greeting to persecuted Christians to let them know they are not forgotten and that they are part of God's big worldwide family. Write a letter and remember them in your prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you send an email to info@forfulgtekristne.dk<\/a> or a letter to Danish European Mission, Drejervej 15, 2400 Copenhagen NV, and we will ensure that the letters are distributed via secure communication channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below you can read about the Christians you can encourage with a letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write with encouragement to a persecuted Christian<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\r\n Dia Balao<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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Dia was brought before a court in Misrata and on September 4, 2022, he was sentenced to death for apostasy from Islam. The death sentence has not yet been carried out....<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Encourage Azita and Omid<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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Azita says: My husband Omid and I came to faith in Jesus in 1999. Omid is a deaf-mute. We started serving the Lord together in 2001. We...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Read about released prisoners and other persecuted people who have received letters of encouragement in the past<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\r\n Andrew Brunson<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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Andrew Brunson had been a missionary in Turkey for 23 years when he unwittingly became a hostage in a grand political game between Turkey and the US. Unlawfully imprisoned...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Dmitry Shestakov<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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Dmitry Shestakov was sentenced to 4 years in a labor camp in Uzbekistan on 9 March 2007 for leading a church that the authorities falsely claimed was conducting illegal...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Maryam and Marzieh<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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Maryam and Marzieh lived in Iran, where they grew up in Muslim families. On March 5, 2009, they were both arrested and imprisoned. The charges were...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Meriam Yahya Ibrahim<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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The Sudanese authorities believed Meriam Ibrahim had a Muslim background, despite her mother raising her in the Christian faith. When she later...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Encourage Jeewani with a letter<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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NB! The campaign has ended. Jeewani* lives in a big city in Sri Lanka. She works in a church. In the church there are 70 people. At the moment...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Encourage Pastor Chaminda with a letter<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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NB! The campaign has ended. For 18 years, Chaminda* has experienced violent persecution as a pastor in a small town just outside the capital of Colombo in...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Pastor Alimjan needs prayer<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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NOTE! The campaign has ended as Alimjan was released on March 23, 2023 after serving his prison sentence. For security reasons, it is currently not...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Pastor Ilmurad Nurliev<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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Pastor Ilmurad Nurliev was sentenced to four years in prison in 2010 on charges of \"causing significant loss to the citizen\". The background was that the members...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Pastor Kasjkumbajef<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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NB: The campaign ended when Kashkumbaev was released from prison on February 17, 2014. At the request of the Kazakh Christians, the Danish European Mission launched an appeal campaign where...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Write to Bakhrom Kholmatov<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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NOTE! The campaign has ended as Bakhrom Kholmatov was released on December 19, 2019. Many thanks to everyone who wrote to him and prayed for...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Write to Farshid Fathi<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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NOTE! The campaign ended when Farshid was released on December 22, 2015 Pastor Farshid Fathi was sentenced to six years in prison in 2010. A letter from...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Write to Maryam<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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NB: The letter writing campaign has thankfully ended as Maryam was released on August 1, 2017. Maryam Naghash Zargaran (also known as 'Nasim'), a former Muslim, was...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Write to Tohar Hajdarov<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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The campaign has ended as Tohar has been released \ud83d\ude42 Tohar was unjustly sentenced to ten years in prison in 2010 at the age of 27 for possessing and selling...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>

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\r\n Write to Umid Gojajef<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n
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NB: The campaign ended when Umid Gojajef was released from prison on February 17, 2015. Pastor Umid was unjustly sentenced to four years in prison in 2012...<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/article>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Throughout history, Christians have been harassed, discriminated against and persecuted for their faith. They have been killed, imprisoned, attacked, ostracized, deemed disloyal, fired, evicted, watched and much more. It is also happening today. One of those who has experienced persecution is Pastor Ilmurad Nurliev from Turkmenistan. 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