Christians Go to Jail II

Christians Go to Jail II

Acts 5
18 and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

Acts 8
3 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

Acts 12
1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church.
2 Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread.
4 So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.

As I stated in a earlier Post "Christians go to Jail."
This is certainly not something many people in the church want to talk about, however it is true. Our brothers and sisters all around the globe are being persecuted and thrown into jail simply for being followers of Jesus, our Lord.

This persecution and the people of God has happened from the beginning, when Cain persecuted, and actually martyred his brother Abel, because Abel offered his offering in faith and pleased God.

Today I want to present a story for you to think about and pray for. This story comes to us via Compass Direct.

Cuba- Church leader marks 40 days in jail.
March 31 (Compass Direct) – Today marks 40 days of imprisonment without charge for the Rev. Carlos Lamelas, an evangelical pastor in Cuba jailed on February 20 for allegedly aiding refugees who sought to emigrate illegally. “A [police appointed] ‘instructor’ is supposed to show up to explain the charges to Carlos and his lawyer,” a source close to the Lamelas family said. Some observers believe Lamelas was targeted for harassment because he challenged the government on religious rights issues while serving as national president of his church. He told his wife, Uramis, during a 15-minute visit on Monday at the Villa Marita Detention Center in Havana, that he was “pretty discouraged” because the legal case is not moving forward.
The evangelical minister is being held at the Villa Marita Detention Center in the Havana borough of Arroyo Naranjo.
Authorities have allowed Lamelas’s defense attorney only one five-minute interview with him since the arrest.

To read more about this story go to...
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/newslongen.php?idelement=4280


Please Remember to Pray for Carlos Lamelas his family and the people of Cuba.

This kind of information and much more can be found at a few different web sites.

Voice of the Martyrs
http://www.persecution.com/

Compass Direct
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/index.phpI

International Christian Concern
http://www.persecution.org/newsite/index.php

Open Doors
http://www.opendoorsusa.org/Display.asp?Page=home