受逼迫教会全球祷告日11月1日举行：浸信会两机构呼吁为全球约3.88亿受逼迫基督徒祷告
据《浸信会通讯社》（Baptist Press）10月29日报道，美南浸信会的伦理与宗教自由委员会（ERLC）与国际宣教部（IMB）呼吁各教会在11月1日年度「受逼迫教会全球祷告日」，为全球约3.88亿因信仰遭受严厉逼迫的基督徒祷告。殉道者之声（VOM）、Open Doors US和Iran Alive Ministries等机构也一同发出呼吁。
ERLC主席Evan Lenow对Baptist Press说，宗教自由自美国建国起就被承认为一项基本自由、受宪法框架保护；浸信会历来为所有人捍卫这项自由，因为真正的信仰不能由政府或机构强迫。他说，美国信徒在为自己享有的自由感恩的同时，必须记念世界各地因跟随基督而面对反对、监禁和逼迫的无数信徒；ERLC将继续在国内外宗教自由受威胁之处为之倡议，并鼓励美南浸信会信徒一同祷告，求受逼迫的基督徒在分享福音时保持忠心、勇敢和坚定。
IMB主席Paul Chitwood表示，美南浸信会在2025-26财年支持了近3,500名宣教士，使超过200万人听到福音；这些宣教士在前线与越来越多以巨大代价持守信仰的弟兄姊妹相遇，宣教士自己也面对艰难、风险和逼迫。Chitwood说：「祷告是我们作为同信者能做的工作，把他们交托给主，求祂扶持他们、安慰他们、为他们伸张公义。」IMB为教会预备了免费可下载的祷告日资源。
殉道者之声副总裁Todd Nettleton表示，无论处境如何，受逼迫基督徒最常提出的请求就是请人为他们祷告，今年该机构聚焦阿拉伯半岛一名由伊斯兰教改信基督的信徒Bassam的故事。Open Doors在2026年特别邀请信徒为叙利亚教会祷告。Iran Alive Ministries负责人Hormoz Shariat说，该事工目前有14人在狱中，其中3人在死囚牢，他呼吁信徒特别为伊朗在狱中的基督徒祷告。
Southern Baptists Urged to Pray on Nov. 1 Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church: An Estimated 388 Million Christians Face Extreme Persecution
Southern Baptists joined Christians around the world on November 1, the annual Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, praying for an estimated 388 million believers suffering extreme persecution for their faith in Jesus, Baptist Press reported on October 29. The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and the International Mission Board (IMB) encouraged churches to observe the day, alongside Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), Open Doors U.S. and Iran Alive Ministries.
"From our nation's founding, religious liberty has been recognized as a fundamental freedom and protected within our constitutional framework," ERLC President Evan Lenow told Baptist Press. "As Baptists, we have historically defended this freedom for all people, recognizing that genuine faith cannot be compelled by governments or institutions." Lenow said that even as Americans give thanks for their freedoms, they must remember the countless believers worldwide who face opposition, imprisonment and persecution, and he encouraged Southern Baptists to pray that persecuted Christians remain faithful, bold and unwavering in sharing the Gospel. The ERLC, he added, will keep advocating for religious liberty wherever it is threatened at home and abroad.
IMB President Paul Chitwood noted that Southern Baptists supported nearly 3,500 missionaries in the 2025-2026 fiscal year, allowing more than 2 million people to hear the Gospel, and that those missionaries increasingly meet fellow Christians who pursue their faith at great cost while facing hardships, risks and persecution themselves. "Prayer is the work we can do as fellow believers to lift them to the Lord, to ask Him to sustain them, comfort them, and bring them justice," Chitwood said. The IMB offers free downloadable resources to help churches observe the day.
VOM Vice President Todd Nettleton said persecuted Christians request prayer more than anything else, calling the observance a practical response to their number one request; this year VOM spotlights Bassam, a Christian in the Arabian Peninsula who suffered persecution after converting from Islam. Open Doors, which publishes the annual World Watch List, is focusing its 2026 prayer effort on the church in Syria. Hormoz Shariat of Iran Alive Ministries told Baptist Press that 14 people connected with his ministry are currently in jail in Iran, three of them on death row, and urged believers to pray for all Christian prisoners, especially those 14.
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