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The event was hosted by Christ Our Shepherd Church and featured participants from Chinatown Community Church, Grace DC, National Community Church and The Church of the Resurrection. The gathering also featured worship music by the Church of the Advent worship band.
Giving her testimony at this year’s gathering was Mariam Ibraheem, the Sudanese Christian mother who made headlines in 2014 when sentenced to death for apostasy because she was married to a Christian man, who was also an American citizen.
Ibraheem, who grew up with her Christian mother, was imprisoned along with her baby son and was even forced to give birth to her baby daughter while chained to a Sudanese prison floor. She was eventually released by the order of an appeals court after spending months in detention. She now lives in Virginia.
Getaneh Getaneh, an evangelist from Ethiopia who was arrested at least five times and tortured for sharing the gospel during the reign of Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam, told the audience of the time when he was arrested and tortured after he baptized some converts in a river.
Getaneh reminded the audience that he is not alone when it comes to being persecuted.
“There are so many and persecution is going around the world and I ask this evening to pray for us and for others enduring persecution,” he added.
A human rights advocate with One Body, who will not be named in this report, told The Christian Post that the organization is hopeful that the prayer night will help lead to more millennials taking action to help their persecuted brothers and sisters across the globe.
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