{"id":26119,"date":"2012-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/church-leaders-438\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:56:30","slug":"church-leaders-438","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/prayer\/church-leaders-438\/","title":{"rendered":"Church leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>In parts of the world where Christians face daily persecution, church leaders are often under immense pressure to lead their congregations.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)\">Lord, we ask You to grant Your gifts of love, wisdom and faith to church leaders around the world as they lead their churches in the face of persecution.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This week, please:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Give thanks for church leaders who speak up for religious freedom and justice.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pray for church leaders in countries where religiously motivated violence tears communities apart.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ask God to sustain and encourage church leaders who are in prison today because of their faith.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pray for those who, at risk tothemselves, lead communities of secret believers or welcome apostates into their congregations.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ask God to protect church leaders in Cuba who are being increasingly outspoken on religious freedom issues.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ask God to give churches the opportunity to contribute positively to society in countries being ruled by repressive regimes.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Lord, we ask You to change the hearts of leaders in countries such as China and Cuba, so that they would see the benefits that Your Church can bring to their nations.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ask God to enable church leaders to help build bridges across faith communities, particularly in countries where Muslim and Christian relations are increasingly tense.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ask God to equip church leaders with all they need to support their congregations in the face of persecution.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Pray that church leaders in the UK would encourage their congregations to support the persecuted Church in prayer.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In parts of the world where Christians face daily persecution, church leaders are often under immense pressure to lead their congregations.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","regions":[140,137],"class_list":["post-26119","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry","regions-cuba","regions-latin-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40789,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26119\/revisions\/40789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}