1. Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! Toni & Jerry Porter Intermountain District Ministry Team Retreat Trinity Pines Conf. Center September 25, 2013

2. Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church!

3. INDIA

4. INDIA Every Nazarene should spend some time in prison!

5. In the last 6 years … approximately 50 Nazarene martyrs!INDIA

6. In 20 years … 21,000 to 104,000 Nazarenes in IndiaINDIA

7. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. (Romans 1:16) Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL

8. CHINA

9. CHINA I know my rights as a Chinese citizen

10. CHINA “Lord, I pray Satan will be embarrassed in the heavenly realms because of what you do among us here today.”

11. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 6:11-12) Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! THIS IS A SPIRITUAL BATTLE

12. VIETNAM

13. VIETNAM Pastor Chi

14. VIETNAM Officially recognized

15. Are they servants of Christ? … I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! SUFFERING FOR JESUS

16. I spent a night and a day in the open sea, I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! SUFFERING FOR JESUS

17. I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. (I Cor. 11:23-28) Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! SUFFERING FOR JESUS

18. NEPAL

19. Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray— not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. And I want women to get in there … in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions but doing something beautiful for God and becom- ing beautiful doing it. (1 Tim 2:8-10 MSG) Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! Learn to Pray Like the Persecuted Church! DESPERATE PRAYER