Please use these key prayer points to intercede for Malaysia, where over 60 percent of the population are Muslims who are not allowed to own a Bible or convert to Christianity.
China, in comparison, DOES allow its citizens to become Christians and own Bibles. China’s main restriction is that Christians must register their churches with the government.
Pray for:
– The restoration of full religious liberty.
– The restrictions on Christian meetings to be removed.
– Unity among Christians in the face of persecution.
– Courageous Christian leaders who are willing and able to present the needs and rights of the Christian community to the authorities. Since Malay became the only national language, Christians have been pushed into a series of crises. The Bible in Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia is available in Christian bookshops. However, the government requires that it is made obvious that it is not for Muslims.
– Many Malaysians are studying overseas. Pray that they would find Christ and be able to maintain their faith back at home.
– Pray for Malaysian Christians to rise to the challenge of cross-cultural missions both within Malaysia and beyond.
– Malays who have believed have suffered social ostracism and the loss of legal rights, privileges and jobs; some have had to leave Malaysia. Pray for supportive fellowship for Muslim background believers.
– In East Malaysia, 23 per cent of the Chinese and the majority of the indigenous peoples are now Christian. However, there are some unresolved problems for the churches, including nominal beliefs, materialism, the drift to the cities and a lack of full-time workers.
– Pray that the Malaysian church will be a reconciling community through genuine care for all.
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