Praying for Our Fellow Believers Around the World

This week we pray for our fellow Christians in Myanmar. Myanmar (also known as Burma) has a political system that remains under the tight control of the State Peace and Development Council, the military government in place since 1992. Oficially, Buddism is no longer the state religion, but it is actively promoted by the military regime. All those who advocate improved human rights are harrassed or imprisoned. After a cyclone devastated much of the country on May 3, 2008 the military junta limited international humanitarian aid to storm victims. Myanmar is 82.90% Buddist and 8.70% Christian.