Persecution Fridays – Kazakhstan – Pastors Fined for Praying
August 5, 2011 at 6:30 am | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: abortion, Aleksandr Kereyev, America, ateasetees, Bible, book, cards, case, Christian, church, compromise, damage, death, DVD, evangelism, evidence, faith, fine, God, gospel, grace, Grace Light, harass, heal, health, hell, holy, hope, hypnosis, Islam, Israel, Jesus, judgment, Kazakhstan, laptop, law, legal, license, life, love, marriage, mercy, money, murder, Muslim, New Life Protestant, pastor, peace, planted, police, prayer, profession, raid, repent, salvation, scripture, secret, sick, sin, Taraz, ten commandments, tenge, trouble, truth, Vissa Kim, Yerzhan Ushanov
For more news on what’s really happening to Christians around the world go to the Voice of the Martyrs website: www.persecution.com
Kazakhstan: Pastors Fined for Praying
Two pastors in Kazakhstan have been punished for praying for others. Pastor Vissa Kim appealed then paid his fine in 2010, while Pastor Yerzhan Ushanov was charged just weeks ago.
Pastor Ushanov of the New Life Protestant church in the city of Taraz, was charged on June 8, 2011 with “causing severe damage to health” under Criminal Code Article 111 by the National Security Committee (KNB). The alleged health damage came after Pastor Ushanov prayed for Aleksandr Kereyev in a church service. KNB secret police then raided his church’s Sunday worship service on June 19 and search the pastor’s home on June 25. The pastor faces a fine of between 100 and 200 times the minimum monthly wage, up to 200 hours of community service or two years’ imprisonment.
According to the indictment police gave Ushanov, Aleksandr Kereyev’s wife complained that her husband felt sick after the “hypnosis” allegedly conducted at the church. Kereyev had only visited the church three or four times, according to church members. Continue Reading Persecution Fridays – Kazakhstan – Pastors Fined for Praying…
Get the Word out! 