CSW’s National Director, Stuart Windsor said, “We are delighted that the Lausanne Committee has issued this call to the Church to pray for the absolutely critical needs in North Korea. We are calling on Christians and Churches to adopt the prayer focus on North Korea as we firmly believe this issue should be high on the agenda of the worldwide Church due to the extremity of the repression and the state enforced idolatry in the country. We are trusting for a crescendo of prayer on 25th June that will carry the light and love of God to the people of North Korea.”
The announcement from Dr. Jong Yun Lee, who is Chair of the Asia Lausanne Committee, and President of Save North Korea can be read in full below:
May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
The matter of greatest interest for South Koreans is to save North Koreans who are deprived of their religious freedom. For this cause, the Korean Church founded the commission to Help North Korean Refugees (CNKR) in 1999 and has submitted to the United Nations a petition with ten million signatures for recognizing North Korean defectors as refugees.
South Korean Christians have also set up an organization called Save North Korea and are making some significant efforts in this area. Recognizing that earnest prayers must take the highest priority in this work, we have decided at a directors' meeting to stage this movement globally.
1) We have decided to set apart an International Day of Prayer for bringing salvation to North Koreans and ask all Christians around the world to join us in prayer.
2) We have designated 25 June (Sunday), the day that the Korean War broke out, as the International Day of Prayer for North Korea.
3) We hereby request assistance that all Christians around the world join us in prayer for salvation of 25 million North Korean souls by declaring the upcoming 25 June as the International Day of Prayer for North Korea.
4) We propose the following prayer needs:
a. Freedom of religion be granted in North Korea
b. North Korean defectors be recognized as refugees so that they will be guaranteed the freedom of residence, and
c. The divided Korean Peninsula be reunited by the Gospel.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jong Yun Lee
Chair, Asia Lausanne Committee
President, Save North Korea
