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Dispatches for the persecuted church

SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2026
O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray day and night, continually. Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord. Isaiah 62:6

Prayer for Persecuted Christians in Indonesia — June 5, 2026

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