Praying for China
Voice of the Martyrs’ Olympics prayer bands
With the Olympics to begin with Friday’s Opening Ceremonies, about half a million people around the world will be displaying gray prayer bracelets from Bartlesville-based Voice of the Marytrs.
There’s even a possibility that the big guy from the White House, Pres. Bush, will wear one, Todd Nettleton, Voice of the Martyrs’ director of media development, said this week.
Actually, Nettleton said all he can safely say is that Bob Fu, president of the China Aid Association presented Bush with three of the China prayer bracelets during a meeting last week at the White House.
Nettleton said the free bracelets have been offered via the Web site of Voice of the Martyrs, www.persecution.com, and the Web sites of partnering agencies like the China Aid Association.
“We wanted to turn it into a reminder for people to pray for China and we’ve been flabbergasted by the response,” he said of the bracelet offer.
Nettleton said Voice of the Martyrs wants people to be aware that beyond the festivities of the Olympics are some very real concerns about religious liberty in Communist China.
“We believe people will get snowed in, that they’ll see the bright lights and the big buildings and they will think that persecution has gone away and it has not.”
Look here on the Religion and Values blog for more on the same subject and similar issues as the Olympics begin in earnest. Also check out a related Webcast on the Voice of the Martyrs Web site listed above.
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
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