Somali Christians

This is from the International Mission Board. I’m going to do my best to post a weekly prayer emphasis for brothers and sisters engaging in international missions. 

A. is a Somali believer. He came to faith when he was a teenager, and has chosen to marry a woman who also follows Jesus. Together, they lead a house church, share their faith, and will raise their children in the way of the Lord. But their choices are difficult in the Somali community, and some Somali Christians have given in to the pressures of their Muslim families. Muslim relatives sometimes pressure believers to send their children to Islamic school, in addition to Sunday School. Single men are pressured to marry Muslim women; some married men are expected to take a second wife. Pray that Somali Christian families will raise their children in a way that is pleasing to the Lord. Pray for couples like A. and his wife, who are leaders in the Somali church. Pray that they will be able to set an example for other families to follow. Ask that the Somali church will support one another in making godly choices; ask that they will stand for righteousness in the midst of pressure from Muslim family members. http://www.experiencename.com/