Thank you for your failthfulness to pray for the ministry of IHRG!  We have had an eventful year, but we expect this coming year to be busier and even more important for religious freedom internationally.  Please continue to pray for our work, our volunteers, and the travel we have to do this year to protect religious freedom around the world.

The IHRG is looking to file two new civil law suits in Europe early next year.  You can read the reports regarding what led to this decision by following the separate links in this article.

First, just this month police officials in Oslo, Norway arrested four of evangelists for sharing their faith in public areas in the city limits of Oslo.  After spending over eight hours in jail Ruben Israel, Larry Keffer, Larry Craft, and Petar Keselkevic were released.  Before they were released they were told that the record of their arrest had been deleted.

While this might sound good what it means is that after the police removed them from the street during a large gathering where they were ministering they were content to release them.  It appears the only purpose in arresting the four evangelists was to get them off the street.

All of this occurred after I personally spoke with the Assistant Chief of Police asking her to respect the European Convention's guaranteed freedoms of our clients.  She refused.

We are preparing to bring a civil action against the city and police department of Oslo.  All we are asking for is the court to affirm the free speech rights of our clients.  Our intention is to file this court action in early next year.

You can read the report on this case that was prepared by WorldNetDaily by following this link:  Evangelists threatened with arrest!  The second article regarding their arrest is found at Evangelists arrested in Oslo!

A second case IHRG is working on involves 8 families from Salzkotten, Germany.  These families have their children in the public schools, yet they refused to let their children participate in immoral sex education classes in their elementary schools.

We are currently looking for families to file a civil action on their behalf early next year.  Here we will be asking the court to recognize the right of parents to control the education of their children and allow these families to opt out of truly objectionable classes.

Follow the links here to see two reports of the Salzkotten 8, one filed by LifeSiteNews.com and the other filed by WorldNetDaily.com. 

 

It will cost thousands of dollars to file these cases.  If you would like to help you can make a donation by following this link:  Donate to IHRG's critical mission

Please pray for us and for these German families as well as the evangelists in Norway, three of whom are Americans.

 

God bless you and your family during this special time of Christmas!

 

For His Kingdom,