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19-June-1997 
GA97087 
 
             Assembly Calls for Prayer Day for the Persecuted 
 
                        by Nancy Rodman 
 
SYRACUSE--In a resolution crafted to relate to persons of all faiths, the 
209th General Assembly Wednesday evening called Presbyterians to corporate 
and individual prayer for those who suffer persecution for the practice of 
their faith by naming the Sunday before Epiphany an annual Day of Prayer 
for Those Persecuted for Their Faith. 
 
    The Assembly called on the U.S. Department of State to give special 
attention to means by which the government can act to provide relief in 
cases of religious persecution worldwide.  It urged caution in the use of 
economic sanctions in the pursuit of the recognition of religious liberty 
as a universally recognized human right.  The Assembly calls on the State 
Department to support the work of the United Nations in its monitoring 
efforts and to strengthen the asylum system to provide access to those 
fleeing religious persecution. 
 
    It reaffirmed the commitment of the 199th Assembly (1987) to partner 
churches in areas of major Muslim populations, supporting their quest for 
full religious freedom to witness to their faith. 

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