Two Eritrean Christians died recently in the Mitire Military Confinement Centre after enduring torture for their faith, according to a January 21 report from Compass Direct. On January 16, Mehari Gebreneguse Asgedom (42), a member of the Living God Church, succumbed to health complications caused by diabetes and mistreatment while in solitary confinement. Another believer, Mogos Hagos Kiflom (37), also died recently after undergoing torture for refusing to recant his faith. Kiflom, a member of Rhema Church, is survived by his wife, child and mother. These deaths bring to three the number of Eritrean Christians who have perished in prison at the hands of officials in the past four months.
Pray that those in mourning will find peace in knowing that those who suffered with Christ will be glorified with Him (Romans 8:15-17). Pray for the release of Christians imprisoned in Eritrea.
For more information on the persecution of Christians in Eritrea, go to the Eritrea Country Report.
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