Cry Indonesia Resource Pack What is the Cry Indonesia Prayer Focus? • CD & Video Pack • Background to the Conflict • Latest Update • Helpful Links • Hope in Suffering: Stories of Survival • Prayer Points  • Sermon Outline • How to Run a Cry Indonesia Prayer Evening • "Terror in Indonesia" PowerPoint Presentation (~5.8MB) What once happened in far off corners of the world such as Sudan, is now on our very own doorstep. For the last three years Christian minorities in Eastern Indonesia have suffered incredible persecution at the hands of Islamic extremists. Thousands of lives have been lost and many Christians, under threat of death, have been forced Islamised. Those fortunate enough to escape now face great hardships as displaced people within their own country. And now, after wreaking destruction in Maluku and Central Sulawesi, there are new Jihad threats in areas such as North Sulawesi and Papua. For the most part the international community has chosen not to get involved in what is falsely reported as 'local communal violence'. Meanwhile, Islamic hardliners are planning how best to advance their agenda of enshrining Shariah law in the Indonesian constitution. We cannot sit back and do nothing! Cry Indonesia is an initiative to raise awareness of our brothers and sisters in Christ in Indonesia. As near neighbours, the Australian Church has a special mandate and a strategic opportunity to rise up and show the love of Christ to the Indonesian church and to the nation: "remember those who are suffering as if you yourselves were suffering", Heb 13:3b There is much we can do but the most important is PRAYER. In December, 2001, 63 000 Christians were in imminent danger in the town of Tentena, Central Sulawesi. The church in many countries was mobilised to pray and a massacre was averted! Praise the Lord!! The Christians of Central Sulawesi say, 'thankyou', but now, together with other suffering brothers and sisters in Maluku and Papua, plead with us to continue to pray for them. We encourage Christians from around the world, but especially within Australia, to join with thousands of other Australian Christians in praying for the nation of Indonesia and especially for the persecuted church. Mobilise your family, cell group, and congregation to be a part of this. Set aside a night, a week, or the whole month. Use the resources on this website to assist you. Get a copy of the Hearts of Faith music CD and the Cry Indonesia video. Register your church or small group in participating in a Cry Indonesia evening. Register to receive regular updates of what is unfolding in East Indonesia. Stay informed, pray and let others know what is happening.