Story number 2 for 21 Nov 2001

(Turkmenistan)–Next, Keston News reports that following a police raid on a Word of Life Church in Ashgabad last week, three Russian citizens have been deported from Turkmenistan. The trio leading the church was expelled over the weekend. Meanwhile, few of the local people at the meeting have been able to pay the huge fines imposed on them. Those who have not have had their identity papers confiscated by the security police face the threat of dismissal from work. Please pray for Christians in Turkmenistan.