INDIA: At least 22 people, including a family of four, were killed by an elephant in 12 or more separate attacks over the last two weeks in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand state. PHILIPPINES: A massive mound of garbage collapsed at a landfill in Binaliw village, Cebu City, on Thursday, killing 11 or more workers.Continue reading “Trash Avalanche, Deadly Elephant, More News for Prayer”
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World News for Prayer
IRAN: At least 20 people died, 51 were injured and nearly 1,000 were arrested in recent protests demanding freedom. TURKEY detained 357 Islamic State suspects on Dec 30, after a deadly clash in Yalova province, where three police officers and six IS militants died. Nine other security officers were injured. JAPAN experienced several earthquakes, includingContinue reading “World News for Prayer”
World News for Prayer
MEXICO: At least 13 died and 98 were injured when a train with 250 on board derailed yesterday in Asunción Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca. SURINAME: A knife attack near Paramaribo killed nine, including five children, four of which were his own, on Saturday. GREECE: All 545 asylum seekers on a sinking fishing vessel were rescued near Gavdos.Continue reading “World News for Prayer”
Missionary Dies in Uganda, Muslims Attack Christians Worldwide
The first three weeks of the Christmas season have seen an upscale in Islamic terrorism against both Christians and Jews. As you pray through these headlines, A train hit a missionary family serving with BIMI (Baptist International Missions, Inc.) in UGANDA Friday, killing Savanah Gardner and critically injuring her husband Matt. Their sons Jedidiah, 4,Continue reading “Missionary Dies in Uganda, Muslims Attack Christians Worldwide”
World Headlines for Prayer This Week
INDIA: At least nine died and 16 were injured in a stampede Saturday, when 25,000 Hindus crowded into a temple in Andhra Pradesh state with a capacity for 3,000. Then on Monday night, at least 11 died when passenger and cargo trains collided in Chhattisgarh. TANZANIA: Reports say more than 1,000 have died in politicalContinue reading “World Headlines for Prayer This Week”
Earthquakes, Protests, Terrorists and a Hippo
AFGHANISTAN: A dangerous 5.2 magnitude aftershock hit the southeast Friday within 12 hours of another powerful aftershock Thursday. Both came just days after earthquakes Sunday and Tuesday killed more than 2,205 and injured some 3,640. NEPAL: At least 19 have died, hundreds have been injured and the prime minister has resigned during violent youth-led protestsContinue reading “Earthquakes, Protests, Terrorists and a Hippo”
Floods, Violence and a Ceasefire
CHINA: Floods killed at least 30 in the capital of Beijing, and eight in Hebei province, after days of storms. About 80,000 have been displaced. INDIA: A cloud burst resulting in a flash flood killed at least three, injured others and buried dozens of vehicles in Mandi town, Himachal Pradesh on Monday night. At leastContinue reading “Floods, Violence and a Ceasefire”
Pray for the Lost and Grieving
One passenger train hit another, killing nearly 300 people and injuring over 800 in India’s Odisha State on Friday. Home to 2,373 distinct people groups, India is 80% Hindu and 90% unreached with the Gospel. Due to anti-conversion laws and Hindu violence against Christians, the South Asian nation of more than 1.4 billion people ranksContinue reading “Pray for the Lost and Grieving”
