Refugees in the News This Week

Pakistan is forcing 1.5 million undocumented Afghan refugees and migrants out of their country. So far, more than 250,000 have returned homeless to impoverished Afghanistan just as winter comes. Refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan have reported mass killings of perhaps 800 people, most from the Masalit ethnic group in a camp for internally displaced people.Continue reading “Refugees in the News This Week”

North Korea: #1 Most Dangerous Nation

Join us November 5 for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church Over the past couple of years, North Korea’s President Kim Jong Un has inserted himself into the news time and again with his missile launchings and meetings with world leaders of other oppressive governments.Continue reading “North Korea: #1 Most Dangerous Nation”

Eritrea: #4 Most Dangerous Nation

Join us November 5 for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church As we prepare for this Sunday’s International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, let’s lift up our brothers and sisters facing extreme violence, persecution and hunger in Eritrea, ranked #4 on Open Doors’Continue reading “Eritrea: #4 Most Dangerous Nation”

Pray for Christians in Danger

Join us for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Next Sunday, November 5 is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Some believers will be setting aside the entire month to fast and pray. What about you? How is God leading you to prepare? Will you invite your whole churchContinue reading “Pray for Christians in Danger”

Oppressive Regimes

Join us Sunday, November 5, for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. In many countries, it is a crime to be a Christian or to speak about Jesus to those of other religions. In some places, even holding a Bible or asking questions about Christianity on the internet can result in beatings,Continue reading “Oppressive Regimes”

Headline Prayers This Week

At least 27 have died and several are still missing in Acapulco, MEXICO, after Category 5 Hurricane Otis. Both tourists and locals are now dealing with flash floods, mudslides and lack of adequate food and aid. Smoke from marsh fires combined with dense fog to create a “superfog” on Monday, resulting in a series ofContinue reading “Headline Prayers This Week”

Christians Multiply in Algeria Despite Forced Closing of Churches

As one of the world’s most dangerous countries for Christians, Algeria is 96.5% Muslim and 99.9% unreached with the gospel of Christ. Interestingly enough, in the midst of much persecution, Christianity has been growing at a rate of 8.1% annually for several years, compared with the global rate of 2.6%. (See JoshuaProject.net) A lot ofContinue reading “Christians Multiply in Algeria Despite Forced Closing of Churches”

Shielding Our Children

In these days of intense pressure from peers, social media, movies, teachers, and even some professed Christians seeking to influence our children to be other than who God created them to be, we must be all the more diligent in prayer and in training them up to be Christ’s. Lord, we pray for our children.Continue reading “Shielding Our Children”

Surrender Brings Peace

How are you doing with processing the news and current events these days? Are you worried about the future, as war rages around the world? Are you going about your life as if all that’s happening over there and will never affect you? Are you wondering what our government will look like next year, ifContinue reading “Surrender Brings Peace”

Tensions Rise Across the Middle East

An explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital on Tuesday killing hundreds of displaced people sheltering there has sparked anger all across the Middle East, North Africa and world. Israel says one of about ten Islamic jihadist rockets launched at the precise moment the hospital was hit may have misfired; while Gaza blames Israel for theContinue reading “Tensions Rise Across the Middle East”