Urgent Prayer for North Korea Requested in Wake of Nuclear Threat
A special day of prayer for North Korea is being organized by AsiaLink Ministries and a number of other ministries including Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Open Doors (UK), Jubilee Campaign, and Release International. "Our desire is to see thousands of churches and believers around the world impacting one of the world most closed and repressive regimes -- communist North Korea -- in a worldwide Day of Prayer on Sunday, June 29, 2003," said Rev. Dale Hiscock, executive director, AsiaLink Ministries. "The communist government has sought to decimate the church and repress Christianity with great ruthlessness. As a result of a lack of information, the situation of the church has remained a mystery and the church worldwide, outside Korea, has forgotten the need to pray for these most persecuted of our brothers and sisters.”
Saturday, June 28, 2003
Thursday, June 26, 2003
HOW TO PRAY FOR IRAQI CHRISTIANS
Open Doors Ministry recently had opportunity to encourage Iraqi Christians and assure them of the prayers of millions of Western Christians in the war aftermath. A Chaldean Catholic nun, Sister Margaret, said, "Your prayers have made all the difference for us." This ASSIST News Service report also includes prayer needs from the Iraqi Christians. Pray for the swift stabilization of the country; for wise administration; for the safety of visiting Christians; for hope, revival and a new moral culture. Pray against a spirit of fear, Shiite extremism, identity wars, and other desperate needs. Open Doors, founded in 1955 by Brother Andrew, faithfully serves the Persecuted Church; visit its Web site to review the ministry now reaching out to approximately 200 million persecuted Christians worldwide.
Open Doors Ministry recently had opportunity to encourage Iraqi Christians and assure them of the prayers of millions of Western Christians in the war aftermath. A Chaldean Catholic nun, Sister Margaret, said, "Your prayers have made all the difference for us." This ASSIST News Service report also includes prayer needs from the Iraqi Christians. Pray for the swift stabilization of the country; for wise administration; for the safety of visiting Christians; for hope, revival and a new moral culture. Pray against a spirit of fear, Shiite extremism, identity wars, and other desperate needs. Open Doors, founded in 1955 by Brother Andrew, faithfully serves the Persecuted Church; visit its Web site to review the ministry now reaching out to approximately 200 million persecuted Christians worldwide.
Monday, June 23, 2003
Should Christians Convert Muslims?
This weeks edition of Time Magazine examines the question of evangelism efforts directed at Muslims, this is a must read for your TF: Not for a century has the idea of evangelizing Islam awakened such fervor in conservative Christians. Touched by Muslims' material and spiritual needs, convinced that they are one of the great "unreached megapeoples" who must hear the Gospel before Christ's eventual return, Evangelicals have been rushing to what has become the latest hot missions field. Figures from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, suggest that the number of missionaries to Islamic countries nearly doubled between 1982 and 2001—from more than 15,000 to somewhere in excess of 27,000.
This weeks edition of Time Magazine examines the question of evangelism efforts directed at Muslims, this is a must read for your TF: Not for a century has the idea of evangelizing Islam awakened such fervor in conservative Christians. Touched by Muslims' material and spiritual needs, convinced that they are one of the great "unreached megapeoples" who must hear the Gospel before Christ's eventual return, Evangelicals have been rushing to what has become the latest hot missions field. Figures from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, suggest that the number of missionaries to Islamic countries nearly doubled between 1982 and 2001—from more than 15,000 to somewhere in excess of 27,000.
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