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Today’s News Headlines:

CHRISTIAN WORKERS IN UGANDA FACE THREATS DURING RAMADAN REBELS KIDNAP LEADING CATHOLIC BISHOP, PRIEST IN COLOMBIA STRANDED IRANIAN FAMILY PREPARES TO IMMIGRATE TO CANADA 100,000 U.S. CHURCHES UPHOLD PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS ON DAY OF PRAYER COMPUTER TRAINING MINISTRY OPENS DOORS FOR GOSPEL IN TAJIKISTAN CHURCH PLANT ON AUSTRALIAN COAST TARGETS SURFERS

Today’s News Stories:

CHRISTIAN WORKERS IN UGANDA FACE THREATS DURING RAMADAN The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which falls on Nov. 6-Dec. 5 this year, is causing problems for Christians in some Islamic areas of the world. Short-term missionary workers in Uganda, for example, have been threatened with their lives, says Karen Hawkins of Bible Pathway Ministries. “Men with spears approached the stage, and they had to be held off at gunpoint,” she says. “The Muslims are very upset because Christians would dare speak out in such a holy time.” Hawkins says his ministry is providing encouragement to imperiled Arab Christians through God’s Word. “For those who can’t have a Bible, if they have access to the Internet, we are online.” (Mission Network News)

* HCJB World Radio, together with the Evangelical Churches of Kampala and FEBA Radio, broadcasts the gospel locally in Uganda on two FM transmitters. HCJB World Radio also worked with Jesus Focus Ministries to put a 500-watt FM station on the air in Masaka. Programs air in English and Luganda.

REBELS KIDNAP LEADING CATHOLIC BISHOP, PRIEST IN COLOMBIA One of Latin America’s leading bishops was kidnapped on Monday as he went to hold a religious service in central Colombia in the latest attack on religious figures in this war-battered nation. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of Colombian bishop Jorge Enrique Jim ©nez, but Gen. Carlos Alberto Ospina, commander of the Colombian army, blamed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The abduction occurred in an area where the guerrillas are active. Jim ©nez is president of the Latin American Bishops Conference, an organization that determines church policy in the region. Jim ©nez was abducted along with Catholic priest Desiderio Orejuela as the men headed to the town of Pacho, 35 miles north of Bogota, for a religious ceremony. The Colombian bishops issued a statement warning the kidnappers that they have committed an offense against the church which warrants a “serious punishment that breaks the communion with the Catholic church.” About 3,500 people have been killed every year in Colombia’s 38-year civil war which pits the FARC and smaller rebel groups against government forces and an illegal right-wing paramilitary force. (Associated Press)

* Together with local partners, HCJB World Radio broadcasts the gospel on FM stations in four Colombian cities. The ministry also continues to air Spanish programs across the country and all of Latin America via shortwave.

STRANDED IRANIAN FAMILY PREPARES TO IMMIGRATE TO CANADA An Iranian Christian family stranded for more than three years in central Turkey learned today that they are scheduled to leave for permanent residency in Canada in less than two weeks. In a telephone call from Nevsehir, Turkey, Mahmoud Erfani said the International Organization for Migration office in Istanbul informed him this morning that he, his wife and three daughters will fly to Toronto Nov. 25. “We are overflowing with joy, and everyone is crying,” said one of Erfani’s daughters. “It’s a big miracle for us.” After the family fled to Turkey from Iran in July 1999, they were refused formal refugee status three times. Then last April they were also denied immigration to Canada, leaving them liable to deportation by Turkish authorities back to Iran after their temporary residence permits expired. But Canadian authorities later reversed the decision after Erfani produced evidence of his family’s harassment by an Iranian Muslim living in Nevsehir. Both former Muslims, Erfani and his wife became Christians at the time of their marriage. Under Iran’s strict Islamic regime, Muslims who convert to Christianity can be executed for apostasy. An Anglican church in Toronto has pledged full sponsorship for the Erfani family who are members of the Evangelical Church of Iran. (Compass)

100,000 U.S. CHURCHES UPHOLD PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS ON DAY OF PRAYER On Sunday, Nov. 10, more than 100,000 churches across America and millions of Christians worldwide prayed for suffering believers as a part of the annual International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. “This year more Christians were mobilized to pray than ever before,” said Open Doors U.S. President Terry Madison. “We had a 20-percent increase in requests for materials (related to the Day of Prayer). This demonstrated that Christians and churches in the West are deeply concerned about the status of the persecuted church.” Christians living in countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Nigeria and the Philippines have suffered an intense backlash from their communities. In Pakistan, for example, 39 Christians have been killed and 75 wounded in the last year in five anti-Christian assaults that targeted against the country’s Christian minority community. In northern Nigeria thousands of Christians have died in violent riots related to the implementation of sharia (Islamic law). “These reports remind us that persecution is a daily reality for more than 200 million Christians worldwide,” Madison says. “Their suffering doesn’t take place only on the Day of Prayer. Every morning our brothers and sisters decide to follow Jesus, regardless of the cost. Every morning, they need to be in our prayers.” (Assist News Service)

COMPUTER TRAINING MINISTRY OPENS DOORS FOR GOSPEL IN TAJIKISTAN Despite restrictions on evangelism in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan, Bible Mission International’s Mark Reimschisel says the ministry has seen a major breakthrough in reaching the nation for Christ. “We just came back from Tajikistan where we installed the first computer network training center in the country,” he says. “We had a very exciting time of taking 25 people who had never seen computers before, and were able to leave after a week of training with a team of seven people who could do troubleshooting, teaching and setting up and networking computers.” Reimschisel says the ministry works in partnership with the local church. “We are working with an official invitation through the ministry of religious affairs in Tajikistan, and they have given us clearance to come and work with 35 schools where we can provide computer training. What makes this significant is the fact that the church has a cutting-edge technology tool that they will now be able to use to reach people with the gospel.” (Mission Network News)

CHURCH PLANT ON AUSTRALIAN COAST TARGETS SURFERS Wes Jessop is planting a Baptist church on the southern end of Australia’s Gold Coast in an attempt to reach the surfing community for Christ. This coastal stretch is without a Baptist work as existing churches in the area have moved west to acquire larger facilities. Jessop speaks enthusiastically of what God is doing to make the Beachside Christian Church plant a reality. “We set out to be a church for people who don’t fit in church — an alternate sort of church that targets the beach culture,” he said. Already more than 70 people from the area are meeting in five home groups “having a good time and participating in ministry to each other.” One group built a giant cross out of sand and gave away soft drinks to passersby who had many questions. Another group put on a barbecue. “Pray for the work amongst the surfers,” Jessop says. “Pray against the attempts of the evil one to minimize the effect of the Christian witness and for ongoing strength, creativity and spiritual maturity for all those involved in this ministry.” (The Queensland Baptist)

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