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THREATS KEEP SHORT-TERM MISSION TEAM FROM TRAVELING TO NEPAL POLICE OFFICERS KEEP RAIDING BAPTIST CHURCH IN UZBEKISTAN MINISTRIES HELP SOLDIERS COPE WITH TRAUMA OF COMBAT IN IRAQ PAKISTANI BELIEVERS OVERCOME CHALLENGES TO DISTRIBUTE SCRIPTURES 5,000 INMATES COME TO CHRIST THROUGH PRISON OUTREACH IN MICHIGAN PEN PAL PROJECT LINKS AMERICAN CHRISTIANS WITH CHINESE VIA E-MAIL

Today’s News Stories:

THREATS KEEP SHORT-TERM MISSION TEAM FROM TRAVELING TO NEPAL Daily bomb blasts, government officials murdered, Americans threatened, sounds like Iraq, but it isn’t — it’s Nepal. Partners with World Help say that it is not safe for Americans to visit the country at this time. “It’s not safe for Americans to be there. In fact, it’s not safe for our partners to be seen with Americans,” said ministry spokesman Noel Yeatts. “We had a trip scheduled for November and we’ve had to cancel that in light of these recent events.” Maoist Terrorists are reportedly responsible for the threats, and Yeatts says the rebels have even gone a step further. “Just a few weeks ago five Nepali pastors were kidnapped and held prisoner because of their connections to Christian ministries in the U.S. Miraculously, they were all released unharmed, even after the Maoists discovered they had no money.” Despite the daily killings, bombings, kidnappings, robberies and nine months of an officially declared state of emergency, ministry continues. “Our faithful partners in Nepal continue to carry out their strategic evangelistic church-planting vision to reach all of Nepal with the gospel,” Yeatts said. “Pray for the safety of the thousands of believers and hundreds of pastors in the more than 300 Nepalese churches provided by World Help.” (Mission Network News)

POLICE OFFICERS KEEP RAIDING BAPTIST CHURCH IN UZBEKISTAN Nearly two months after five church members in a church in Khalkabad, Uzbekistan, were imprisoned for 10 days and three fined, local authorities continue to shut down worship services. “Police officers come to virtually every meeting we hold,” said church member Aleksandr Tyan, one of those imprisoned in August. “The police are also stopping our fellow believers in Fergana from coming to Khalkabad.” A local police officer said the raids are continuing at the request of parents in the community whose children have converted to Christianity. (Forum 18 News Service)

* HCJB World Radio airs weekly Uzbek broadcasts to Uzbekistan via shortwave. An estimated 15 million Uzbek-speaking people are within range of the broadcasts. Uzbek is also one of four languages that HCJB World Radio airs to Afghanistan from an AM station outside the country.

MINISTRIES HELP SOLDIERS COPE WITH TRAUMA OF COMBAT IN IRAQ With thousands of U.S. troops continuing to carry out operations in Iraq, churches and ministries are scrambling to help military personnel who have been traumatized by the stress of combat. “Some churches don’t have any understanding of what veterans are all about,” said Larry Haworth, an itinerant minister and national chaplain for Point Man International Ministries, a Christian support organization for veterans. Many churches have taken seriously the call to prayer by forming 24-hour prayer watches, Internet prayer chains and more. Former Point Man Director Chuck Dean of Seattle urges churches to do even more. “Prayers have been answered in mighty ways, but now the church really needs to make a concerted effort to say, ‘We are here for the troops, and we don’t want to just give you a potluck dinner.'” Dean said that many returning vets won’t consciously realize the personal impact of war for months or even years after their discharge. U.S. Army chaplains are at the forefront of helping soldiers make the transition back to their everyday lives, helping reunite with their families and communities and re-establishing their vocations, whether military or civilian. Army Chaplain Mark Perkins, who served in Iraq for six months, said the emotional trauma was “very intense” among soldiers. “There is a fear of losing one’s life,” he said. “But we had what’s called ‘unicohesion’ in the Army which is sharing the pain and suffering of caring for one another. The ministry of the chaplaincy is to bring God to soldiers and soldiers to God. We descended into their lives not to judge them, but in an attempt to lift them up with the gospel.” (Charisma News Service)

PAKISTANI BELIEVERS OVERCOME CHALLENGES TO DISTRIBUTE SCRIPTURES Despite floods and disease, along with spiritual warfare and other difficulties, an indigenous Christian ministry in Pakistan continues to share the gospel. In the last few months staff members sold 209 Bibles, 178 New Testaments and 759 other Scripture portions. This happened even though one of the missionaries was sick with typhoid and another was admitted to a local hospital. One of those who came to request Bibles was a young man from one of the poorest, most primitive areas in Pakistan. “I have never been to that area and never heard anyone reaching these people with the Word of God,” the mission leader said. Scriptures were not available in his native language, so the young man picked up several Bibles as well as other Scripture portions and New Testaments in Urdu — a language common to Muslims. The young man went away rejoicing that he was able to take God’s Word back to his people. He was especially happy that he could obtain more literature once he responsibly distributed what he took. (Missions Insider)

5,000 INMATES COME TO CHRIST THROUGH PRISON OUTREACH IN MICHIGAN Operation Starting Line, a ministry of Crossroads Bible Institute (CBI) in Michigan, is resulting in thousands of inmates making decisions for the Lord. Spokesman David Schuringa says that after recent visits to Michigan prisons, staff began gathering response data. “More than 5,000 inmates filled out response cards indicating either a first-time decision or rededication to Jesus Christ,” he said. Schuringa urges believers to pray for the new converts. “Pray that they’ll sign up to study God’s Word. In these evangelistic campaigns, the seed of God’s Word has been scattered in all the prisons of Michigan, and it’s going to be in all the prisons of this country.” CBI equips Christians to disciple inmates in God’s Word wherever they are incarcerated. It is a personal, in-depth, long-term program designed to help prisoners grow dramatically in a life-transforming relationship with Jesus Christ, preparing them for successful reentry upon release. (Mission Network News)

PEN PAL PROJECT LINKS AMERICAN CHRISTIANS WITH CHINESE VIA E-MAIL A project called “Bridge of Friendship China” launched earlier this summer is giving American Christians an opportunity to connect with people in China via e-mail. Dan Wooding, founder and president of Assist Ministries, has received scores of e-mail messages — mainly young people in China — who want to practice their English and at the same time make friends with someone in the West. “This is a wonderful opportunity for North American Christians from all ethnic backgrounds to become friends with people in China,” he said. “The e-mail messages don’t have to be long — just short items with background on yourself, your family, where you live and your philosophy of life — meaning a low-key sharing of your faith.” Assist has been running various pen pal programs for more than eight years with people from across the former Soviet Union and Romania, and Wooding believes now is the time for China. (Assist News Service)

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