ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, CHILDREN’S HOME ATTACKED IN SRI LANKA

MISSION AGENCIES PREPARE TO SEND AID TO PHILIPPINES AFTER TYPHOONS

FEBC EVANGELISTIC TEAM FINDS OPENNESS TO GOSPEL IN PHILIPPINES

FIERY PREACHER, TELEVANGELIST, AUTHOR BILLY JAMES HARGIS DIES AT 79

CHRISTIAN MUSICIANS UNITE TO BUILD AWARENESS OF PERSECUTED CHURCH

Today’s News Stories:

ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, CHILDREN’S HOME ATTACKED IN SRI LANKA Assaults against Christians in Sri Lanka continued in recent weeks as an Assembly of God church in Yakkala faced several attacks, including having human excrement and engine oil thrown onto the building. The latest incident took place during the early-morning hours of Sunday, Nov. 14. Five days earlier the Bethel Children’s Home, operated by the Christian Revival Crusade in Batticaloa, was damaged when an unidentified person threw a hand grenade at the building. No one was injured in any of the recent attacks. (Voice of the Martyrs)

MISSION AGENCIES PREPARE TO SEND AID TO PHILIPPINES AFTER TYPHOONS Mission agencies such as International Needs Network are preparing to send relief supplies to the Philippines following a powerful typhoon this week that left more than 900 dead or missing. The storm, packing 90 mph winds, triggered landslides and flash floods, especially in the eastern part of the country. IN Network’s Donna Denmead said the work of church planters in Bicol, Quezon and Mindoro will be “severely hampered” by the floods and devastation. The flooding also has affected parts of Manila where the ministry operates a child assistance program. Pastor Nestor Flores is urging people to pray for God’s protection as an even more powerful storm slams into the Philippines today. IN Network plans to distribute food and clothing to those affected by the devastation. (Mission Network News/AFP)

FEBC EVANGELISTIC TEAM FINDS OPENNESS TO GOSPEL IN PHILIPPINES More than 500 people came forward to acknowledge Christ as their Savior during a two-night musical outreach in a poor area of the Philippines organized by an evangelistic team from Far East Broadcasting Co. (FEBC). Tommy Walker and the C.A. Worship Band joined FEBC, ministering at several local churches and a large worship conference. In conjunction with FEBC-Philippines and 15 Filipino churches, relief was also offered to the underprivileged via medical and dental services, food and radio distribution. More than 10,000 people were ministered to during the weeklong outreach with 1,000 people receiving food, clothes, medical/dental services and radios donated by local churches. (Mission Network News)

FIERY PREACHER, TELEVANGELIST, AUTHOR BILLY JAMES HARGIS DIES AT 79 Rev. Billy James Hargis, a fiery evangelist and anti-communist preacher who founded the Christian Crusade and reached millions in an international ministry that used radio, television, books, pamphlets and personal appearances, died in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 27. He was 79. At the height of his popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, Hargis — a shouting, arm-waving, 270-pound elemental force whom Oklahomans called a “bawl and jump” preacher — broadcast sermons daily or weekly on 500 radio stations and 250 television stations — mainly in the southern U.S. and in other countries. He traveled often to deliver his Christian and anti-communist messages, wrote 100 books and thousands of articles and pamphlets, and published a monthly newspaper. Hargis, who began preaching as a teenager and later abandoned life as a pastor to engage in what became a lifelong crusade against communism, first gained international prominence in 1953 when he went to the former West Germany and sent aloft thousands of balloons bearing biblical passages in hopes of reaching the people of Eastern Europe. In 1966 he established the David Livingston Missionary Foundation which ran medical clinics and orphanages in Asia and Africa. Four years later he founded and became president of the American Christian Crusade College in Tulsa. (New York Times)

CHRISTIAN MUSICIANS UNITE TO BUILD AWARENESS OF PERSECUTED CHURCH Underground, the youth division of Open Doors USA, has announced the formation of the Artist Alliance, a partnership consisting of a growing number of Christian musicians. Artist Alliance will unite Christian artists who have a heart for bringing Jesus to young people through their music while building awareness of the persecuted church to audiences around the country. “There is no greater influence among young Christians today than that of Christian music,” said Underground coordinator Jeff Shreve. “We are excited by the partnerships being formed with these young bands and artists. During their concerts, the artists will tell audiences about suffering Christians and invite young people to become citizens of the Underground so they also can support our brothers and sisters in faith. Really it’s all about reaching out and helping others in Jesus’ name.” (Assist News Service)

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