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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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Behind Egypt’s Revolution

On March 8, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

From Christianity Today – 8th March 2011 Away from news cameras, Christian, Muslim youth rediscover common ground. Paul-Gordon Chandler | posted 3/07/2011 10:03AM Two weeks after President Mubarak left office, tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in the now-famous Tahrir Square for what they called a “Friday of Cleansing and Protecting the Revolution.” Right in […]

How Pastors Fail

On March 8, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

By Bob Smietana Religion News Service (RNS) Sometimes being a pastor is a real pain. But few pastors want to admit it. J.R. Briggs in trying to change that. That’s why Briggs, a blogger and pastor of the Renew Community in Lansdale, Pa., is organizing the Epic Fail Pastors Conference. Scheduled for April 15-16 at […]

Pray for the World 7 March 2011

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AUSTRALIAN   PRAYER   NETWORK   NEWSLETTER * PRAYING FOR THE DEVASTATED CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH * THOUSANDS OF WOMEN MARCH IN PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA * MUSLIMS ATTACK CHURCHES IN CENTRAL JAVA * NO CHANGES TO PAKISTAN’S BLASPHEMY LAW SAYS PRIME MINISTER * JUSTIN BIEBER’S MUM IS GROUNDING HIM IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH * NAMIBIA SET TO […]

SILENCE

On March 7, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Silence is golden. That’s what he said, Enabling people to listen and think. To listen to others or listen to God, To think about life and to ponder in peace. But this is when silence is there by request, Not forced upon you in anger or fear. Angry silence. Words left unsaid. The pain of […]

Now It’s Cool to be Arab

On March 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Anti-government protesters hold a Yemeni national flag and an Egyptian flag (left) during a massive anti-regime rally in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday (Reuters photo by Ammar Awad) By Rana Moussaoui Agence France-Presse BEIRUT  – The popular revolts shaking the Arab world have injected a sense of pride in peoples across the region often labelled as […]

Arab Unrest: Mistake for the West to Intervene

On March 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Colin Wright March 2, 2011 After decades of arms sales to their oppressors, Arab protesters are rightly sceptical about our support. THE waves of unrest sweeping the Middle East suggest that democratic reform is spreading across the region. Or, at least, that’s the optimistic view being peddled in Washington and other Western capitals. Twenty-two years […]

Murder of Shahbaz Bhatti – “Now who will fight for our rights?”

On March 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:48 AM PST I was deeply saddened to read of the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan Minister for Minorities.   A courageous Christian leader and advocate for justice, he had been outspoken against Pakistan’s blasphemy law.   The report below comes from Assist News Service. ======== Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Pakistan Minorities Minister […]

There’s an Elephant in the Room: Pastoral Ministry

On March 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

by Robert Griffith  ¢â‚¬Å“I had no idea just how irrelevant the church has become  ¢â‚¬ ¦ ¢â‚¬  Those words rang in my ears long after the phone call ended. I had been talking to a Bible College buddy of mine who had recently resigned from Pastoral Ministry after nearly 20 years.   I wish I could say his […]

EGYPT: ARMY FIRES LIVE AMMUNITION AT MONASTERY

On March 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 097 | Wed 02 Mar 2011 ———————————————- EGYPT: ARMY FIRES LIVE AMMUNITION AT MONASTERY ———————————————- Plus critical updates from Afghanistan and Laos By Elizabeth Kendal The Egyptian uprising has left Coptic Orthodox monasteries exceedingly vulnerable, as the police who normally guard the monasteries have either deserted their posts or […]

The Middle East: This Time it’s Different

On March 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

By Fareed Zakaria The year of the revolutions began in January, in a small country of little importance. Then the protests spread to the region’s largest and most important state, toppling a regime that had seemed firmly entrenched. The effect was far-reaching. The air was filled with talk of liberty and freedom. Street protests cropped […]

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