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Resources On Islam And Christianity

By and others ⋅ August 18, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Here are some recent books by Christians that nevertheless treat Islam very sympathetically: Colin Chapman: “Islam and the West – Conflict, Co-existence or Conversion?” Paternoster Press, 1998 – a book about the whole history of Muslim-Christian relations from the earliest days. Chapters 6 and 7 are specific to the situation in the UK today, but […]

World Inquiry: Reaching Unreached People

By and others ⋅ August 15, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Dear Friends The World Inquiry continues to make progress around the world and the Christian media is begining to take notice. The latest publication to take notice is Mission Frontiers, the publication of the US Center for World Mission. You may read the entire issue focused on the World Inquiry at their website at http://www.missionfrontiers.org. […]

Africa’s Forced Marriages

By and others ⋅ August 9, 2003 ⋅ One comment

Whilst this topic is not a major issue in western society it is important from a prayer perspective to understand widespread practices in other cultures of our global village that result in various forms of human suffering. These stories highlight one such issue. By Ticky Monekosso In Africa, many girls still do not attend school, […]

Muslims Pioneered, Then Rejected, Science

By and others ⋅ July 20, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-009 (General Information) MUSLIMS PIONEERED, THEN REJECTED, SCIENCE – Islamic Worldview Dimmed the Light of Scholarship * BreakPoint with Charles Colson (Commentary #030101) Muslim scientists were once the best in the world. A professor of the history of science at the University of Oklahoma says, “Nothing in Europe could hold a candle […]

Evangelising India’s ‘Untouchables’

By and others ⋅ July 16, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Dear Praying Friends, Just a word of clarification on the urgent prayer request I sent out last week. Some wondered if it was an Internet hoax. Not so! A mass rally of perhaps a million of India’s untouchables is indeed planned for November 4th. I have received confirmation of this from several who know the […]

News From Pakistan

By and others ⋅ July 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

THE BARNABAS FUND Another Christian Receives Death Sentence for Blasphemy PAKISTAN A death sentence for blasphemy was passed on Pakistani Christian Kingri Masih, along with a fine of Rs. 50,000 (around  £550) by Additional District and Session Judge Ch. Mohammad Rafiq in the Faisalabad District and Sessions Court on Sunday 29 June. Kingri’s lawyers intend […]

Uzbekistan: Police Follow Pentecostal Church Members

By and others ⋅ July 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

SOURCE: KESTON INSTITUTE http://www.keston.org KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE: 20.00, 15 July 2002 Reporting on violations of religious liberty and on religion in communist and post-communist lands. ______________________________________ UZBEKISTAN: POLITICAL POLICE FOLLOW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH MEMBERS. A pastor of the Christian Full Gospel Church in the town of Andijan in the Fergana valley […]

Sudan 15 July 2002

By and others ⋅ July 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

SUDAN: REVIVAL AMIDST UNSPEAKABLE HORROR While the causes of the long running civil conflict in Sudan are complex — religious, racial, political, economic — the main sticking point that unravels peace talks is the issue of Islamization. The President of Sudan himself calls the conflict a jihad and has vowed to build a society on […]

World News July 13, 2002

By and others ⋅ July 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today’s News Headlines: INDONESIAN CHRISTIANS BRACE FOR RENEWED ATTACKS MALAYSIAN STATE RULES CONVERTS FACE DEATH SENTENCE ‘FRIGHTENING’ HINDU CIRCULAR TARGETS OTHER RELIGIONS LATIN AMERICA MISSION PROJECT TRANSPLANTED TO INDIA ‘THE SITUATION IN SUDAN IS URGENT,’ SENATE PANEL TOLD PRAYER PREPARES FOR PRAYER IN PHOENIX EXPERIMENT Today’s News Stories: INDONESIAN […]

When The Curfew Is Lifted

By and others ⋅ July 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

We have many freedoms that we often do not appreciate or even recognize as such, such as the simple freedom to travel to any public place whatever whenever we wish to. Such a basic, simple freedom has not existed for Palestinians in their own land for many years due to the regular curfews imposed by […]

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