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Contemplation and Action

By and others ⋅ June 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

29 August 2010 “Don’t just do something: sit there”. In a world where urgent social and environmental issues call us to action, can we afford the luxury of contemplation? What is the relationship between doing and sitting? Laurence Freeman, Director of the World Community for Christian Meditation, looks at prayer, meditation and the virtue of […]

ZIMBABWE: CHURCHES TARGETED AMIDST POLITICAL VIOLENCE

By and others ⋅ June 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 110 | Wed 01 Jun 2011 —————————————————– ZIMBABWE: CHURCHES TARGETED AMIDST POLITICAL VIOLENCE Plus Algeria; Ivory Coast —————————————————– By Elizabeth Kendal On 9 April some 500 Christians from Harare, Mutare, Bulawayo and Gweru gathered in the Church of the Nazarene in Glen Norah for a special ‘Praying for Peace […]

Pray for the World 31 May 2011

By and others ⋅ May 31, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * AMERICAN CHURCHES LOSING BUILDINGS AS BANKS FORECLOSE * NORTH KOREA’S COLLAPSING ECONOMY OPENS DOOR FOR CRIMINAL GANGS * ‘RELIGICIDE’ EXTERMINATING IRAQI CHRISTIANS * THE BIBLE BEATS MANCHESTER UNITED AND JUSTIN BIEBER ON FACEBOOK CHARTS * CHINA’S PRISONS * SWEDISH CHRISTIANS MINISTERING TO REFUGEES ———————————————– AMERICAN CHURCHES LOSING BUILDINGS AS BANKS […]

Pray for the World May 25, 2011

By and others ⋅ May 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 109 | Wed 25 May 2011 By Elizabeth Kendal WELCOME to the intercessors who have joined the list this month. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. (Isaiah 26:3 ESV) MAY 2011 UPDATE — During May we prayed for […]

Pray for the World May 23, 2011

By and others ⋅ May 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN   PRAYER   NETWORK   NEWSLETTER * SYRIAN CHRISTIANS VULNERABLE AS STRUGGLE FOR BALANCE OF POWER ESCALATES * A CALL TO PRAY FOR THE IVORY COAST * REVIVAL MOVEMENT SWEEPS BRAZIL * FRANCE MAY MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO PAY FOR SEX * MONGOLIA: CHRISTIANITY EXPANDING INSPITE OF OPPOSITION * ETHIOPIA: CHRISTIANS ATTACKED BY MUSLIM RADICALS ———————————————– SYRIAN […]

Pray for the World 17 May 2011

By and others ⋅ May 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * UPDATE ON TROUBLE SPOTS IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST * IRANIAN VIDEO PREDICTS COMING OF THE MAHOI (ISLAMIC MESSIAH) IS NEAR * REACTION TO BIN LADEN’S DEATH * RADICAL ISLAM ON RISE IN EGYPT * ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS ATTACK CHURCHES IN EGYPT * RADICAL FEMINISM HAS LEFT MANY WOMEN […]

Christians persecuted in Egypt May 10, 2011

By and others ⋅ May 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

CIRCULATION CODE 3. OPEN. May be circulated to general mailing lists, outside organisations, and quoted from freely in reports citing “Middle East Concern” as the source of the information. Egyptian Christians have requested our prayers following violent clashes between Christians and Salafi Muslims centred on the church of Saint Mina in Imbaba, Giza. On Saturday […]

Pray for the World May 9, 2011

By and others ⋅ May 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN   PRAYER   NETWORK   NEWSLETTER * NIGERIA: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MISSIONARY * REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS INFLUENCE GROWS IN IRAN * SYRIA: SECURITY FORCES FIRE ON PROTESTERS * UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DROPS RELIGIOUS DEFAMATION RESOLUTION * PROSPECTS DIM FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN NEPAL * THREE QUARTERS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IS AGAINST CHRISTIANS […]

SYRIA: CHRISTIANS VULNERABLE May 4, 2011

By and others ⋅ May 5, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 106 | Wed 04 May 2011 — as the regional struggle for balance of power heats up By Elizabeth Kendal As US-allied dictators fell in Tunisia and Egypt, Iran scoffed while the US-allied dictators in the House of Saud shuddered. Everything changed, however, when Bahraini and Saudi forces, with […]

Pray for the World May 3 2011

By and others ⋅ May 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN   PRAYER   NETWORK   NEWSLETTER * CHURCHES FLATTENED AS EARTHQUAKE HITS NORTH EAST BURMA * CHURCHES IN JAPAN RECOVER AS ECUMENICAL SPIRIT SHINES * ABSTINENCE INCREASES SEXUAL COUNTER REVOLUTION * CHURCHES A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS FOR LIBYA * CHRISTIAN PROTESTORS ATTACKED BY EGYPTIAN ARMY * SYRIA: PROTESTORS KILLED * RESCUING PROSTITUTES AND PROMOTING VIRTUE IN […]

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