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Brutal Persecution Continues In Vietnam

———————————————————————- Missions Insider Report by Christian Aid February 12, 2003 Vol. 4 No. 6 Visit our website at http://www.christianaid.org ———————————————————————– John Lindner, Editor ———————————————————————– 1. Vietnam: Brutal Persecution Continues; 67 Pastors in Prison 2. Jordan: Qandah Watch Continues 3. Colombian Mission Continues at Cautious Pace 4. India: Anti-Christian Tensions Mount 5. Indonesian Christians Request Prayer […]

Persecution January 31 2003

JUBILEE CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE For immediate release January 31st 2003 A DANGEROUS CHRISTMAS FOR MANY CHRISTIANS This past Christmas has been a difficult one for a lot of Christians, with many suffering persecution or even murder for their faith. Several Montagnard Christians were arrested last year by the Vietnamese authorities simply for trying to celebrate […]

11 February 2003 Update From H C J B World Radio

A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today’s News Headlines: BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN YEMEN REOPENS A MONTH AFTER MURDERS BUSH RALLIES RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS TO BE ‘ARMIES OF COMPASSION’ PAKISTANI AUTHORITIES ARREST SUSPECT WEEKS AFTER ATTACK ON CHURCH DEPORTATION OF INJURED AMERICAN MISSIONARY IN INDIA RAISES CONCERNS MILLIONS OF MUSLIMS DESCEND ON MECCA IN ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE CANADIAN […]

Sudan: Int’l Team Uncovers Killing Fields

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INTERNATIONAL TEAM UNCOVERS KILLING FIELDS IN SOUTH SUDAN Liang, South Sudan, February 6, 2003 — In late January, 2003, an international team of US and Canadian experts traveled to Liang, Upper Nile Province, where they discovered fields littered with human remains, many of them from young children. Interviews with local […]

Mission Network News – Feb 10, 2003

News headlines for February 10th 2003 (Congo–Kinshasa)–In the headlines, more than 100,000 people displaced by fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing starvation in light of failed peace accords. Grace Ministries'[1] Sam Vinton says the crisis has gotten to the point where the United Nations is getting involved with relief. […]

China Church News 2/11/03

Dear Friend in Christ, We thank you for your faithful service to God. We like to provide you a weekly summary of news and prayer request pertinent to churches in China. You will find this accurate, reliable and unbiased report very helpful for your ministry. Several China-minded mission ministries and churches provide this service (http://www.prayforchina.net) […]

Child Soldiers And Gang-Rape Survivors In Burma

in new CSW report CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY WORLDWIDE For immediate release February 11 2003 CHILD SOLDIERS AND GANG-RAPE SURVIVORS IN BURMA GIVE TESTIMONIES IN NEW CSW REPORT A 14-year-old boy has told CSW of his experiences as one of an estimated 70,000 child soldiers forced to fight for the Burmese regime. Kyow*, who fled his frontline […]

Nagaland

(From Tim Costello): (12 Feb 2003) ‘…My trip to Nagaland was memorable. To be driving in some of the most remote parts of the world near the Burmese border and then turn a corner and see a Baptist Church bigger than Collins Street Baptist Church, perched on a hill, was stunning and incredible. In the […]

6 February 2003 Update From H C J B World Radio

A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today’s News Headlines: INTERNATIONAL TEAM FINDS NEW EVIDENCE OF ATROCITIES IN SUDAN INDONESIAN COURT FREES JIHAD LEADER, JAILS 2 CHRISTIANS BULGARIAN CHURCH MEMBERS DIG DEEP TO HELP NEEDY NEIGHBORS NIGERIAN CHURCHES CONTINUE TO GROW AS PERSECUTION RISES GREETING CARD MINISTRY TO INMATES EXPANDS TO INCLUDE EASTER FAITH, NOT FADS, […]

Mission Network News – Feb 5, 2003

News headlines for February 5th 2003 (India)–We begin today in India as Christians continue to face opposition from radical Hindus, who are gaining political power in that nation. Words of Hope’s[1] Lee DeYoung just returned from India where he describes the oppression facing believers there. “More and more states of India are politically passing anti […]