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Prayer Network Newsletter

By and others ⋅ November 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER November 16, 2009 * EVANGELISM TO BE MADE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN RUSSIA * ABORTION CLINIC DIRECTOR RESIGNS AFTER WATCHING ABORTION ULTRASOUND * CHRISTIAN DOCTORS TELL OF MIRACLES AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE * ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH PRESSURED TO CLOSE SERVICES IN TEHRAN * NORTH KOREA PRISONS HOLD 150,000 POLITICAL PRISONERS * CHILDHOOD […]

Turkey

By and others ⋅ November 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

*Sightings* 11/16/09 *Penitents Compete* and the Future of Turkish Secularism — Joseph Laycock Recently Turkish television station Kanal T announced a new game show in which representatives from four different world religions will try to convert atheists. The show ¢â‚¬â„¢s title *T ƒ ¶vbekarlar Yarisiyor* translates roughly as *Penitents Compete*. Each episode features ten atheists who have been […]

Persecution in Nigeria

By and others ⋅ November 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s the original article: YWAM BASE THWARTS ISLAMIC ATTACK AND SEES ATTACKERS TURN TO GOD (Sometime before Oct-Nov. 2009): A few months ago Taliban-trained militants from Iran marched to within 300 yards of one of our YWAM campuses, destroying much along the way. They had already burned 27 Christian churches in the area killing hundreds […]

Disappearance, Forced Conversions and Forced Marriages of Coptic Christian Women in Egypt

By and others ⋅ November 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

From forbes.com Press Release Pioneering Report on Disappearance, Forced Conversions and Forced Marriages of Coptic Christian Women in Egypt 11.10.09, 09:23 AM EST WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Disappearance, Forced Conversions and Forced Marriages of Coptic Christian Women in Egypt – a pioneering report on human trafficking-was released today by Christian Solidarity International (CSI) […]

The Jihad Seminar of Major Nidal M. Hasan

By and others ⋅ November 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The contents of a two-year old seminar presented by Major Nidal M. Hasan, the medico believed responsible for the Fort Hood massacre, were apparently recorded in the form of powerpoint slides. These slides are in one sense nothing new. They review the basics of Islam: the pillars and core beliefs, the Koran, abrogation (‘later verses […]

Prayer Network Newsletter

By and others ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Does anyone get this? Good material for your private/group/ congregational prayers… It’s collated from mostly conservative Christian news-sources, so some of you might want to supplement these items from elsewhere… ***** AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER November 9 2009 * YWAM BASE THWARTS ISLAMIC ATTACK AND SEES ATTACKERS TURN TO GOD * A STATEMENT BY THE […]

A Prayer for Strength

By and others ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Jesus draw me ever nearer/ As I labour through the storm/ You have called me to this passing/ And I’ll follow though I’m worn/ May this journey bring a blessing/ May I rise on wings of faith/ And at the end of my heart’s testing/ With your likeness let me wake/ Jesus guide me through […]

Pray for the World (November 2009)

By and others ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

* IRAN – UPDATE ON IMPRISONED CHRISTIAN WOMEN * INDIA – ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE TOWARDS PASTORS WAGED ACROSS INDIA * EGYPT – MOB SURROUNDS CHURCH WITH CONGREGATION TRAPPED INSIDE * CHINA – TEENAGER EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL FOR HIS FAITH * SENEGAL AND UK – CHURCHES ACCUSED OF NOISE POLLUTION * USA – HILLARY CLINTON TAKES A […]

Belarus; Kazakhstan; Turkey; Uzbekistan

By and others ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 30 October 2009 BELARUS: “TO PREVENT THEM FROM CONTINUING THEIR WORSHIP SERVICE” http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1370 The Prosecutor who authorised a six-hour raid on a […]

Prayer Network Newsletter November 2009

By and others ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * MUSLIMS CANNOT COPE WITH CHRISTIAN WORSHIP – SEEK TO CLOSE CHURCH DOWN * INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER * AUSTRALIA INCREASES ASSISTANCE TO SAMOA AND TONGA * PRAYER ALERT FOR PAKISTAN * 700 PORTUGUESE DOCTORS SIGN PETITION OPPOSING ABORTION * NORTH KOREA OPENS THE […]

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