Greece: Biggest evangelistic effort in Greek history
Very few Greeks own a copy of the Bible, regarded as a study book for theologians and clergymen. During this project 90,000 households will be receiving a beautifully bound copy of the New Testament in a language they would expect to find in their daily newspaper. It is the sort of Greek the venerable apostle would have used if he had been sending out his epistles today. This summer 750 villages and towns in the area surrounding Corinth, Greece will again be receiving the letters from Paul as well as the rest of the New Testament writers when 300 volunteers from around the world take part in mass distribution of Scriptures in modern Greek to 90,000 homes. This project is the biggest evangelistic effort in the long history of Greece.
Pray: for God to be preparing hearts and minds to receive His gift of the living word. (Heb.4:12)
More: http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=8941
Greece: Biggest evangelistic effort in Greek history
Very few Greeks own a copy of the Bible, regarded as a study book for theologians and clergymen. During this project 90,000 households will be receiving a beautifully bound copy of the New Testament in a language they would expect to find in their daily newspaper. It is the sort of Greek the venerable apostle would have used if he had been sending out his epistles today. This summer 750 villages and towns in the area surrounding Corinth, Greece will again be receiving the letters from Paul as well as the rest of the New Testament writers when 300 volunteers from around the world take part in mass distribution of Scriptures in modern Greek to 90,000 homes. This project is the biggest evangelistic effort in the long history of Greece.
Pray: for God to be preparing hearts and minds to receive His gift of the living word. (Heb.4:12)
More: http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=8941
EU: Religious liberty advocate faces jeers at meeting
A religious liberty campaigner has been heckled at an EU meeting for saying Christians should not be sent to prison for peacefully expressing their opinions. A room full of feminist and homosexual activists jeered at Dr Gudrun Kugler when she spoke about the intolerance faced by Christians in Europe. Some of the crowd said that Christians ought to be thrown in jail if they make a ‘negative comment’ against a ‘minority group’. When Dr Kugler spoke about a pharmacy in Germany that had its windows smashed because of its opposition to the morning-after pill, someone shouted out ‘rightly so!’ and others nodded in agreement. She was delivering a five-year Report on Intolerance against Christians in Europe, including several religious liberty cases from the UK. Dr Kugler is a lawyer and founder of the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe. Pray: for all Christians on the front line that God would equip them for the task and help them to stand firm. (Ac.4:29) More: http://www.christian.org.uk/news/religious-liberty-advocate-faces-jeers-at-eu-meeting/
EU: Religious liberty advocate faces jeers at meeting
A religious liberty campaigner has been heckled at an EU meeting for saying Christians should not be sent to prison for peacefully expressing their opinions. A room full of feminist and homosexual activists jeered at Dr Gudrun Kugler when she spoke about the intolerance faced by Christians in Europe. Some of the crowd said that Christians ought to be thrown in jail if they make a ‘negative comment’ against a ‘minority group’. When Dr Kugler spoke about a pharmacy in Germany that had its windows smashed because of its opposition to the morning-after pill, someone shouted out ‘rightly so!’ and others nodded in agreement. She was delivering a five-year Report on Intolerance against Christians in Europe, including several religious liberty cases from the UK. Dr Kugler is a lawyer and founder of the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe. Pray: for all Christians on the front line that God would equip them for the task and help them to stand firm. (Ac.4:29) More: http://www.christian.org.uk/news/religious-liberty-advocate-faces-jeers-at-eu-meeting/
Thought provoking TV series launched
The unique UK prayer movement Hallowed is launching a series of inspiring and challenging programmes set to start on Revelation TV's Church In Focus series (UK Sky channel 581) from Friday May 13, at 8:30pm. ‘The show will include interviews with Christians from different backgrounds, including a doctor, a florist and a businessman, who will talk about how everyone is more powerful when they begin to pray and they will be more effective in what they’re called to do,’ said founder of Hallowed Kalpana. She added: ‘It’s not just pastors but ordinary men and women who need to pray, because that’s what we’re trying to impress on the church. Prayer is not an exclusive ministry to intercessors or exclusive to pastors. It is the ministry of the whole church.’ Kalpana founded Hallowed in 2009, when she felt God call her to gather Christians from across the UK to pray for the nation. More details about Hallowed go to: www.hallowed.org.uk
Praise: that this initiative will lead to many discovering the truths of the Christian faith. (Ep.1:18)
More: http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2011/s11050059.htm
Thought provoking TV series launched
The unique UK prayer movement Hallowed is launching a series of inspiring and challenging programmes set to start on Revelation TV's Church In Focus series (UK Sky channel 581) from Friday May 13, at 8:30pm. ‘The show will include interviews with Christians from different backgrounds, including a doctor, a florist and a businessman, who will talk about how everyone is more powerful when they begin to pray and they will be more effective in what they’re called to do,’ said founder of Hallowed Kalpana. She added: ‘It’s not just pastors but ordinary men and women who need to pray, because that’s what we’re trying to impress on the church. Prayer is not an exclusive ministry to intercessors or exclusive to pastors. It is the ministry of the whole church.’ Kalpana founded Hallowed in 2009, when she felt God call her to gather Christians from across the UK to pray for the nation. More details about Hallowed go to: www.hallowed.org.uk
Praise: that this initiative will lead to many discovering the truths of the Christian faith. (Ep.1:18)
More: http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2011/s11050059.htm
Ten Minute Rule’ bill on sex education passes
A proposal requesting that information about the benefits of sexual abstinence be included in sex education has passed its first vote in the House of Commons. The ‘Ten Minute Rule’ bill was put forward by MP Nadine Dorries. The bill requested: ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require schools to provide certain additional sex education to girls aged between 13 and 16; that they must include information and advice on the benefits of abstinence from sexual activity; and for connected purposes.’ The bill comes in the light of high teenage pregnancy rates and amidst concerns that the sexualisation of Britain’s young people has been largely responsible for this state of affairs. Dorries urged the ‘normalisation’ of abstinence in schools and highlighted the relational, psychological and social benefits of a sex education programme that incorporated teaching on abstinence. The bill was passed however; the proposals are unlikely to become law without the Government’s backing. Praise: that this bill will receive continued support and will become law. (Pr.23:16)
Ten Minute Rule’ bill on sex education passes
A proposal requesting that information about the benefits of sexual abstinence be included in sex education has passed its first vote in the House of Commons. The ‘Ten Minute Rule’ bill was put forward by MP Nadine Dorries. The bill requested: ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require schools to provide certain additional sex education to girls aged between 13 and 16; that they must include information and advice on the benefits of abstinence from sexual activity; and for connected purposes.’ The bill comes in the light of high teenage pregnancy rates and amidst concerns that the sexualisation of Britain’s young people has been largely responsible for this state of affairs. Dorries urged the ‘normalisation’ of abstinence in schools and highlighted the relational, psychological and social benefits of a sex education programme that incorporated teaching on abstinence. The bill was passed however; the proposals are unlikely to become law without the Government’s backing. Praise: that this bill will receive continued support and will become law. (Pr.23:16)
Nigeria: Christians fear backlash after Bin Laden's death
In the aftermath of the recent presidential election hundreds of Christians were killed and hundreds of churches and Christian business were burned down or destroyed. Now, with the death of Osama Bin Laden, Christians across northern Nigeria are bracing themselves for possible reprisal attacks by Muslim extremist who are opposed to Bin laden's death. Church members have received anonymous text messages warning them of an impending attacks due to Osama's death, and reports are coming out of five northern states that some Muslims are planning to demonstrate against the death of Bin Laden. Northern Nigerian Christians have always been at the receiving end of violence when Muslim extremists feel they have been offended.
Pray: against sadistic acts of vengeance against Christians. (Ps.20:1)
Laos: Military kill four Christian women
Alarming religious freedom abuses contine in Laos. Believers are routinely expelled, forced to relocate, pressured to renounce their faith and arrested. Several Christians were recently attacked and killed in Xiengkhouang Province. Last month troops caught a group of Christians belonging to the Hmong community, an ethnic minority and confiscated their Bibles, they shot and killed four of the women after repeatedly raping two of them. Their husbands and children were beaten, tied up and forced to witness the gruesome killings. At last report,the whereabouts of the surviving believers is unknown. The absence of free press and lack of information infrastructure in this Communist state prevents news from reaching the outside world - including that of religious freedom. This incident and other recent reports indicate a disturbing increase of repression facing Christians in the country. Pray: protection for Protestant Christians and the Hmong Christians particularly who are as a threat to Comunisim. (Heb.10:35,36)