INSIGHT: Afghanistan: Parliamentarian wants Christians executed
Abdul Sattar Khawasi Deputy Secretary of the Afghan Lower House in parliament called for the public execution of Christian converts from the parliament floor. Speaking with regard to a video broadcast by the Afghan television network (See this weeks Insight article) showing footage of Christian men being baptised and praying in Farsi. Khawasi said, ’Those Afghans that appeared in this video film should be executed in public. The house should order the attorney general and the intelligence agency to arrest these Afghans and execute them.’ The broadcast triggered a protest by hundreds of Kabul University students, who shouted death threats and demanded the expulsion of Christian foreigners accused of proselytising. As a result the operations of Norwegian Church Aid and US-based Church World Service have been suspended over allegations of proselytising. The Afghan government is currently undertaking an intensive investigation into the matter. Click the info button for a truthful report from an Afghanistan believer.
Pray: for Christians to stand firm in the face of persecution and for God to miraculously reveal himself to Muslims seeking the truth. (Mt 10:22) info http://www.prayer-alert.net/info/2410AfghanistanInsight1.pdf
London cracking under prayer
The M25 Nutcracker was part of Global Day of Prayer London and took place in various guises all around the capital. The M25 region hosted prayer activities in twelve locations (prayer altars) and seventeen junctions on the M25 were covered in prayer. Each junction was seen as a gateway in and out of the capital, vitally important in the nation’s communications and commercial life. The link below will take you to a video of a few who prayed in a light aircraft right around the M25 on Monday (24 May) It shows them praying the Lord's Prayer over the QE2 Bridge and the Thames. You can find a full written report on www.transformationthurrock.com.
Praise: God for drawing His nations to Him in the unity of prayer and worship around the globe. (Jn.17:21)
More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQNKHc3PpMQ&feature=youtube_gdata
London cracking under prayer
The M25 Nutcracker was part of Global Day of Prayer London and took place in various guises all around the capital. The M25 region hosted prayer activities in twelve locations (prayer altars) and seventeen junctions on the M25 were covered in prayer. Each junction was seen as a gateway in and out of the capital, vitally important in the nation’s communications and commercial life. The link below will take you to a video of a few who prayed in a light aircraft right around the M25 on Monday (24 May) It shows them praying the Lord's Prayer over the QE2 Bridge and the Thames. You can find a full written report on www.transformationthurrock.com.
Praise: God for drawing His nations to Him in the unity of prayer and worship around the globe. (Jn.17:21)
More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQNKHc3PpMQ&feature=youtube_gdata
Hong Kong's Protestant churches blooming
Protestant churches in Hong Kong are blooming with an annual growth rate of 6.2% over the last five years and the number of Protestants in the former British colony is drawing close to 300,000. The number of practising Protestants surpassed 290,000 in 2009, rising from just over 216,000 in 2004, according to the results of a new survey released by the Hong Kong Church Renewal Movement. The figure surpasses the growth experienced by Protestant churches in Hong Kong from 1999 to 2004, when the number of practising Protestant rose from just under 176,000 in 1999 to nearly 217,000 in 2004, an annual growth rate of 4.3%. Rev Luk Fai, President of the Bethel Bible Seminary, revealed the new statistics in the latest edition of Christian Weekly magazine.
Praise: God for the growth of His Church and pray for its continued development and protection. (Ac.49:50)
More: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/hong.kongs.protestant.churches.blooming/26009.htm
