Tens of Thousands of Muslims Coming to Christ, Says Iranian Ministry Leader

Muslims coming to ChristBy Michelle A. Vu – Christian Post Reporter

Missions – Wed, Oct. 20 2010

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (JN 8:32)

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The mood was light Tuesday evening – thanks to leg-swinging praise music – when Lausanne III participants wrestled with the difficult topics of reconciliation in the Middle East, HIV/AIDS, and human trafficking.

Speakers gave hopeful messages of how God is moving and bringing hope despite addressing some of the darkest and seemingly most hopeless situations in the world today.

The Middle East, which has become almost synonymous with violence and Islam, is experiencing an unprecedented level of Muslims becoming followers of Jesus Christ, said Sam Yeghnazar, founder of Iran-focused Elam Ministries. There were only about 500 Iranian Christians from a Muslim background at the time of Lausanne I in 1974, he said. But over the past 30 years, more Muslims have come to Christ than in the past 1,300 years.

“Iran today is a closed land with countless open hearts,” said Yeghnazar. “It is the most open nation to the Gospel in the entire world. Tens of thousands of Iranians are turning to Christ.”

“Betrayed by the government, disillusioned with the religion, depressed by the prospects of the future, Iranians when they come to know the Lord Jesus Christ are completely transformed,” he said. “They proclaim Christ in the marketplace. Entire families, men and women, are coming to Christ.”

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Nigerian President Solicits Prayers from Christians

Dr Goodluck Nigerian PresidentSaturday, July 31, 2010 ASSIST News Service (ANS)

By Success Kanayo Uchime

ABUJA, NIGERIA (ANS) — Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has called on Nigerian religious leaders “not to relent” in “praying for the peace of the country.”

The President stated this during a Prayer Breakfast organized by the Aso Villa Chapel in the State House, Abuja, the nation’s capital, on Saturday, July 31, 2010.

He acknowledged that the collective prayers, offered by men and women of God, is what has been keeping the country, adding that more prayers are needed to make the country perform better.

He went on to say that “the way out of the challenges facing the country” was through a “trust in God,” and he enjoined religious organizations to pray to God to guide Nigerian leaders “to lead the nation properly.”

Referring to the scriptures where the children of Israel experienced calamity as a result of their deviation from God, the President said that it is a “dangerous thing to turn away from God,” pledging that he will continue to trust in God to direct him as he leads this West African country.

“No matter the wisdom, skills and ability I have, I cannot succeed except with God,” he remarked.

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Pastor who survived the Genocide in Rwanda at CTFM this Sun / 6PR Radio interview in Perth / Congratulations to Pastors & Leaders

Dear family & friends in Christ,

It is with great joy we bring to your attention that Pastor David, originally from Rwanda now living in Canada, will be speaking at the CTFM base in Melbourne (Hallam) this Sunday the 8th of August at 6.30pm. This man of God has an amazing testimony of how the Lord miraculously saved him in 1994 when the Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda, with around 2 million people losing their lives.

Pastor David was formerly a Muslim, but gave his life to Jesus when the Lord miraculously healed him from an incurable disease on his deathbed in the hospital. Then his family wanted to kill him. One of his family members loaded the gun to shoot him, but Jesus appeared and said, “Do not touch My child.” This led to the salvation of the whole Muslim family, Islam to Jesus!

Sadly, a few years later when the massacre took place in Rwanda, Pastor David lost 66 members of his own family, which included his mother, father and all his brothers. Today he says, “Thank God my family accepted Jesus. I know now that I will see them again.”

I am sure you would be greatly blessed by his powerful and very challenging testimony. Do not miss this Sunday night the 8th August at 6.30pm.

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Watoto’s Children Choir from Uganda and Jewish Messianic Leader Howard Bass from Israel and at CTFM in Melbourne on Friday 16th July

Dear friends and family in Christ, Watoto Children’s Choir from Uganda will be leading very special praise and worship at CTFM in Melbourne beginning at 7pm this Friday 16th July.…

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TEN-DAY PRAYER GUIDE FOR THE GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER 13-23 MAY 2010

Global Day of Prayer on Pentecost Sunday 23rd May AUSTRALIAN  PRAYER  NETWORK  NEWSLETTER

TEN DAYS OF PRAYER FOR THE WORLD AND GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER

 

The Global Day of Prayer is a call to Christians to unite in a day of  repentance and united prayer. On Pentecost Sunday 23 May 2010, Christians across the world will respond to the invitation of 2 Chronicles 7:14 to humble ourselves, pray, seek His face and turn from our wicked ways in order that He may fulfil His promise to hear our prayers, forgive our sin and heal our lands.

The Australian Prayer Network is coordinating prayer across Australia for this Global event. Preparation for the Global Day of Prayer begins on Ascension Day, 13th May. That is when Christians across the world will begin 10 days of prayer leading to Pentecost. On Pentecost Sunday 23rd May 2010, Christians in almost every country of the world will assemble to pray, many in small groups in homes, some in Churches, outdoor venues, and other public places.

The Global Day of Prayer is a call to encounter God with others so that He can change us and bring forth all that He desires among the nations. We are encouraged to Pray globally, Gather locally.

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Christian villagers wail as hundreds of Nigerians slaughtered in machete ‘revenge’ attacks are buried in mass graves

Burying the dead: People gather at a mass burial of their kinsmen killed during a religious crisis in the village of Dogo Nahawa Mail Foreign Service 9th March 2010

Nigerian villagers wailed in the streets as dump trucks carried hundreds of bodies past burned-out homes towards a mass grave.

This was the scene of insurmountable grief after rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 500 people in a revenge attack following religious clashes near Nigeria’s city of Jos.

The killers had shown no mercy. They didn’t spare women and children, or even a four-day-old baby, from their machetes. In one area alone, five babies and 28 children aged five or less were killed.

Rubber-gloved workers pulled ever-smaller bodies from the dump truck and tossed them into the mass grave.

A crowd began singing a hymn with the refrain, ‘Jesus said I am the way to heaven.’ As the grave filled, the grieving crowd sang: ‘Jesus, show me the way.’ (more…)

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Spirit of Intercession and Travail rocked CTFM in Melbourne / Prophetic Minister from Malaysia at CTFM this weekend

Holy Spirit hunger for Revival Fire in AustraliaPastor Julius leads in the Spirit of intercessory prayer and travailDear family & friends in Christ,

All glory to God for this past weekend of supernatural breakthrough as the Spirit of intercessory prayer and travail rocked the CTFM Apostolic Centre in Hallam, Melbourne!  

Pastor Julius, a humble servant of God from Kenya, Africa, ministered the anointed Word of God with a mighty impartation of the Spirit of revival fire, as the CTFM worship team opened the heavens through prophetic worship!  Pastor Julius, an apostolic prophetic minister who travels to many nations to rise up the Body of Christ in intercessory prayer for the nations, greatly inspired God’s army to rise up into their God-given calling and destiny to reclaim Australia for Jesus!

As Holy Spirit hungry people received the Word of the Lord, suddenly it seemed like rivers of living water were flowing out of the innermost being of God’s beloved children as they soaked in His manifest presence, which caused a powerful release of deep intercessory prayer and prophetic travail for the transformation of Australia! Many entered into real spiritual warfare prayer for the first time and prayed in tongues for hours, as many others receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and prayed in tongues for the very first time!

The revival fire meetings went on for hours as everyone was absolutely drunk in the Spirit of God, with holy manifestations of weeping, laughing, and the gift of intercessory prayer for a unprecedented harvest of souls to be born-again, healed, delivered, and restored into the Kingdom of God. Much time was spent in intercessory repentance and corporate prayer for all churches and denominations to catch the Holy Spirit Fire of Revival! 

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Zambian President: Country Should Maintain Christian Identity

Zambian President Rupiah Bandaby Aimee Herd : Jan 4, 2010 : Dennis May – Christian Post

Zambian President Rupiah Banda said Tuesday that the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation should be retained in the Republican Constitution.

In a speech read at the 18th anniversary celebration of the country’s Christian declaration, Banda said, “It is my passionate desire that my government can access the prosperity which comes from the living God.”

“I am very positive that you, my fellow Zambians, share this belief with me that in this covenant lies the wisdom of God which, if you hold any kingly position like I do as the Republican President of this nation, then you can align with the covenant like King David did,” he said.

“If you are a spiritual leader, you can also align with the covenant like Moses did.”

Banda also said that people should not take Zambia’s peace for granted but rather see it as a gift from God. (more…)

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Ethiopian Convert Remains Jailed For Handing Out Bibles

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 01:45 PM EDT Simba Tian / Compass Direct News News
  
A convert from Islam who has led a push for Muslim-Christian understanding in Ethiopia has been in jail for nearly four months since his arrest for “malicious” distribution of Bibles.

Christian sources in Ethiopia said that, contrary to Ethiopian law, 39-year-old Bashir Musa Ahmed has not been formally charged since his arrest on May 23 in Jijiga, capital of Somali Region Zone Five, a predominantly Muslim area in eastern Ethiopia. Zonal police arrested him after he was accused of providing Muslims with Somali-language Bibles bearing covers that resemble the Quran, the sources said.

An Ethiopian national, Ahmed is known as a bold preacher of Christianity and is credited with opening discussion of the two faiths between Christian and Muslim leaders. He is well-known in the area as a scholar of Islam, but his case has gone largely unreported in Ethiopia. (more…)

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Converts From Islam Jailed, Pursued In Somalia’s Breakaway Region

SomaliaThursday, 17 September 2009 Simba Tian / Compass Direct News

A convert from Islam in Somalia’s self-declared state of Somaliland has been jailed for distributing Christian materials, and another is on the run from both family members and police upset over his new faith.
 
Christian sources said Somaliland native Osman Nour Hassan was arrested on Aug. 3 for providing Christian literature in Pepsi village, on the outskirts of the breakaway region’s capital city, Hargeisa.

Promotion of any religion other than Islam in Somaliland is prohibited, contrary to international standards for religious freedom such as Article 18 of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 5(1-2) of the Somaliland constitution states that Islam is the state religion and prohibits the promotion of any other faith, according to the U.S. Department of State’s 2008 International Religious Freedom Report, and Article 313 outlines penalties for Muslims who change their religion.

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Nation Shaking Prayer Seminar In Melbourne – September 25-27, 2009

Pastor Julius SuubiDear friends and family in Christ,

From 25th – 27th September, Catch the Fire Ministries is hosting a Nation Shaking Prayer Seminar in Melbourne with Pastor Julius Suubi, a renowned International Minister from Nairobi, Kenya, who heads up ‘Highway Of Holiness Ministries’.

Session times: Friday 7:30pm/  Saturday 10:30am – 4pm / Sunday 6:30pm

Click the following link to download the brochure for printing and distributing throughout your spheres of Kingdom influence: https://reformationharvestfire.com/blog/events-ministries-2/nation-shaking-prayer-seminar-in-melbourne-september-25-27-2009/

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Christian Sudanese Woman Facing 40 Lashes For Wearing Trousers

By Mail Foreign Service – 30th July 2009

A Christian woman who faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers in Sudan made a dramatic appearance in court yesterday to fight her case.

Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein walked into the packed hearing in the same green slacks that got her arrested.

Under Islamic laws used in parts of the country, it is illegal for a woman to wear trousers rather than long skirts in public.

Lubna al-Hussein, along with several other women, was arrested for dressing indecently in trousers as she dined in a restaurant

But the law is not supposed to apply to non-Muslims like Miss Hussein, a former journalist who works for the United Nations.

And it is only imposed sporadically in the capital, Khartoum, where she was arrested.
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Convert From Islam Shot Dead In Somalia

Simba Tian/ Compass Direct News News

SomaliaMuslim extremists early this morning killed a Christian convert in Mahadday Weyne, Somalia, 62 miles north of Mogadishu.

Al Shabaab Islamist rebels shot Mohammed Sheikh Abdiraman to death at 7 a.m., eyewitnesses told Compass. They said the Islamic extremists appeared to have been hunting the convert from Islam, and when they found him they did not hesitate to shoot him.

The sources told Compass that Abdiraman was the leader of an underground “cell group” of Christians in Somalia.

“We are very sad about this incident, and we also are not safe,” one eyewitness said by telephone. “Pray for us.”

The sources were too distraught to share more details about Abdiraman’s death. Another eyewitness who requested anonymity said Abdiraman had been a Christian for 15 years. He is survived by two children, ages 15 and 10. His wife died three years ago due to illness. (more…)

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Muslims And Christians In Kenya Argue Over Barack Obama’s Grandmother

By Nick Meo

Muslims have accused Christians of trying to convert Sarah Obama to Christianity.

Mrs Obama, a figure of substance in her homeland since her grandson was elected US President, was reported locally to have been stopped from going to a Seventh Day Adventist Church by Muslims because they thought the church would try to convert her.

However, members of the church said that she was not to be converted and was merely invited to attend an event.

“We had invited her to grace our meeting in Kisumu which was to mark the end of a three-week convention, but although she had prepared, she did not attend,” Lewis Ondiek, a senior church figure, told Ecumenical News International. (more…)

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