Christians Respond To Crisis In Myanmar

By Joshua Goldberg

As the worst cyclone and natural disaster to hit since the South East Asian tsunami crisis nearly four years ago continues to wreck havoc and bring unspeakable destruction among the people of Myanmar, Christian groups have been mobilized into action, carrying the burden of the Lord to all those in need.

World Vision is providing clean water and other relief supplies in Myanmar.Gospel for Asia (GFA), which has more than 400 churches and over 200 missions scattered throughout the nation, has been among the first groups to respond to the crisis, which has left an estimated 40,000 either dead or missing. The group has temporarily turned their Bible College in the capital of Rangoon into a makeshift shelter for over dozens of people.

Through GFA, dozens of villagers who have lost their homes and all their belongings are now being shown the love of Christ through the careless giving of food, water, and shelter. (more…)

Continue ReadingChristians Respond To Crisis In Myanmar

Iranian Leader Ahmadinejad In Rudd’s Sights

By Dennis Shanahan – The Australian

Prime Minister Kevin RuddTHE Rudd Government is preparing a case to take Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the International Court of Justice for “inciting genocide” and denying the Jewish Holocaust.

Australia is the only nation pursuing Iran’s despotic leader, who has threatened to “wipe Israel off the map”, through international laws.

The Australian revealed last October that Kevin Rudd, then the Opposition leader, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadpromised the Jewish community before last year’s election he would take legal proceedings in the ICJ against Mr Ahmadinejad.

The Labor leader said it was “strongly arguable” that Mr Ahmadinejad’s conduct – statements about wiping Israel off the map, questioning whether Zionists were human beings and a conference that he convened on the veracity of the Holocaust – amounted to incitement to genocide, which was criminalised under the 1948 genocide convention. (more…)

Continue ReadingIranian Leader Ahmadinejad In Rudd’s Sights

Iran’s Unprecedented Crackdown On Youth Is Driving Them To Christ

By Teresa Neumann

Sat 7 Work“Viewers have said that SAT-7 PARS is their only source of Christian teaching, training and encouragement. Others have worked with PARS counselors to learn how they can become followers of Christ, so much so, that more counselors were needed this year.”

(Iran)—Mission Network News reports that the length and severity of a crackdown in security targeting thousands of women and youth for violating Sharia law is unprecedented in the Islamic republic in recent years; but the harsh tactics may be having the opposite effect on Iran’s youth says David Harder of SAT-7, a Farsi-language, Christian satellite TV channel. (more…)

Continue ReadingIran’s Unprecedented Crackdown On Youth Is Driving Them To Christ

Young Girl Goes To Heavenly Surgery Room; Receives Healing From Crippling Diseases

By Teresa Neumann – BCN Exclusive

Kelsey HaysA desperate missionary family, unfamiliar with healing revivals, takes their daughter to Lakeland where she has an encounter with Jesus.

(Lakeland, Florida)—Pastor Stephen Strader of Ignited Church in Lakeland, Florida, where a massive revival has broken out, contacted Breaking Christian News about an amazing healing that took place there on Saturday, April 26, in which 14-year-old Kelsey Hays was healed from multiple immune diseases.

I telephoned Kelsey’s mother, Lesley, of Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday, April 29, to ask her details of what happened. She and Kelsey were still in Lakeland, preparing to fly back to Kansas City where they attend the International House of Prayer (IHOP). (more…)

Continue ReadingYoung Girl Goes To Heavenly Surgery Room; Receives Healing From Crippling Diseases

When Muslims Become Christians

Church & Mosque in Jerusalem

There’s a widespread belief that the penalty for leaving Islam is death – hence, perhaps, the killing of a British teacher last week. But Shiraz Maher believes attitudes may be softening.

Ziya Meral’s parents disowned him when he converted from Islam to Christianity.

“They said ‘go away, you’re not our son.’ They told people I died in an accident rather than having the shame of their son leaving Islam.”  (more…)

Continue ReadingWhen Muslims Become Christians

Revival: God Using The Internet To Bring Healing To People Around The World

By Teresa Neumann/Linda Dodson: Breaking Christian News

LakelandGod REMOVED many serious scars and birthmarks on people’s bodies, raised scars gone, scars that used to dip down into the skin filled in, purple and dark red blotches, gone! Many, many scars healed. He not only heals us, He removes even the scars that are left behind!

(Lakeland, Florida)—Reports are flooding in from the Revival breaking out in Lakeland, Florida. As per a previous BCN posting, because of the continuing outpouring of Holy Spirit healings and salvations, evangelist Todd Bentley has extended his healing meetings at Ignited Church in Lakeland. (more…)

Continue ReadingRevival: God Using The Internet To Bring Healing To People Around The World

A German’s Point Of View On Islam.

The commentary below is circulating on the internet and provides an excellent historical context for us to view the current rising tide of militant Islam. Let us not forget George Santayana’s remarkable insight: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

A man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.

‘Very few people were true Nazis ‘he said,’ but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.’ (more…)

Continue ReadingA German’s Point Of View On Islam.

Binyamin Netanyahu Declares Israel Has “No Better Friends In The World” Than Christians Who Support Israel

By Teresa Neumann: Jerusalem Post/AP

Binyamin Netanyahu and His WifeRabbi calls the increasingly close relationship between Christians and Jews “one of the miracles of the 20th century.”

(Jerusalem)—Likud opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu has publicly declared that Israel “has no better friends in the world” than Christians who love and support Israel. “This is a friendship of the heart, a friendship of common roots, and a friendship of common civilization,” he told a conference of American Evangelicals in Jerusalem, organized by Christians United for Israel. (more…)

Continue ReadingBinyamin Netanyahu Declares Israel Has “No Better Friends In The World” Than Christians Who Support Israel

ProChrist: Crowds Flock To Evangelistic Event In Poland

By Wolfgang Polzer: ASSIST News Service

More than 1,000 men and women come forward during opening night.

Pro Christ(Katowice)—The evangelistic campaign ProChrist is experiencing an extraordinary response in Southern Poland. The meetings in the sports arena Spodek in Katowice are transmitted daily April 6 – 13 to 103 venues in Poland.

During the opening night 3,500 visitors flocked to the sports arena to witness the evangelistic program. When German evangelist Ulrich Parzany gave an altar call, more than 1,000 men and women came to the cross in front of the auditorium. (more…)

Continue ReadingProChrist: Crowds Flock To Evangelistic Event In Poland

Chinese Authorities Crack Down On Rights Ahead Of Beijing Olympics

Source: Intercessors Network

OlympicsChristians throughout China fear tough restrictions on their freedom to worship in the coming year following the launch of a government crackdown ahead of the August 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Christians across China are reporting a shortage of Bibles, even in cities where Bibles previously were readily available. There are reports of ongoing house church raids and arrests, and an unprecedented number of foreign Christians have been expelled from China in recent months. (more…)

Continue ReadingChinese Authorities Crack Down On Rights Ahead Of Beijing Olympics

Ten’s Of Thousands Convert To Christ In Algeria

Source: Inspire Magazine

AlgeriaFor the last 10 years Christian broadcaster Arab Vision has seen many viewers respond to their television programs, but none more so than the Kabyle Berbers in the North-Eastern coastal region of Algeria. A Kabyle policeman came to Christ through the programs, now his father, his wife and his two sisters are sharing the same faith after he witnessed to them. (more…)

Continue ReadingTen’s Of Thousands Convert To Christ In Algeria

Thousands At Christian Rally In Hindu Kingdom Nepal

By Dr. John M. Lindner

25000 people attend an Easter Service in NepalKATHMANDU, NEPAL - Some 25,000 native Christians and onlookers attended an unprecedented Easter Rally in Nepal, the world’s only Hindu kingdom, BosNewsLife established Wednesday, April 2.

The gathering, held in the capital Kathmandu last week, was arranged by local churches to promote Christianity in this Himalayan nation, where minority Christians have long been oppressed, organizers said. 

People were seen holding banners heralding “the resurrection of Jesus Christ” during the down town celebration, which also included singing and dancing. Two key pastors  preached during the gathering. (more…)

Continue ReadingThousands At Christian Rally In Hindu Kingdom Nepal

Go To Church And Pray If You Want To Be Happy, Say Scientists

17th March, 2008,

13.bmpFaith makes you happy, say Scientists

Those with religious beliefs are likely to be happier than atheists or agnostics.

Research suggests religion can act as an “insurance policy” against the adversities of life.

Regular churchgoers also appear to cope better with events such as divorce or unemployment and may even be happier. (more…)

Continue ReadingGo To Church And Pray If You Want To Be Happy, Say Scientists

Foolish Preaching Of Cross Needed In Churches, Say Speakers

By Lillian Kwon, Christian Post     Mon, March 17 2008,

Steven J. LawsonMany Christians will arrive at Easter this year celebrating only half of what the holiest day in the Christian calendar signifies.

“Easter Sunday is not only a most appropriate occasion for celebration, but it also serves as a yearly sobering reminder of a topic that many people work hard to avoid – the harsh reality of death,” said C.J. Mahaney, president of Sovereign Grace Ministries.

Mahaney was speaking to hundreds in Orlando, Fla., this past weekend at Ligonier Ministries’ annual national conference, which concluded Saturday.

Steven J. Lawson, senior pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church in Mobile, Ala.

(more…)

Continue ReadingFoolish Preaching Of Cross Needed In Churches, Say Speakers

Bush Urged To Meet Religious Prisoners At Beijing Olympics

By Michelle A. Vu, Christian Post Reporter,

Olympics

WASHINGTON – President Bush was urged this week by a U.S. religious freedom body to meet with religious prisoners andto attend a house church service when he goes to China for the Olympic Games this summer.

A Chinese man waves a flag with the Beijing Olympic Games logo at the one year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Millennium Monument in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. (more…)

Continue ReadingBush Urged To Meet Religious Prisoners At Beijing Olympics