Sep 3rd, 2007 3:39 AMÂ By BosNewsLife Special Reporting Unit
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife) — Despite reported execution threats and police abuse, Iranians “massively” turn to Christianity, fueling an “unprecedented” demand for Persian Bibles and New Testaments, BosNewsLife learned from Iranian sources Saturday, September 1. (more…)
by Inspire Staff/TN : Aug 19, 2007 : Inspire Magazine (Ethiopia)
http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk
“People always seek the money and the wealth of the earth, but what I seek is from God.”
Inspire Magazine has reported on a former Islamic leader in Ethiopia describing how he found faith in Christ after Jesus appeared to him in a dream.
Notes the report: “‘Robel’ was expelled from the mosque he helped to lead in 2003 for asking questions about Jesus. That same night he had a dream in which Christ appeared to him. (more…)
by Martha Wade : Aug 8, 2007 : ASSIST News Service          http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07080054.htm
“No one even cared for us, but this man brought joy, peace, and love to our families. We want you to release him or arrest all of us, because we are all followers of Jesus.”
(Bilaspur, India)—A beaten pastor awaits his fate under police custody. Pastor Palakar from Chhattisgarh was assaulted and accused of converting a nearby village. During his interrogation, the whole village flooded the prison, requesting the release of Pastor Palakar. However, the investigator questioned their intent in wanting this pastor released. “When we were in trouble, no one helped us except this pastor,” one of them said. (more…)
On Wednesday April 18, 2007, the fledgling Christian community in this nation of 70 million Muslims, suffered a devastating blow, when three of its finest, were brutally murdered for their faith. One German and two other Turkish brothers were found in the print shop, in south central Turkey, where they published and sold Bibles.
They had been tortured, stabbed repeatedly, and bound with their throats slit. Sadly, it was at the hands of five trusted young men, who had claimed to be seekers of our LORD. The murder was skillfully pre-meditated and ruthlessly carried out. Needless to say, as members of the Body, we have been deeply grieved by this terrible tragedy. (more…)
Subject: Is Jesus still in the tomb?
Article by Bill Muehlenberg  CultureWatch
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Dear friends
The attack on the faith is getting more pronounced by the day. Hot on the heels of the Da Vinci Code, we now have every media outlet on earth reporting the story that the tomb of Jesus has been found, and he must not have risen from the dead after all. According to Paul in I Cor. 15:16,17, if Jesus is not resurrected, then we can call it quits, pack out bags and go home.
But the theory has been denounced by many. I have written an article on it:
By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter – January 10, 2013
Anglican leaders in Africa have expressed their outrage over the Church of England’s decision to approve gay bishops in its order, saying that the decision could put an end to hopes of healing broken relationships in the Communion.
Archbishop Nicholas Okoh of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest provinces of the Anglican Communion with 17 million members, said that the affirmation of gay bishops “could very well shatter whatever hopes we had for healing and reconciliation within our beloved Communion,” Reuters reported.
Okoh added that the Church of England has given into “the contemporary idols of secularism and moral expediency,” and that it is “one step removed from the moral precipice we have already witnessed in The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church in Canada.”
Last week, the House of Bishops of the Church of England announced that it had internally decided to allow gay clergy to serve as bishops if they promise a life of celibacy, even if they are in a same-sex civil partnership.