Christian leaders in India protest recent spate of attacks after yet another incident

Barnabas Fund ^ | 05/12/2015|

Over 400 Christian leaders and social activists gathered together in Hyderabad, in India’s Telangana state, on 2 May, to hold a peaceful protest against a recent spate of attacks against Christians. The protest came in the wake of yet another brutal mob attack in the state, when at least 100 Hindu radicals stormed a Christian meeting shouting anti-Christians slogans and beating the believers with wooden clubs, iron rods, and knives.

Christians in India meet to pray together

First breaking the lights and sound system, the assailants then proceeded to attack the Christians who had gathered together in Pebber town, in Telangana state, at around 9.30 pm on 8 April. According to International Christian Concern, the Christians ran outside and into the bushes to hide from the attackers, but at least 15 were wounded, some of them sustaining serious injuries.

The believers had been concluding an event in which they had organised three days of open-air revival meetings from 6 to 8 April. Over 300 Christians from nearby villages had come especially for the event.

(more…)

Continue ReadingChristian leaders in India protest recent spate of attacks after yet another incident

A Free Online Resource Connects People to the Message of Jesus

3/23/2015 Steve Strang

Imagine nearly everyone in the world holding a “gospel tract” that they check several times a day.

That’s what technology provides for believers who want to share their faith. With most of the modern world referring to their mobile devices, there’s an app that tells about Jesus in a fresh, winsome way—often using the testimonies of celebrities.

It’s a website and an app called “yesHeis,” the brainchild of a wealthy British businessman with a heart for ministry.

Lord Robert Edmiston has done charitable work since the late 1980s through an amazing ministry called Christian Vision, now called CV. To spread the gospel, CV utilizes many means, including shortwave radio, which was especially effective for many years in areas that have little to no religious freedom like that in Muslim-dominated countries.

I first heard about this at an international networking meeting of business and ministry leaders. I was so impressed that I downloaded the free app and later interviewed Lord Edmiston about it.

New content is posted daily on yesHEis.com. It’s easy to find videos from celebrities like Bono who give a very clear Christian witness. Material is arranged by topic for people who have a particular interest or who is grappling with a big problem.

(more…)

Continue ReadingA Free Online Resource Connects People to the Message of Jesus

Pastor Petrus Agung from Indonesia (20,000+ member church) at CTFM on Sunday 28th June / Live webcast with Ps Daniel this Sunday 21st June

Dear family and friends in Christ, 1) It’s our great pleasure to announce that Pastor Petrus Agung Purnomo from Indonesia will be our guest speaker at Catch The Fire Ministries…

Continue ReadingPastor Petrus Agung from Indonesia (20,000+ member church) at CTFM on Sunday 28th June / Live webcast with Ps Daniel this Sunday 21st June

Jihad Watch: Among the most attacked sites on the Internet

May 11, 2015 – By Robert Spencer

Daniel Cid, the Chief Technical Officer of the web security firm Sucuri, has informed me that of the thousands of websites his company protects, including sites much bigger than this one, Jihad Watch is by far the most frequently attacked:

Here at Sucuri we protect thousands of websites through our enterprise Website Firewall. One of the most disruptive attacks we see are known as Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks. These attacks are designed to disrupt the service and take down a website by overloading it with fake requests and making it inaccessible to everyone else.

Jihad Watch is one of those thousands of websites we help protect, and by far the most attacked we have in our network. It is targeted daily, by massive and large scale DDoS attempts that exceed 100Gbps of traffic on most days.

What is interesting is that DDoS attacks usually last for a few hours, up to days and go away. However, Jihad Watch has been under multiple, daily attacks, for more than a year (ranging from distributed advanced SYN floods, HTTP GET Floods, DNS/SSDP/NTP amplification attacks and many others).

(more…)

Continue ReadingJihad Watch: Among the most attacked sites on the Internet

More Reclaim Australia Rallies in July 2015 / Must watch transformation testimony of a former lesbian activist / Fred Nile MP speaking against same-sex marriage on ABC Q&A tomorrow Thursday night

Dear friends & family in Christ, 1) You may click the link above to watch a 6 minute video of Rise Up Australia National President Daniel Nalliah promoting Reclaim Australia…

Continue ReadingMore Reclaim Australia Rallies in July 2015 / Must watch transformation testimony of a former lesbian activist / Fred Nile MP speaking against same-sex marriage on ABC Q&A tomorrow Thursday night

Great presence of God in Orroroo, SA / Live webcast this Sunday 21st June

Dear family and friends in Christ, 1) Last weekend, Ps Daniel along with a team from CTFM visited a small farming town of 500 people, called Orooroo, which is 4…

Continue ReadingGreat presence of God in Orroroo, SA / Live webcast this Sunday 21st June

Christians Planting Churches in Pakistan Receive Death Threats From Muslims: ‘Convert to Islam, or We Will Make An Example Of You’

By Leah Marieann Klett May 14, 2015

Christian leaders in Lahore, Pakistan have received death threats from Muslims over the past few months because of their involvement in the building of churches in the area, AsiaNews has revealed.

Javed David, a Pakistani Christian activist, told the news source on Monday that he and at least three of his Christian associates have been threatened by an anonymous group of Muslims amid growing anger regarding the construction of Christian churches.

David, who is the president of Hope for the Light Ministries, and his associates have been helping poor Christian communities in Pakistan build places of worship since 2013. However, he explained that he is becoming increasingly uneasy, particularly in the wake of the double suicide bomb attacks on churches in Lahore back in March.

In April, the anonymous group warned that if he continues to help construct churches, he will be made an “example” of.

“I had been to church in Sheikhupura to attend a meeting with colleagues. It was 8 p.m. when we left to return to Lahore. We were about to reach the main road when a motorbike drove up and blocked the way,” David said. “[I thought] maybe they were following us. The two bikers were wearing a helmet. One of them came up to my window and spoke to me. ‘We know what you are doing here,’ he said. ‘Stop building churches. Convert to Islam, which is the true religion. Otherwise we will make a horrible example of you.'”

(more…)

Continue ReadingChristians Planting Churches in Pakistan Receive Death Threats From Muslims: ‘Convert to Islam, or We Will Make An Example Of You’

Millions Watch Testimony of Jewish Believer in Yeshua

Sunday, June 07, 2015 |  Ryan Jones

An online evangelism effort by local Israeli Messianic Jews has become something of an Internet sensation over the past month after the video testimony of an Jewish man who came to faith in Yeshua (Jesus) went viral.

Mottel Baleston’s was just one of the latest in a series of video testimonies titled “I Met Messiah” produced by the Israeli Messianic group One For Israel in cooperation with Chosen People Ministries.

But Baleston’s testimony apparently touched a nerve, and by the first week of June well over five million people had viewed the brief video explanation of how he had many years earlier come to faith as a young man in Brooklyn.

Growing up, Baleeston was acquainted with a large number of Italian Catholics, leading him to believe that Jesus must be Italian. In the video he explains how “the understanding that [Yeshua is] actually Jewish was a shock. And then to hear that the New Testament was written by Jews, I couldn’t believe it. …when I open it, I’m reading a story written by Jews about Jewish people.”

What followed as a natural progression for a young man seeking spiritual truth. “As I came to faith that Yeshua – that Jesus was the Messiah, it was clear that that was the most Jewish thing I could do,” he recalled. “This is the One who was promised in our Bible.”

(more…)

Continue ReadingMillions Watch Testimony of Jewish Believer in Yeshua

Arab Leaders Revolt Against Iran Nuke Deal

May 13, 2015 by Arnold Ahlert

There appears to be a small problem with President Barack Obama’s summit of Persian Gulf states taking place at Camp David on Thursday: Arab leaders want virtually nothing to do with it. Only the emirs of Qatar and Kuwait, two out of the six leaders of countries that comprise the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), will attend. The point man of the apparent snub is Saudi Arabian monarch King Salman, who took power in January after his brother, King Abdullah, died. Salman decided not to attend at the eleventh hour, despite Obama promising him a separate meeting, described by sources in Riyadh as a “photo op” aimed at convincing an American audience that Saudi Arabia and other Arab states are on board with Obama’s determination to secure a deal with Iran. They aren’t.

Both sides tried to downplay the apparent rift. White House Secretary Josh Earnest insisted feedback from the Saudis has been “positive,” and that if this is an attempt to send a message “that message is not received.” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir agreed. “This is not related in any way, shape or form to any disagreement between the two countries,” he said. “I think this idea that this is a snub because the king did not attend is really off base. This is an extremely high-level delegation. It has absolutely the right people to represent the kingdom,” he added, referring to interior minister Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and the king’s son and defense minister Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who will attend in the king’s place. Jubeir insisted the king was staying behind to deal with the cease fire in Yemen, and the humanitarian aid effort taking place there.

(more…)

Continue ReadingArab Leaders Revolt Against Iran Nuke Deal

Ps Daniel’s response to Ps Mark Conner’s message on Homosexuality

Dear friends & family in Christ, You may click the following video links for my response to Ps Mark Conner’s (Senior Minister of Citylife Church in Melbourne, Australia) recent message…

Continue ReadingPs Daniel’s response to Ps Mark Conner’s message on Homosexuality

“I am sorry” – says Ps Daniel – A prophetic dream of warning

Dear family & friends in Christ,Reconciliation

Earlier this year during the last weekend of April, I was ministering in Townsville, QLD.

One morning I woke up with a dream seeing Indigenous children crying out for help all around me.

This really broke my heart as I started reaching out to help them. Just then right behind me from the seabed there was a massive black cloud which appeared out of the water, like a big explosion. Out of the cloud came balls of fire which seemed like lava, like a volcano eruption.

By this time in the dream, I was going outside the building that I was in to help the people, but others in the building were trying to stop me from going outside, as it was too dangerous. However, I refused to stay inside and got outside of the building, asking God what to do to help the people.

Just then in the dream I felt strongly that the cloud was some kind of major disaster coming over the land and that we need to fight against it.

As I was wondering how to fight it in the dream, I had a prompting of 2 Chronicles 7:14, “if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

At once I knew that the Lord wants us to humble ourselves as His people and to repent for any wrong we have done.

Just then I was reminded of Math 12:36-37, “But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

At this point I realised that I needed to ask forgiveness for all the wrong words that I have spoken, also for all those that I have offended in any way, and for any anger, bitterness, un-forgiveness, hurt or offense that I may still be carrying in my heart. That I need to repent and put it right by starting at home with my family, then my ministry team, my church, the body of Christ and the nation.

(more…)

Continue Reading“I am sorry” – says Ps Daniel – A prophetic dream of warning

Baylor University Scholars Say Reports About Imminent Death of Religion Have Been Greatly Exaggerated; Faith Is Growing, Not Dying, In America and Around the World

May 11, 2015 – Baptist News Global – Ken Camp

Conference speakers highlight statistics and trends showing that in the U.S. and around the world, faith is on the rise.

Reports about the imminent death of religion, the rise of secularization and the growth of atheism largely ignore facts or rely on faulty research, scholars from Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion said during a recent conference.

Reports emphasizing the rise of “nones” and the massive flight of Millennials from organized religion greatly exaggerate — and sometimes misinterpret — hard data, said Byron Johnson, distinguished professor of the social sciences at Baylor and founding director of the Institute for Studies of Religion.

“There’s a story some people want to report — that religion is on life support — but it’s just not true,” he asserted.

Surveys that report Millennials have left the faith of their parents often really mean they have stopped attending church for a few years or identify with a nondenominational church rather than a Mainline denomination — not that they have abandoned Christianity, he said, pointing to findings from the Baylor Religion Survey.

(more…)

Continue ReadingBaylor University Scholars Say Reports About Imminent Death of Religion Have Been Greatly Exaggerated; Faith Is Growing, Not Dying, In America and Around the World

200 Chibok Mothers Do Not Know Whether Their Daughters Are Dead or Alive This Mother’s Day – Keep Them In Your Prayers

May 09, 2015 -The Christian Post – David Curry

As mothers around the world celebrate Mother’s Day with flowers and homemade gifts from their children, there is a community of 200 mothers who do not know the fate of their daughters.

On the night of April 14, 2014, an Islamic militant group kidnapped more than 200 female students from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. There has been no sign of the girls since.

The government has rescued hundreds of women and children from Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa Forest, and for that we praise the Lord. But the Chibok girls are still missing, and it is their mothers that I will be thinking about on Sunday.

Can you imagine not knowing the fate of your child, but being reminded by daily news reports of the cruelty of her captors? They are the ones who have killed thousands in one attack, have assaulted several of their female victims and have then sold some of these women into Islamic marriages.

(more…)

Continue Reading200 Chibok Mothers Do Not Know Whether Their Daughters Are Dead or Alive This Mother’s Day – Keep Them In Your Prayers

From Monnica to Susanna Wesley: Remembering Great Mothers In Church History

May 09, 2015 – Baptist Press – David Roach

Augustine of Hippo is known by Christians the world over for standing against heresy in the fifth century and laying a foundation for the Protestant Reformation a thousand years later.

Lesser known is the fact that Augustine might never have become a Christian if not for his mother Monnica, who prayed for his salvation for years before eventually sailing from North Africa to Italy to beg her son to attend church. He honored her wishes and was saved when he heard the Gospel under the preaching of Ambrose of Milan.

Monnica — as her name is spelled on her tomb despite commonly being rendered as “Monica” — is one of many noteworthy mothers in church history.

“Some of Christian history’s greatest preachers, theologians and missionaries owe the first fruits of their ministries not to their exegetical insights, homiletic abilities or spiritual zeal, but instead to the faithful prayers of their godly mothers,” Christian George, assistant professor of historical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, told Baptist Press in written comments. “In the lives of countless Christians throughout the ages, God has often granted second births as a result of those who gave them their first.”

(more…)

Continue ReadingFrom Monnica to Susanna Wesley: Remembering Great Mothers In Church History