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Ebey Soman

The Deaths of the Twelve Apostles - 1 views

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    Historians such as Tacitus, Tertullian, Suetonius and many others recorded how Christianity faced unprecedented persecution after the death of Christ and the rise of Emperor Nero to power. All of the original apostles of Christ faced trials and were put to death either by the Roman Empire or local authority figures - but they all died for their faith.
Ebey Soman

Mankind's Sins - 0 views

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    They were the most hated group in the world. They make up less than 1% of the world population yet they have endured persecution in almost every part of the world and faced the most dehumanizing of all acts. It is their story of suffering, their untold story of hatred that I will recount for you.
Joe La Fleur

Now persecuted pastor's lawyer facing jail - 0 views

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    THE RESULT OF THE HATE THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF ISLAM
C L

Bible translation and mission : Bible translation and the cross-cultural DNA of the church - 0 views

  • over the centuries the major peoples that have most persecuted Christians have been those who were evangelized, but never had the Scriptures in their own language
  • wherever a missions thrust resulted in the early translation of the Scriptures and the absorption of its contents into the culture, the Gospel light has rarely been extinguished even if terrible persecution has come—examples being the Armenians, Georgians, Copts of Egypt, the Ethiopians and the Russians
  • The importance of a people proudly having their own version of the Bible cannot be under-estimated for the preservation and advancement of its culture.
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  • Missionaries are often accused of “destroying cultures”. The 20th Century demonstrated that it was actually the missionaries who preserved and ennobled cultures when the Scriptures were translated. It was rather the insensitivity, greed and ecological degradation of soldiers, traders, loggers, drug cartels that have done the damage. Without the translation of the Bible, many languages and cultures will disappear. Many cultures where the Gospel has been preached but do not have the Scriptures will be anaemic and without a strong Christian core embedded in their corporate life.
chakiry95

Understand the true nature of love - relaationship - 0 views

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    Since the dawn of homo sapiens, we study, experiment and try to decipher the secret code of love. Many of us seem to have forgotten that in the early days, free love was a shortage. From aristocrats to slaves, marriages and relationships were often given as orders and elections of people with more power and authority for political, religious, material and personal purposes. Therefore, there are the great love tragedies of "Romeo and Juliet" and "Abelardo and Eloisa", as well as countless others who have been persecuted for their innocent expression of love. These tragic love stories have left us wondering, why is it so difficult to love and what is it to feel this depth of love?
C L

Several ways to reach the unreached of the world - 0 views

  • increasing number of national sending agencies and associations. This is especially true among newer Churches who send workers from the first or second generation of believers. Central and East Asia as well as Eastern Europe are encouraging examples of this in the past decade. Growing numbers of countries are forming sending structures to facilitate sending workers from their nations to the world. Most countries with sizeable evangelical populations have mission associations that connect and resource mission structures within the country.
  • The North is learning to work as equals with or even serve under the leadership of those from the Global South.
  • Affinity partnering networks have formed across agencies for shared vision and focus. This focus might apply to a people, a region or a religious bloc. Such networks provide partnership, shared resources, research initiatives and, in some cases, umbrella groups serving pioneer workers from all agencies reaching the target peoples.
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  • Experts in business, industry, education or other fields serve
  • some serve through agencies, others go on their own or with loose connections to networks
  • when open doors and natural peer networks already exist for lawyers, engineers, architects and entrepreneurs
  • Believers living in diaspora are increasingly a strong mission force.
  • There are strengths and weaknesses involved in each method, and finding new ways forward is never tidy. Pray that devoted followers of Christ might, with passion, urgency, wisdom and discernment, seize available opportunities to more effectively reach the world’s least reached.
  • In the past 20 years, more Muslims than ever before have come to Christ, more workers serve in Muslim heartlands, more agencies focus on these regions and more sustained intercession is given for these peoples precious to God.
  • Political crises in Buddhist strongholds such as Tibet, Thailand and Cambodia similarly caused increased interest in the Buddhist world, long a tough mission challenge with little progress. Mongolia, Cambodia and Vietnam, all strongly influenced by Buddhism, now see unprecedented Christian growth. A trickle of first fruits is also occurring among Tibetan peoples. May the rest of the Buddhist world soon experience the same.
  • The upheaval in the Hindu world has likewise drawn greater attention to this large swathe of the human population. Civil war and continued turmoil in Nepal, unrest, religious violence and persecution in certain parts of India and the continued plight of the Dalits/Untouchables have all attracted prayer, mobilization and ministry on a great scale. This, in turn, has yielded incredible growth in the Church in Nepal and India. Pray, however, for an awakening of focus and a harvest force to work among higher caste and middle class Hindus.
C L

The Church Worldwide | Operation World - 0 views

  • The unprecedented harvest of new believers continues across Africa, Asia and Latin America, in contrast to the relative stagnation or decline in the rest of the world.
  • Christians living and fellowshipping in every country on earth. World mission, globalization and high migration rates have dispersed the Church into every corner of the world, both to previously unevangelized areas and back to traditionally Christian regions where the Church is in sharp decline.
  • hundreds of millions heard the good news for the first time in the past century. It is also an indication that the missionary efforts of the past 200 years have borne incredible fruit, though at times it was slow in coming. Years and generations of prayer and faithful service to the unevangelized world by both missionaries and indigenous Christians have not been in vain.
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  • both persecution and Church growth are prominent include China, India, Sudan, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Iran and Myanmar, to name but a few
  • local congregations. Each should be an organic entity, a community where all members participate in body life. Each believer has gifts to contribute to the up-building of the whole, yet rarely do congregations function in this way
Robbie Lowdown0

The Lowdown Truth: Night of Terror Leaves 48 Murdered in Mpeketoni, Kenya - 0 views

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    Al-Shabab strikes non-muslim targets in Kenya.
Ebey Soman

YouTube - "In the Name of God We Kill..." - 0 views

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    Malati Digaro, a Christian convert sobs as she looks at what remains of her home. "This is all that is left of my house. It took us four years to build ...
Marie Lin

The Quiet Room - 0 views

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    When we wrestle with our problems, trying so hard to fix things on our own, we often end up frustrated and exhausted. Satan is succeeding in wearing us down and we desperately need a rest, an escape.
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