Urgent prayer needed: Children in Nepal cut off from food supplies (updated)
Taking care of vulnerable children is a high calling and a tremendous responsibility. The Tamang family have taken in 20 children in Nepal, for which they provide physically and to whom they give the protection of a family. However, today an urgent request for prayer reached us through one of our partners in the area. Due to unusually heavy snowfall
Continue ReadingFufu goes to Sunday school
We love that our books and other resources travel across the globe, carrying a spark for revival and an urgency to stand with the persecuted church. Recently we received a message from a children’s class in Indiana where forty children (ages 3-12) are learning about “Around the World Missions.” Adileah the teacher, found the BTJ Fufu children’s books through a
Continue ReadingDon Richardson finishes his race
BTJ is saddened by the news of our friend, Don Richardson’s home-going on December 23, 2018. Most anyone in missions these days has been influenced by the life and ministry of Don. We at BTJ are no exception. As one who joyfully laid down his life for the Gospel of Christ, we are honored to have known and worked with
Continue ReadingNew year prayer needs for the front lines of mission
Happy new year to all Back to Jerusalem friends! If you made a new year’s resolution to pray more for mission and persecuted believers, we have work for you! This year again, our workers will be at the frontlines, encountering first hand political upheaval, spiritual warfare, natural disasters, religious persecution and military conflict. They need your prayers and support to
Continue ReadingSleeping for mission: BTJ The Netherlands, supporting in creative ways
Every nation has their own traditions of charity support and fund raising. When BTJ The Netherlands started up late spring 2018, they had to feel their way forward as to how they could connect the relatively small but varied Christian population to the BTJ vision. There was a little group that was touched by the message of Eugene Bach, and
Continue ReadingDove descending on India
ISIS’s legacy of death
What is left of the Caliphate? Not much by ways of organisation and a geographical power base. But they left a legacy behind that the country of Iraq is only beginning to come to terms with. More than 200 mass graves have been identified in provinces formerly held by ISIS, and nobody knows how many more there are. Some graves
Continue ReadingWhen women suffer
Last Friday, Human Rights Watch published a report on sexual violence against women in North Korea. The report painted a picture of near complete lawlessness when it comes to the way women are treated by those in power. Detainees in labour camps could be singled out at any time for abuse or rape and sexual violence was common during interrogations.
Continue ReadingIndonesia: The gospel in a disaster zone
The press moves on to the next big thing, but people in Sulawesi are still in deep mourning and trying to survive in what is left of their villages. Back to Jerusalem partners are there too, providing more than aid alone. When disaster strikes, the need for water, food and shelter is immediate. But men cannot live by bread alone.
Continue ReadingAsia Bibi death sentence overturned! Update: Unrest in Pakistan
After eight years of unjust imprisonment, we rejoice to hear Asia Bibi is no longer on death row but free to leave prison. Under immense pressure of mobs calling for her death and threatening riots, the judge did what his office demanded, overturn a sentence in a case where there was no evidence and procedures had not been followed. However,
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