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“The three things that the Chinese government is looking for when they attack churches is simple,” the underground house church pastor said yesterday in a private meeting, “does the church have a name, do they have a building, and are they connected to foreigners.” The underground house church senior pastor of several hundred thousand believers was sharing what the Chinese

IRAN HAS GONE DARK. All Internet access in the nation has been cut off as more than 100 people have been killed by the government. Spreading protests prompted the government to take the unusual step to cut the people off from the rest of the world by stopping all Internet communication. According to Amnesty International, at least 106 people have

Bread of Life Back to Jerusalem missionaries have set up underground networks in closed nations around the world. Through humanitarian efforts and businesses, Chinese missionaries have been able to connect with unreached people groups and share the Good News. Through these networks, BTJ has been able to deliver millions of books, Bibles, e-Bible readers, video Bible players, projectors, and audio

Hackers for Jesus There is an army in Syria that most people have not heard of before called the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). They are a group of professional computer hackers that support the Syrian government. They are Assad’s online army – which is like the Chinese Cyber Army – but on a shoestring budget. They use spamming, website defacement,

Peace in the Storm For the last few years, BTJ has had a special team on the ground in the Middle East focused on Syria. For security reasons, the details of the team cannot be released, but the team has been providing one-on-one counseling sessions with Muslim women who have been displaced from the Syrian war. Every day the women

MedEast When it comes to helping Syrians who have fled war, few have had more experience than Dr. Paul Kingery. Dr. Paul felt called to the Middle East more than 10 years ago and has spent most of his time living in northern Iraq close to the Iraq border. Nearly 4 years ago Dr. Paul felt the Lord call him

Business as Mission Often times Christians focus on humanitarian work and preaching the Gospel. Those are both needed in Syria, but there is a third thing that Christians in Syria need as well – jobs! Most businesses have fled Syria because the investment environment is not good, but BTJ has been starting businesses in restricted access nations for years and

Free Burma Rangers This prayer is written on November 10, which is a special day in the US military because it is the birthday of the United States Marine Corps. In recognition of this day for the US military, our prayers go out to an organization that BTJ is not directly connected with, but that is doing an amazing work

The Dream Center In the town of Dohuk is a shelter for many of the Syrians that are running for their lives and looking for help. The oasis in the desert is called the Dream Center and is run by an amazing woman named Barbara White. Barbara has spent her life serving others. From America to Africa to Kurdistan, she

Bombs! Bombs! Bombs! More bombs have been dropped in Syria than anywhere else. The government is bombing the rebels. The rebels are bombing the Syrian Army. Turkey is bombing the Kurds. The Kurds are bombing the Turks. Israel is bombing the Iranians. The Americans are bombing ISIS. Everyone is bombing someone in Syria. In December 2015 alone, the US ran