Tea lovers, listen up!
Do you love tea? Do you want to support ethical business practises? And do you love your persecuted brothers and sisters? Then this could be important for you! Storehouse Tea is a social enterprise based in Ohio. They blend and sell organic, fair trade teas and use their business to strengthen low-income and immigrant communities. As well as producing high-quality
Continue ReadingUrgent Need in Iran
Heavy floods have devastated the south-eastern area of Iran, on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. This is one of the poorest areas in Iran. Thousands have been displaced and an unknown number of people have died. The severe rainfall and flooding blocked roads, destroyed houses and displaced thousands of people in southeastern provinces of Kerman as well. Massive flooding
Continue ReadingThe Middle East is heating up; an emergency prayer guide
Many people are glued to their screens, following developments in Iran and surrounding nations. For Christians every crisis is a call to prayer. We have the privilege of interceding for the world with the God who holds all nations in His hands. Below is a guide with some suggestions. Pray that political leaders, military leaders and media will exercise restraint,
Continue ReadingBTJ 2020 List of Top 10 Most Dangerous Countries to be a Christian
Back to Jerusalem has been working together with the underground house church of China in different nations between China and Jerusalem to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Most of the nations where BTJ missionaries serve are between the Great Wall of China and the Western Wall of Jerusalem. These nations are home to about 2/3rds of the world’s
Continue ReadingChina Gives Underground Pastor 9 Years in Prison
Yesterday, a Chinese court sentenced Pastor Wang Yi to nine years in prison. The Chinese court in the western province of Chengdu ruled that his Christian beliefs were dangerous for the nation and charged him with inciting subversion of state power and illegally operating a business. Pastor Wang does not own a business, but because he is a pastor of
Continue ReadingIslamic Attack on Christmas Eve
At least six people were killed and three wounded on Christmas Eve when the Islamic group Boko Haram attacked a community in northeastern Nigeria. The Islamic group that focuses their attacks on Christians raided Kwaaagilim village near the town of Chibok. In the last six years Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for killing nearly 30,000 people, most of which have
Continue ReadingDeadly Disaster Strikes During Christmas
Christmas came to the Philippines this year in the form of a deadly storm that claimed the lives of 11 people and left more than 10,000 evacuees homeless for the holiday. Typhoon Phanfone hit the Philippines on the 24th and 25th of December with reported winds of up to 130km/h (80 mph) and gustiness of up to 160km/h (99 mph).
Continue ReadingGreetings From Brazil
Being excited about The Heavenly Man book, in 2017, we did invite brother Yun to minister in our local church in São Paulo, Brazil. At that time, we could not imagine that behind him, a great team of outstanding servants was working hard to spread the message of our Lord throughout the most needed countries, especially in the 10/40 window.
Continue ReadingA New Underground Movement: Volunteers Needed
“If the government finds out that we have been educating our own children, we can be arrested and have our children taken away from us,” Sam [not his real name] said to me in Vietnam. “But I have to do it. Children are targets of the Communist Party. They want to teach them to hate Jesus at a young age.
Continue ReadingThe Six Lies I Tell at Mission Conferences
Two thousand years ago, Jesus told us to share the Good News with all the nations (Matthew 24:14). So, why has this task not been completed? Think about this – what if the Great Commission were an exam? What grade would we get? Well, there are currently 10,271 people groups around the world. Out of those 10,271different people groups, there
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