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Topic: News From British Isles, Ireland, Europe and Worldwide
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Subject: News From British Isles, Ireland, Europe and Worldwide
Date Posted: 05/24/2016 at 10:03am
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News From British Isles, Ireland, Europe and Worldwide
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Church planting in Ghana |
After a widespread survey of
northern Ghana in 2011, it was decided to launch a coordinated effort among the
Komba people, a subgroup of the nearly 600,000 Konkomba. Demonstrating a unique
openness to the gospel, many Komba villages have openly invited the presence of
Christian workers. Responding to this open door, OneWay Africa is currently
partnering with 17+ national and international ministries to see the Komba
reached in this generation, with a focus on local leadership training,
evangelism and church planting, they are seeing a movement to Christ begin. To
date, 368 Komba leaders have been trained in disciple-making and church
planting, resulting in at least 63 new churches. A core value in their approach
is to work side-by-side with local leaders, equipping them to do what God has
called them to do transform lives, plant churches and propel new believers
among their own people and beyond. |
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OneWay Ministries and others working with Christ to restore lives.
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Outreach produces results |
People are in desperate need
of God. Wayne came to faith through patient, sensitive and long-term work by
London City Mission (LCM). He was five or six when he started going to mid-week
sports at their centre, then later to a youth club called Jucos, with a Bible
class. It wasnt the stories that drew me in: it was the sport. Id be at the
centre to play sport in the week, and on Sunday Id go to Jucos, stay for tea
and the evening service. I loved being at the centre. Over time, faith became
real and relevant. He gave his life to Jesus and today he lives in Slough with
wife Joyce and son Chris. He works with a charity called Christian Connections
in Schools, a local ministry partner with Scripture Union. My work now is
exactly the same as what LCM did with me all those years ago: talking about what
Jesus said and did, and its relevance today. |
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God for the
relevance and impact His gospel makes on the lives of each generation.
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Government agenda outlined |
The Queen delivered her 2016
speech this week, setting out the Governments agenda for the coming session.
Measures will be introduced to help the lowest-income families to save, through
a new Help to Save scheme. Pray for those who will still have to wait for a
first payment of Universal Credit and struggle to repay hardship loans and still
stay out of debt. Pray also for the Government commitment to build a million new
homes and promote home ownership. May they implement workable changes that end
homelessness quickly and help first-time buyers. The Government will reform
prisons and courts to give individuals a second chance. Prison governors will be
independent legal entities with the power to enter into contracts, generate and
retain income, and establish their own boards with external expertise. Pray for
the prison service to be wise and discerning as changes are implemented, and not
to be tempted to cut corners or widen profit margins. |
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for the
Government to make wise decisions in the coming session.
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BBC: content too Christian? |
An internal review by the BBC
says its content is too Christian and should be more balanced. Aaqil Ahmed, a
Muslim and the BBC's head of religion and ethics, compiled a report that
suggests the company should give more airtime to Muslim, Hindu and Sikh faiths.
One proposal is for the BBC to broadcast Friday prayers from a mosque similar to
Songs of Praise on Sundays. Ahmed said in a statement that they look at the
number of hours they produce, and measure that against the religious make-up of
society. The number of Muslims has doubled in ten years, to three million.
According to The Daily Telegraph, controversy surrounded Ahmed's appointment in
2009 over allegations he had demonstrated a pro-Islam bias in his former
position at Channel 4. The Muslim Council of Britain said, We would not wish
Christians to have any less exposure. |
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for more,
not less, far-reaching unashamedly Christian programming that impacts lives.
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Threat to pupils: 100 illegal schools
uncovered |
Ofsted has warned, Thousands
more children than previously thought are at risk of harm and indoctrination in
illegal madrassas and faith schools. Inspectors uncovered 100 underground
schools across Britain, many catering to very religious communities. A third of
illegal schools were Muslim, and one-sixth either Christian or Jewish. Others
were private, non-religious schools. Investigators were deeply alarmed by
sub-standard education which undermined Government efforts to ensure schools
promote British values. In a drive to crack down on radicalising pupils, new
rules state that schools must promote tolerance of other faiths and lifestyles.
The illegal schools have not registered with the Government and so are not
subject to any regulation. Ofsted said that pupils attending these schools may
be at significant risk of harm and indoctrination. Inspections revealed serious
fire hazards, and unsafe and unhygienic premises. Ofsted believes that
unregistered schools uncovered so far are a small proportion of the total of
those operating. |
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for God to
protect children, and for unsafe schools to be found and closed or improved.
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Detained British-Iranian woman -
update |
Last week we prayed for
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British charity worker who was arrested at Baghdad
airport and held in solitary confinement without charge. A campaign to free her
was instigated with a petition to David Cameron to act on her behalf. On
Thursday Nazanins husband Richard wrote on his blog, I was not planning an
update - but I wanted to share. Nazanin told her family a few hours ago that she
has been moved out of solitary confinement, and is now kept in a group cell.
More details will follow when I have spoken to the family, but it is a happy
day. Thank you to everyone who has made that happen. Next week he is going to
Brussels to petition about her case. |
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for the
British/EU Governments to advocate on behalf of the Ratcliffe family.
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Midwives head in abortion row |
Cathy Warwick, the chief
executive of the Royal College of Midwives, has been attacked for her decision
to give the union's backing to a campaign to scrap the abortion time limit
without consulting its members. She chairs the board of trustees at British
Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), which assists 65,000 women a year with birth
control, and believes that abortions should be removed from criminal law. Peter
Saunders, CEO of the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF), has called this
decision absolutely appalling and called for her resignation. Mr Saunders
said, It looks like a personal crusade; she wants to decriminalise it all
together. This is astonishing from an organisation whose very motto is that life
is the gift of God. New research by the World Health Organisation shows that
one in four pregnancies now end in abortion that is 56 million abortions every
year worldwide. Official figures released by the Department of Health on
Wednesday revealed that abortions across England and Wales in 2015 have reached
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for a
miraculous change of Britains attitude to childbirth and abortion.
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Archbishops call to end AIDS by
2030 |
The Archbishop of Canterbury
has given his strong support to the work of community-based responses to the
global AIDS epidemic. In a video message released before next months High-Level
Meeting on Ending AIDS (8-10 June), Archbishop Justin Welby celebrates the great
progress that has been made to eliminate AIDS as a threatening global disease by
2030, and calls for a great further step - the mobilisation of political,
financial, technical and clinical resources through communities to make this a
reality. He praises the role of communities, particularly faith-based
communities, in providing treatment for the poor and marginalised. The
Archbishop highlights the role the Anglican Communion has played for many years
in offering community-based treatment, enabling communities to.. support the
victims of AIDS, their families, and others affected directly and indirectly.
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for men and
women, boys and girls who can be overwhelmed, ashamed, and afraid to face a
future living with the scorn and stigma of HIV and AIDS. Pray for a cure.
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Soldiers defective body
armour |
British soldiers are raising
concerns about their new Israeli-made, army-issue body armour with one troop
suggesting parts of the latest load-carrying system may as well be used as fire
fuel. The criticism focuses on parts of an integrated new armour system called
Virtus, which is being brought into service to replace the heavier
Afghanistan-era Osprey armour. Soldiers say some of the pouches and straps used
to store and attach equipment are snapping. So far the military has issued
9,000 units of Virtus to key combat units including the Parachute Regiment and
Royal Marines. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it is working with the
supplier to fix the issues. However, the father of one soldier told the BBC he
is appalled, the new kit appeared to be substandard. His son and fellow-soldiers
still found it hard to get back up again if they were forced to go to ground in
the face of the enemy, he said. |
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for the MoD
and the Israeli supplier to eradicate these teething problems as a priority.
(Pr. 3:23) | |
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Eleven children in dog
attack |
A Staffordshire bull terrier
was restrained by a parent after biting eleven children in a play park in Blyth,
Northumberland. They suffered bite wounds as they remained trapped in the
fenced-off area. Nine were taken to hospital, with a seven-year-old girl
expected to need skin grafts. Northumbria Police officers are working to find
the animal's owner. The most recent survey reports that hospital admissions for
injuries caused by dogs are up by 76% in ten years. The most likely age group to
be admitted after dog attacks are children under ten. |
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for more to
be done to tackle irresponsible dog owners and to protect the public.
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Zika virus could reach Europe this
summer |
The World Health Organisation
(WHO) said the Zika virus could spread to Europe this summer, although the
likelihood of an outbreak is low to moderate. Areas most at risk are those where
Aedes mosquitoes spread the virus: the Black Sea coast of Russia, Georgia, and
Madeira. Countries with a moderate risk include Spain, France, Italy and Greece.
UK risk is low. The WHO is calling on countries to eliminate mosquito breeding
sites and ensure that people, particularly pregnant women, have information on
the potentially harmful consequences of the disease. |
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for
countries that could be affected to be well prepared to pick up and deal with
cases quickly. Ask God to help people resist panic and fear at what appears to
be an escalation of the virus.
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Authorities vow solidarity over missing
aircraft |
French and Egyptian
authorities have been reacting to the disappearance of EgyptAir flight MS804
with 66 people on board. The French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in
Paris, Obviously, we can only imagine the anguish of the families. There are
fifteen French citizens on board. So our top priority is to inform the
relatives. A crisis management unit has been set up at the Foreign Ministry and
a hotline number has opened. Another crisis unit is at work in our embassy in
Cairo. The French prime minister promised assistance in the search for the
aircraft. Speaking from Cairo International Airport, Egyptian prime minister
Sherif Ismail said, All we can say is that contact with the aircraft stopped in
a specific area and the search operation is focused there. The military have
sent aircraft and ships which will arrive at the site shortly. Greek aircraft
are currently searching the area. |
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for the
families of the missing, for the search and rescue teams, and for quick answers.
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Nigeria: first missing Chibok girl found after two
years |
On Tuesday night, Amina Ali
Nkeki wandered out of a forest, asking for help, accompanied by a baby and a man
who claimed to be her husband and the father of the baby. Amina was in poor
physical condition, as were the baby and man. They were part of a group asking
for help. The man said he had been kidnapped by Boko Haram from the town of
Mubi, taken to Sambisa Forest, and married to Amina. Amina was taken to her
house in Mbalala, where she was reunited with her mother, Binta Ali. The Sambisa
Forest is an ideal hiding place for militants and their explosive
devices:recently soldiers have infiltrated the forest and driven many out of
their territory, but some are still hiding there. Stop press: the army has
rescued a second Chibok girl, Serah Luka, and 97 other women. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mBhtLTNpdp3X7wmQM81Iz6CWuRX2v 8eDh6UkbgfqglvEE6n8JUGK4bmcAG5yVIaVOq1w5ogy5HLt5zXkkxLKzzq2Z 4ZlzcqdpYg9rDO_rtXfE5f41q9yNvnR0aLOeNgkHZFVkXnW5y2wTthK193jI _vIdaDNYY-8cgd4zmt6AI6YIQUgwj5zwX03XaSeD1Q0-689O79qbNQ=& c=Iy8ftc_-vz5OOeR0YsePRAtY9IbfMOXLTYYCLeqDNHW_p_3gL9I_JQ==&a mp;ch=urAWZrTPFCcrSGbZTIvHbPmztWNIvkmJvniE5vm36pkgbRqluC-F9g ==" alt="http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html - See also
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for the 200+
still in captivity. Pray for Amina, her husband and babys healing and recovery
from their ordeals. Pray for the families and the girls living in hope / fear.
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Iran: further harassment of
Christians |
Iranian Christians request
prayer for three Christians belonging to the self-styled Church of Iran
network who were arrested on 13 May and remain in detention in Rasht. Security
agents raided the home of Yousef Nadarkhani, a church leader who had attracted
international attention after he was charged with apostasy and sentenced to
death in 2010. He was finally acquitted of apostasy charges, but sentenced to
three years' imprisonment for evangelising. He was eventually released on 7
December 2013. He and his wife Tina were arrested, along with Yasser
Mossayebzadeh (who remains in detention - the other two were released). In
addition, Saheb Fadaie and Mohammedreza Omidi were summoned to report to the
security offices. Their homes were then raided and phones, computers and
Christian literature were confiscated. The two men were detained, and are
thought to be in Lakan prison near Rasht. Omidi was also one of four Christian
converts sentenced in 2013 to receive eighty lashes for drinking communion wine
and possessing a satellite receiver and dish. |
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for these
men to be released soon without charges or further action. Pray for Gods peace,
comfort, strength and encouragement for all involved, and for officials to learn
about Jesus and follow him. (Job
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Canada: Alberta wildfire and a call to
prayer |
Officials are rethinking
their plans to let people return to Fort McMurray after the fires gained new
life this week and destroyed a 665-room oilsands work-camp north of the city.
Oilsands facilities and work-camps north of Fort McMurray were ordered to
evacuate. Nineteen work-camps and as many as 8,000 people were affected by the
new evacuation order. Oilsands facilities are used for processing bitumen. They
have separate teams of firefighters and are surrounded by gravel to keep the
fire out. Canadas prayer network Ears to hear has called for a forty-day
prayer focus on Alberta, from 16 May to 24 June. They are focusing prayer from
across Canada, praying for the people who lost everything in Fort McMurray; for
rains for the fire and the rain of the Spirit; and for the Church to awaken and
experience wholehearted turning so that blessing will come. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mBhtLTNpdp3X7wmQM81Iz6CWuRX2v 8eDh6UkbgfqglvEE6n8JUGK4bmcAG5yVIaVJM6oVyso923zlw3CXzvucLcH4 kXwJNctcEUXsaGOitfOm-K9uGSMgtfM1s0eukkwLSeABQUrCYTD90mYoah0O GgSxtynijKiN1R2NH20s4MjrDwEZwoWd2zx0ShSIN_Z&c=Iy8ftc_-vz 5OOeR0YsePRAtY9IbfMOXLTYYCLeqDNHW_p_3gL9I_JQ==&ch=urAWZr TPFCcrSGbZTIvHbPmztWNIvkmJvniE5vm36pkgbRqluC-F9g==" alt="http://www.ears2hear.ca/events.html - See also
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for those
who are praying for the Church to catch a holy fire; and for the men and women
in the province who have gone through such difficulty fighting and losing
everything to a natural fire. (Job
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Brazil: disaster or opportunity? |
Crowds have taken to the
streets of Brazil in recent months. Fed up with corruption and the realities of
a declining economy, many called for President Rousseff's removal. This week her
presidency was officially suspended. The country stands in the midst of a
political crisis and severe economic recession, but the issues are far deeper.
Brazil is the second highest consumer of illegal drugs globally, and has the
highest rate of firearm homicides. There are seven million child labourers and
600,000 girls in prostitution. However, Brazil also has one of the largest
evangelical populations in the world, with large and growing movements of prayer
and missions. The mounting political and economic crisis contrasts with the
reality of the growing and influential Brazilian Church. |
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for the
Church to arise at this pivotal time, bringing unity, healing, and the message
of the hope of Jesus in a time of turmoil and confusion.
(Is.60:1) | |
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Venezuela: public health
emergency |
The death of a baby is our
daily bread, said a Caracas surgeon, referring to Venezuelas collapsing
hospitals. The economic crisis has exploded into a public health emergency,
claiming the lives of untold victims. The unravelling has become so severe that
the President has imposed a state of emergency and raised fears of a government
collapse. In hospital wards there are no gloves or soap, and cancer medicines
are only found on the black market. There is so little electricity that the
government works just two days a week. At a hospital in Mérida there is no water
to wash blood from operating tables, and doctors clean their hands with bottles
of seltzer water. It is criminal that a country with such large oil reserves
allows people to die for lack of antibiotics. The food shortage, due to a
variety of government-imposed problems, is so severe that the opposition party
is organising street protests to demonstrate the peoples needs. They need food,
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for God to
breathe life into the government areas where there is death and fear. (Job
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Pakistan: Muslim threats, and forced
marriage |
In a Punjab village,
28-year-old Imran Masih has been accused of keeping a blasphemous video clip
on his cell phone. He is an illiterate man with no knowledge of the internet.
Local Islamists have issued a fatwa (Islamic death edict) against Masih, and
have told the 300 villagers that they must either produce Masih, leave the area,
convert to Islam, or be killed. Police thwarted an attempt to burn down all
their homes. Elsewhere in Pakistan Maryam Mushtaq, a 24-year-old Christian
woman, was abducted by Muslims and forced to convert to Islam and marry one of
her kidnappers. Maryams mother (who lost her husband to cancer in 2013)
reported her daughters kidnapping to police, but nothing has been done yet. A
hearing will be held about Maryams case, but justice is unsure: unfair
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strengthen and protect these victims and other Christian communities in
Pakistan. (Ps.5:8) | |
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