Archive for December 2009

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Persecution in North Korea set to worsen in 2010

A charity supporting oppressed believers around the world has warned that persecution against Christians is set to worsen in North Korea in 2010

Christians attacked in northern Iraq on Christmas Day

A group of Shiite Muslims attacked an Assyrian Christian town in northern Iraq on Christmas morning according to reports over the weekend

Christians attacked in northern Iraq on Christmas Day

A group of Shiite Muslims attacked an Assyrian Christian town in northern Iraq on Christmas morning according to reports over the weekend

Christmas News from Spain

Phase I of the Cinderella’s House Project-caring for Spain’s sex trafficking and prostitution survivors-is complete, Betsy Blanchard reported in her December newsletter. Her next step is to build a team that will begin connecting with those they hope to reach with the freedom of Christ.

Christmastime in the City

By Bernie and Reneé Anderson, serving in Mongolia
Editor’s Note: The following is an adaptation of a Christmas letter from Bernie and Reneé Anderson, Alliance international workers who live and work in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar.  
We have the privilege of living right smack in the middle of the city. Our apartment is close to the busiest [...]

Pastor and wife beaten in Karnataka

A pastor and his wife were brutally beaten and falsely charged with forced conversion by a mob of Hindu radicals in Karnataka this month

UKs Pakistani Christians march for justice

Pakistani Christians in the UK marched through central London on Saturday in a call for justice for their brothers and sisters facing persecution in Pakistan

Campus Crusade for Christ surpasses 10 million decisions in 2009

The media arm of Campus Crusade for Christ recorded over ten million decisions for Jesus Christ this year more than doubling their projection for 2009 and more tripling their mark from the year before

Perspectives on the First Christmas

By Brad and Tina Reynolds, serving in France
Alliance international workers Brad and Tina Reynolds help to lead Eglise Protestante Internationale. Inaugurated in May 2009, it is the first new church in Léguevin, France, since the 12th century. God is moving in this international body of French-speaking believers, evidenced in the following article that is adapted [...]

Farsi language channel celebrates third year

SAT7s Farsi language channel celebrates its third year on air