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Friday, 22 April 2016 10:49
Ecuador: earthquake and aftershocks
Since Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake there have been 550+ aftershocks, including a 6.2 magnitude aftershock on Wednesday. Humanitarian aid has been pouring in, but distribution is slow. People wait for hours under tropical heat for water…
Friday, 22 April 2016 10:47
Global Christian persecution
This week, Christian media reported: –In Ethiopia the sons of a Christian woman embraced Christianity after witnessing their mother’s martyrdom for refusing to convert to Islam from Christianity. –In China the wife of a Christian pastor…
Friday, 22 April 2016 10:45
Afghanistan and Israel: renewed bombings
A week after the Taliban said it was launching a ‘spring offensive’ of large-scale attacks, bomb and gun attacks hit Kabul killing 28 and injuring 329. After the assault was declared over, another blast rocked Kabul.…
Friday, 22 April 2016 10:42
Conflict and Christianity in Azerbaijan
It is twenty years since the end of Moscow’s domination over the Caucasus and Central Asia, but a bitter legacy of the Soviet era is ‘frozen conflicts’ that erupt for various reasons. For two weeks there…
Friday, 22 April 2016 10:40
USA: summer at IHOP
With summer around the corner, the International House of Prayer in Kansas is preparing formative events. There will be camps and conferences that prepare people for growth and renewal: –Children’s Signs and Wonders Camps for ages…
Friday, 22 April 2016 10:38
Africa: drastic increase in children used in suicide attacks
UNICEF reports that the number of children involved in ‘suicide’ attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger has risen from four in 2014 to forty-four in 2015. One in five suicide bombers was a child. Terrorists…