| May 9, 2007 "The Church of China is rising up! The Lord has answered your prayer!" -Sister Debra, a church leader and long-time Open Doors Bible distributor Dear Sandra, Sister Debra shares her mission, her hopes and dreams, and the role of Open Doors, as the Chinese church tranistions from one that receives aid and foreign missionaries, to one that sends them! "The Chinese house church has 80 million believers. China’s revival cannot be separated from Open Doors Bible distribution ministry. You are the Chinese house church’s biggest Bible and literature provider and have reached out to us since the 1970s. Please accept our grateful hearts for your prayer and support. "Now we are reaching out and becoming missionaries. We opened a two-year missions-training school here four years ago. We have six graduates outside the country already, five who are preparing to leave shortly, and 11 others who hope to go to the Muslim world or Europe. "We must look beyond our local churches to changing China and the rest of the world, because we, too, are the Kingdom’s representatives. And our culture will not accept our religion if we are righteous yet do not help society. There is still persecution toward the church in China, but is a good thing; [otherwise] the church leaders�?would become complacent, and we need to be constantly renewed to be effective." Please pray: - That the Chinese Church will be strengthened and that more Chinese Christians will be trained and sent out on mission to the rest of the world. 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12
- For economic and political stability in China, because only under these conditions will Chinese Christians be able to support the missions of the Chinese Church. Ephesians 3:20-21
80 Christians were arrested in yet another police raid at the close of a Sunday worship service in Eritrea A U.S. couple and several teachers from India working in Eritrea were among those reportedly detained. According to Compass Direct News, the two U.S. citizens have been released, although Church leaders, Rev. Zecharias Abraham, and a church elder named Mikias Mekonnen remain in custody. The latest raid against Eritrea’s Protestant community came only five days after the government announced that the Eritrean Orthodox Church had elected a new patriarch.* Read More
Please pray: - For those who remain in government custody and for divine protection from abuse at the hands of the authorities. 2 Thessalonians 3:3
- For the perseverance of Christians in Eritrea in the face of such difficult circumstances, and that they will continue to extend love and compassion towards their persecutors. Psalm 37:39
Praying with you, Emily Key & the Prayer Force Team *News Source: Compass Direct News  |
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