In This Issue: Responses to intolerance and persecution
- SUDAN: Air Force Bombs Church Complex in Nuba Mountains
- INDIA: Christian Man Forced to Separate from Hindu Wife
- NEPAL: Prime Minister Pledges Religious Freedom
- UZBEKISTAN: Christian Home Raided
- VIETNAM: Evangelist Seeks to Extend Gospel to Unreached Tribes
Dear readers,
This edition of Missions Catalyst falls between the two Sundays (November 2 and 9) designated as the International Day(s) of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. You can find all the resources you might need from Open Doors, Voice of the Martyrs and the World Evangelical Alliance. But I thought I’d also pass on some other types of religious intolerance stories.
- The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is representing a Muslim prisoner’s right to express his faith by growing a beard, while the Saudi police arrest a woman for questioning the length of Mohammed’s beard.
- We rejoice that Muslim majority Turkey has agreed to offer a Christian curriculum, but do Satanists in Florida have the right to insist that kids have the option of a Satanic coloring book?
- England has pledged more tolerance in their education system, while Gujarat, India, has its textbooks rewritten by the Hindu right.
- While the US grapples with same sex marriage, many in the majority world are insisting on same-faith marriages (see India story below).
Surely intolerance is not always persecution. But once we decide something is an act of persecution, how do we respond? Check out How to Read a Persecution News Story (Morning Star News) and Prayer: Taking Sides (Voice of the Martyrs).
Standing with you,
Pat
Pat Noble has been the “news sleuth” for Missions Catalyst since 2004. In addition to churning out the news, she is working to create a SWARM (Serving World A Regional Mobilizers) in Northern New York using the NorthernChristian.org website. You can connect with her at www.whatsoeverthings.com.