Category: News Briefs

In This Issue: Pictures from Asia’s Spiritual Landscape

• INDIA: Orissa Persecutor Turned Worshiper
• SYRIA: Eight House Churches Shut Down
• ASIA: Hip-hop Pastor Documents Movement in 10/40 Window
• ISRAEL: Anti-missionary Groups Gather in Jerusalem
• BANGLADESH: Buddhist Extremists Capture, Release Christians
• MADAGASCAR: Churches, Chickens, Trees, and Policemen
• EVENTS: New on the Missions Catalyst Calendar

Continue reading Missions Catalyst 10.06.10 – World News Briefs

In This Issue: Ethiopians Mobilized, Prisoners Released, and More

• MIDDLE EAST: Muslims Coming to Christ at Historic Rate
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: AmaZioni People Reconnect with Their Past
• ETHIOPIA: “God Sent This One to Wake Us Up”
• SUDAN: Kidnapped Aid Worker Released
• TANZANIA: Evangelist Arrested
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA: “I Want More Missionaries”

Continue reading Missions Catalyst 09.15.10 – World News Briefs

In This Issue: Standing with the People of Haiti, Pakistan, and Beyond

• HAITI: Six Months and Counting
• PAKISTAN: An Appeal to Stand with the People
• MIDDLE EAST: A Great Visit
• SOUTH ASIA: Filtered Water Changes Lives
• ETHIOPIA: Responding to Five Million Orphans
• BURUNDI: “Nobody Wants to Live with Their Hand out All the Time”
• MISSION EVENTS: Partners International, Global Women

Continue reading Missions Catalyst 09.01.10 – World News Briefs

In This Issue: China’s Christians, Prayer in South Africa, and More

• SOUTH AFRICA: How God Worked through Prayer
• AFGHANISTAN: Motive for Killings Still Uncertain
• PAKISTAN: Millions of Flood Victims
• NORTH AFRICA: “Why Have You Done This for Us?”
• CHINA: Official Survey “23 Million Christians”

Continue reading Missions Catalyst 08.18.10 – World News Briefs

In This Issue: 1,000 New Indonesian Churches, “Burn a Quran” Controversy, and More

• INDONESIA: Radio Stations Birthing Churches
• USA: Florida Church Urged to Cancel “Burn a Quran” Day
• GUINEA: Was It Really a Chimp?
• CAMBODIA: “God, You Were Supposed to Kill Him!”

Continue reading Missions Catalyst 08.04.10 – World News Briefs

In This Issue: Gospel Counter-terrorism, Quichua Missionaries, and More

• NIGERIA: Counter-terrorism by Preaching the Gospel
• ECUADOR: Dedicated Quichua People Follow Missionaries to Asia
• INDONESIA: Group Forms Militia-training Units
• RUSSIA: Dagestan Pastor Murdered
• NEPAL: Perfect Place for a Church
• NORTH KOREA: Jailed U.S. Christian Attempts Suicide

Continue reading Missions Catalyst 07.21.10 – World News Briefs

In This Issue: Awakening in Iran, Injustice in Pakistan, and More

• IRAN: Not Enough New Testaments
• PAKISTAN: Stand against Injustice Gets Them Evicted
• LIBYA: Eritrean Detainees in Danger
• WORLD: Religions Adapt to Changing Times
• USA: “Son of Hamas” Granted Asylum

Continue reading Missions Catalyst 07.07.10 – World News Briefs

In This Issue: Prayer for Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan, World Cup News, and More

• AFGHANISTAN: Urgent Call for Prayer
• KYRGYZSTAN: Civil War?
• SOUTH AFRICA: Human Traffickers Use World Cup
• PAKISTAN: “Chasing the Dream” DVD
• USA: “Son of Hamas” Battling Deportation
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Umba Stands and Jesus Wins

Continue reading Missions Catalyst 06.16.10 – World News Briefs

In This Issue: News from Iran, Madagascar, and More

• IRAN: Maryam and Marzieh Acquitted
• MADAGASCAR: Christian Radio Journalists Detained
• INDIA: Religious Cleansing Planned
• SOMALIA: Militants Kill Another Christian
• PAKISTAN: Christians and Muslims Protest Facebook Contest
• YEMEN: Children of Kidnapped Parents Freed

Continue reading Missions Catalyst 06.02.10 – World News Briefs

In This Issue: DRC Rebels Turning to Christ, Kyrgyzstan Miracle, and More

• DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Rebels Turning to Christ
• KYRGYZSTAN: Doctor Jesus to the Rescue
• INDIA: Evangelist Murdered
• IRAQ: Muslim Students Express Solidarity with Christian Students
• USA: Arab World Ministries, Pioneers Merge
• Keep Missions Catalyst Going!

Continue reading Missions Catalyst 05.19.10 – World News Briefs