God Raising up North Africans | World News Briefs

1. ALGERIA: 1,000 Muslim-Background Missionaries
2. UK: Iranian Christian Denied Asylum Because “Christianity Isn’t a Peaceful Religion”
3. TURKEY: Youth Declares Faith to Fiercely Resistant Family
4. NIGERIA: Christian Clergy Caught in Wave of Kidnappings
5. SOUTH ASIA: Monks Turn to Christ

Greetings,

In addition to today’s news brief stories, I’d like to share three items you may find useful for engaging conversations.

1. Justin Long identifies five big states or provinces that 625 million call home… including more than 10% of the world’s non-Christians, and about a quarter of the world’s unevangelized population. “This makes these five provinces worthy of significant strategic focus. Change any one of these provinces, and world Christianity and world mission will be forever altered. But the cost of doing so will likely be very high.” Can you guess what places made The Big 5?
2. Check out the informative and interactive site, How the World Votes (Al Jazeera). Pray for countries with big elections this year.
3. Finally, take a quiz on Hinduism (Marge Network). I only got three of the seven questions right! See if you can beat me.

Happy spring!
Pat