Source: INcontext International, December 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amid the relentless waves of COVID-19 infections and deaths, ongoing conflicts, political instability (coups, protests, and upsets), and an increase in disasters, one could easily sink into despair\u2014were it not for the Lord\u2019s sovereign hand and merciful intervention in our world. In this special edition of A World in Motion<\/em>, we look at five significant, ongoing stories to watch in 2022. There are already some clear indications of possible impacts to the Church and missions in these regions or situations, while others remain speculative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Habakkuk 1:5, the Lord says to the prophet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLook at the nations and watch\u2014and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As followers of Christ, let that be the spirit in which we embrace the coming year\u2014a spirit of anticipation and readiness for what he will do in and through his Church, in our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the full story<\/a> or a previous, related story, Five Major Headlines of 2021 and What They Mean for the Church<\/a>. Both are long and may be easier to read and share in PDF form, which is provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also Three Trends Shaping the Post-Pandemic Church<\/a> (Ed Stetzer, for Outreach Magazine).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: INcontext International, December 2021 Amid the relentless waves of COVID-19 infections and deaths, ongoing conflicts, political instability (coups, protests, and upsets), and an increase in disasters, one could easily sink into despair\u2014were it not for the Lord\u2019s sovereign hand and merciful intervention in our world. In this special edition of A World in Motion, … Continue reading World: Five Stories to Watch and Their Possible Kingdom Impact<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10627,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626\/revisions\/10627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}