{"id":3915,"date":"2013-09-18T09:16:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T15:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3915"},"modified":"2013-09-18T18:52:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T00:52:14","slug":"missions-catalyst-9-18-13-world-news-briefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3915","title":{"rendered":"Missions Catalyst 9.18.13 &#8211; World News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In This Issue: A time of shaking, a time of rejoicing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3913\">CANADA: Move In &#8211; Can It Get Any Simpler Than This?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3911\">KOSOVO: Singing for Soul Healing\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3909\">AFGHANISTAN: Authorities Call for Death of Christian Converts\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3907\">YEMEN: A Mustard Seed\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3905\">MOROCCO: Christian Jailed for &#8220;Shaking the Faith of a Muslim&#8221; <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Greetings!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The world is experiencing an unusual period of shaking,&#8221; writes Richard Swenson, one of my favorite analysts of world events. &#8220;There is a\u00a0volatility\u00a0and\u00a0soft-anarchy\u00a0across the globe, and nowhere do we find a center that is holding.&#8221; Hear what he has to say about Syria at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardswenson.com\/article.html?a=24\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Swenson Trends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this time of &#8220;shaking,&#8221; God is also sending his ambassadors to teach the world rejoicing. See stories below of singing in Kosovo and North Africa and wedding parties as a means to share the Good News. Apparently God is not worried about the state of events.<\/p>\n<p>Rejoice in the Lord&#8230;always,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionscatalyst.org\">Missions Catalyst<\/a> is a free, weekly electronic digest of mission news and resources designed to inspire and equip Christians worldwide for global ministry. Use it to fuel your prayers, find tips and opportunities, and stay in touch with how God is building his kingdom all over the world. Please forward it freely!<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Pat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Pat\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Pat.jpg\" width=\"139\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pat Noble has been the \u201cnews sleuth\u201d 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=zaeaz4bab&amp;et=1105315904437&amp;s=0&amp;e=001N0EYJu9_l7U3xbyVqdh6tiClADp95RktD5NYsjeSRrkS6Z7bIXmZdAO1LtzTbPBYhGFjq7CKcjRTiPfxugcAUe7EhfR1tmt1iT2DDvJFSI1s8NQ4QeCQxQ==\" target=\"_blank\">NorthernChristian.org<\/a> website. You can connect with her at <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsoeverthings.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.whatsoeverthings.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In This Issue: A time of shaking, a time of rejoicing CANADA: Move In &#8211; Can It Get Any Simpler Than This? KOSOVO: Singing for Soul Healing\u00a0 AFGHANISTAN: Authorities Call for Death of Christian Converts\u00a0 YEMEN: A Mustard Seed\u00a0 MOROCCO: Christian Jailed for &#8220;Shaking the Faith of a Muslim&#8221; Greetings! &#8220;The world is experiencing an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=3915\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Missions Catalyst 9.18.13 &#8211; World News Briefs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-3915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3915","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=3915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3917,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3915\/revisions\/3917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}