{"id":4211,"date":"2014-01-08T14:08:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T19:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4211"},"modified":"2014-06-25T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T22:36:17","slug":"missions-catalyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4211","title":{"rendered":"Missions Catalyst News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4515\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large.png\" alt=\"Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large\" width=\"620\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large.png 620w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>In This Issue: Holidays, haram, and South Americans &#8220;going for more&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4209\">COLOMBIA: Guerrilla Group Bans Worship Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4207\">SOUTH SUDAN: Cry Out to the Lord<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4205\">KAZAKHSTAN: Fines for &#8220;Extremist&#8221; Books\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4202\">IRAQ: Government Declares Christmas a National Holiday<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4191\">EVENTS: Additions to 2014 Calendar\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Greetings!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>This edition includes a number of stories about suffering Christians. The last year has been a newsworthy one for global persecution, says the Christian ministry Open Doors &#8211; which publishes an annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwatchlist.us\/\">World Watch List<\/a> of the top 50 countries where Christians face the most persecution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hundreds of churches have been attacked in Nigeria. Entire Christian towns have been destroyed in Syria. And in North Korea, at least 80 people were allegedly killed for owning a Bible,&#8221; writes Open Doors.<\/p>\n<p>As the writers also point out, however, many people are coming to Christ in some of these countries.<\/p>\n<p>For an overview, read <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.opendoorsusa.org\/2014-world-watch-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 2014 Watch List Is Here<\/a> and follow links to other resources and ways to respond.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for praying!<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\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\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Pat.jpg\" alt=\"Pat\" 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In This Issue: Holidays, haram, and South Americans &#8220;going for more&#8221; COLOMBIA: Guerrilla Group Bans Worship Services SOUTH SUDAN: Cry Out to the Lord KAZAKHSTAN: Fines for &#8220;Extremist&#8221; Books\u00a0 IRAQ: Government Declares Christmas a National Holiday EVENTS: Additions to 2014 Calendar\u00a0 Greetings! This edition includes a number of stories about suffering Christians. The last year &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4211\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Missions Catalyst 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-4211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211","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=4211"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4776,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4211\/revisions\/4776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}