{"id":4555,"date":"2014-05-07T06:04:05","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T13:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2014-06-25T14:54:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T21:54:35","slug":"missions-catalyst-5-7-14-world-news-briefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4555","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: Considering life after conversion<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4553\">ISRAEL\/PALESTINE: May Muslims Become Christians?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4551\">WEST AFRICA: Christian and Muslim Clerics Pledge to Tackle Insecurity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4549\">NORTH AFRICA: A Fisher of Men<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4547\">SOUTH SUDAN: A Mother&#8217;s Story<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Greetings!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s stories cause me to think more deeply about conversion and the lives of those who convert. If only societal transformation followed as spontaneously as it did with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z4hJQmRH8nk\">Koti people of Mozambique<\/a> (World Outreach International). Often, though, things are more complicated, and in some places persecution seems the norm (see <a href=\"http:\/\/morningstarnews.org\/2014\/03\/christian-converts-in-laos-told-to-leave-faith-or-face-expulsion\/\">Christian Converts in Laos Told to Leave Faith or Face Expulsion<\/a>, from Morning Star News).<\/p>\n<p>But what about thinking beyond conversion? You can find lots to ponder in the most recent edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stfrancismagazine.info\/ja\/\">St. Francis Magazine<\/a>; see one story below. Also check out a report about Malaysia, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.persecutionblog.com\/2014\/05\/islam-purchasing-converts-.html\">Islam: Purchasing Converts<\/a> (Voice of the Martyrs) and <a href=\"http:\/\/commanetwork.com\/5-reasons-muslims-convert\/\">Five Reasons Muslims Convert<\/a> (COMMA Network). And of course, pray for the young girls kidnapped in Nigeria, who are apparently facing forced conversion and marriage. May God bring them back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Until All Hear,<br \/>\nPat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Pat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2248 \" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Pat-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pat\" width=\"141\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In This Issue: Considering life after conversion ISRAEL\/PALESTINE: May Muslims Become Christians? WEST AFRICA: Christian and Muslim Clerics Pledge to Tackle Insecurity NORTH AFRICA: A Fisher of Men SOUTH SUDAN: A Mother&#8217;s Story Greetings! This week&#8217;s stories cause me to think more deeply about conversion and the lives of those who convert. If only societal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4555\" 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-4555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555","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=4555"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4756,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions\/4756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}