{"id":5843,"date":"2015-09-02T11:03:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T18:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5843"},"modified":"2015-09-02T11:11:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T18:11:24","slug":"world-news-briefs-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5843","title":{"rendered":"World News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large\"<\/a>Missions Catalyst News Briefs 9.2.15<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. WORLD: A Time of Anguish for the Globally Displaced<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. ALGERIA: Exponential Growth of Kabyle Berber Church<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. MIDDLE EAST: The Middle Eastern Mesh<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. CENTRAL ASIA: Share Tea, Share Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    For additional news, see our Twitter feed<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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    Image: Gissur Simonarson<\/a>. This photo of a Syrian father selling pens in the streets of Beirut raised more than US$150,000 for the Syrian refugee.<\/p>\n

    Dear Readers,<\/p>\n

    Last month a viral Tweet changed the lives of a Syrian refugee and his daughter<\/a> (pictured above) when thousands of dollars were donated to help the two. We read that thousands of Icelanders have offered to take refugees into their homes<\/a>. Syrians at train station in Hungary<\/a> did not fare so well.<\/p>\n

    Such glimpses into the life of refugees are powerful. I am also looking forward to the film Salam Neighbor<\/a> coming out this fall; it follows the journey of Zach and Chris, the first two filmmakers allowed to register and receive a tent inside a refugee camp. You might also be interested in the story of a recent Bethlehem Bible College graduate<\/a> who took a step of faith and led his entire youth group, Palestinians, on an eye-opening short-term trip to minister to Iraqi refugees in Jordan.<\/p>\n

    Here in the US, we are entering election season, and immigration is a hot and divisive topic. That may be why we don\u2019t hear much about immigration from the pulpit<\/a>, says Matt Soeren, who points us to studies and sermon resources that could turn that around (Leadership Journal).<\/p>\n

    Politics aside, mission leaders like J.D. Payne point out that international migration is at the nexus of many of the world\u2019s most challenging problems<\/a>. You might want to listen in on J.D.\u2019s conversation about migration and missions<\/a> with leading diaspora missiologist Enoch Wan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Don\u2019t know where or how to begin to help refugees? Check out\u00a0Exodus World Service<\/a>. Working with Exodus, members of The Village Presbyterian Church in Northbrook, Illinois recently delivered their 100th Welcome to America! Pack<\/a>. The church\u2019s dedication to welcoming arriving refugee families over the last decade is a wonderful demonstration of God\u2019s faithful care and concern for the stranger in our midst.<\/p>\n

    Love sports? Read Sports, Soccer, and Boxing as they Relate to Diaspora Missions and Evangelism<\/a> (Billy Graham Center for Evangelism). Amy Walters of SEND International provides some helpful tips on reaching out to refugees<\/a>. However you reach out, keep in mind these best practices of immigrant ministry<\/a> from the Wesleyan ministry Global Partners.<\/p>\n

    Finally, several years ago, faithful Missions Catalyst reader Neal Pirolo published a motivating book on reaching internationals who live among us,<\/a> and it\u2019s full of great ideas related to ministry among refugees, immigrants, international students, and more.<\/p>\n

    Blessings,
    \nPat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Missions Catalyst News Briefs 9.2.15 WORLD: A Time of Anguish for the Globally Displaced ALGERIA: Exponential Growth of Kabyle Berber Church MIDDLE EAST: The Middle Eastern Mesh CENTRAL ASIA: Share Tea, Share Life For additional news, see our Twitter feed.   Image: Gissur Simonarson. This photo of a Syrian father selling pens in the streets … Continue reading 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-5843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5843","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=5843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5846,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5843\/revisions\/5846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}