{"id":6056,"date":"2015-12-16T10:11:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T15:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2015-12-16T10:12:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T15:12:17","slug":"world-news-briefs-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=6056","title":{"rendered":"World News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Missions Catalyst News Briefs 12.16.15<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Women and Video Games<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. CHINA: Eric Liddell Honored with Statue and Film<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. SWEDEN: Somali Woman Speaking Out about the Qur\u2019an<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. INDIA: \u201cCasteism\u201d Destroyed through Communion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Pat<\/p>\n

    Glory to God in the Highest, peace on earth, and goodwill toward men! <\/em><\/p>\n

    Greetings!<\/strong><\/p>\n

    God\u2019s Word is loaded with stories of people on the move. Have you ever thought about it? Even before he was born, Jesus was what we\u2019d call an \u201cinternally displaced person\u201d (forced to travel to Bethlehem). Then he was a refugee (crossing a border) when the family fled to Egypt. In more ways than one, he lived in what was and some would say still is occupied territory.<\/p>\n

    I took the photo above in Bethlehem and was told that the Arabic script represents what the angels said when Christ was born: \u201cGlory to God in the Highest, peace on earth, goodwill toward men.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cBethlehem, in the center of the West Bank and Jesus\u2019 birthplace and area of public ministry, has transformed from more than 70% being Christian in the mid-20th century to less than 15%,\u201d says Prayercast. \u201cThroughout the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, military occupation and violent Islamist persecution have practically forced out the dwindling Christian minority, now down to less than 2%. Christians who remain feel largely abandoned and ignored by the global Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Got five minutes? Watch the short video<\/a> and pray for the people who live in Bethlehem (and the surrounding region) today.<\/p>\n

    I\u2019d also recommend the recent Compassion Radio interview<\/a> with Robin Wainwright, who traced the (possible) steps of the Magi from Iraq and Syria to Bethlehem, going through cities much in the news today. (Jump to 13:50 to catch the last 11 minutes of part one, then listen to part two, which is 26 minutes long).<\/p>\n

    Did you know that Friday, December 18th is International Migrants Day<\/a>? Take some time on that day to pray for churches settling refugees against governors\u2019 wishes<\/a> and others ministering to migrants.<\/p>\n

    COME, Let Us Adore Him!
    \nPat<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Missions Catalyst News Briefs 12.16.15 SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Women and Video Games CHINA: Eric Liddell Honored with Statue and Film SWEDEN: Somali Woman Speaking Out about the Qur\u2019an INDIA: \u201cCasteism\u201d Destroyed through Communion Glory to God in the Highest, peace on earth, and goodwill toward men! Greetings! God\u2019s Word is loaded with stories of people … 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-6056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056","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=6056"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6059,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions\/6059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}