{"id":7536,"date":"2017-11-15T07:06:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T12:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7536"},"modified":"2017-11-14T16:55:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T21:55:11","slug":"world-news-briefs-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7536","title":{"rendered":"World News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4515 aligncenter\" 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\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Like A Child - What Children from Around the World Think About God\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tje4n_PAl-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Filmed in six languages across five continents, this short film captures the faith-filled thoughts of children as they contemplate the attributes of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In this issue:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>IRAN\/IRAQ: Deadly Earthquake Strikes<\/li>\n<li>LEBANON: Prime Minister Resigns, Future Uncertain<\/li>\n<li>EAST ASIA: Artist Escapes from the Buddhist Wheel of Life<\/li>\n<li>WORLD: Latest Figures on Bible Translation<\/li>\n<li>SUDAN: Through the Eyes of a Persecuted Pastor<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Comments or questions? Let us know. Follow us on social media for more great content. Got this from a friend? We\u2019d love to have you <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/VuUkH\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/VuUkH\">subscribe<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Greetings!<\/p>\n<p>Did you watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tje4n_PAl-s\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tje4n_PAl-s\">Like a Child<\/a>, the new short film from Moving Works? Amazing what profound thoughts can be communicated by children, and here in only two and a half minutes. You might like to use this (possibly with the <a href=\"https:\/\/movingworks.org\/project\/like-a-child\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/movingworks.org\/project\/like-a-child\/\">related discussion guide<\/a>) for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/childrenday\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/childrenday\/\">Universal Children\u2019s Day<\/a>, observed each year on November 20. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/clean-water-news-stories\/universal-childrens-day-reason-listen\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/clean-water-news-stories\/universal-childrens-day-reason-listen\">Universal Children\u2019s Day: A Reason to Listen<\/a> (World Vision).<\/p>\n<p>Our friends at SAT-7 just finished a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sat7usa.org\/?s=week+of+prayer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.sat7usa.org\/?s=week+of+prayer\">week of prayer for children in the Middle East<\/a>. They produced short video clips on equipping children in seven important ways. Take a look.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings,<br \/>\nPat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filmed in six languages across five continents, this short film captures the faith-filled thoughts of children as they contemplate the attributes of God. In this issue: IRAN\/IRAQ: Deadly Earthquake Strikes LEBANON: Prime Minister Resigns, Future Uncertain EAST ASIA: Artist Escapes from the Buddhist Wheel of Life WORLD: Latest Figures on Bible Translation SUDAN: Through the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7536\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World News Briefs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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-7536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7536","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=7536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7537,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7536\/revisions\/7537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}