{"id":8682,"date":"2019-07-24T11:58:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8682"},"modified":"2019-07-24T12:03:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:03:05","slug":"8682","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8682","title":{"rendered":"Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan: God at Work | World News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8683 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/imb-photos-man-and-an-arch-medium-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"imb-photos-man-and-an-arch-medium\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/imb-photos-man-and-an-arch-medium-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/imb-photos-man-and-an-arch-medium-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/imb-photos-man-and-an-arch-medium-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/imb-photos-man-and-an-arch-medium.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><em>In\u00a0 Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan, it sometimes seems all hope that the gospel will penetrate is lost. But God is at work, and the church is growing. See related story below (International Mission Board).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this edition:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8680\">IRAQ, IRAN, AND AFGHANISTAN: God Is at Work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8678\">SOUTHEAST ASIA: First Fruits in a Mountain Town<\/a><\/li>\n<li value=\"NaN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8685\">BUDDHIST WORLD: Diverse Pictures of Buddhism<\/a><\/li>\n<li value=\"NaN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8674\">JEWISH WORLD: Jesus, Jews, and the Internet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8672\">INDIA: Court Grants Bail to Christians Imprisoned Since 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0 Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan, it sometimes seems all hope that the gospel will penetrate is lost. But God is at work, and the church is growing. See related story below (International Mission Board). In this edition: IRAQ, IRAN, AND AFGHANISTAN: God Is at Work SOUTHEAST ASIA: First Fruits in a Mountain Town BUDDHIST WORLD: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8682\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan: God at Work | 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-8682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8682","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=8682"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8690,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8682\/revisions\/8690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}