{"id":9025,"date":"2020-01-08T10:31:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T15:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9025"},"modified":"2020-01-08T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T15:36:20","slug":"9025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9025","title":{"rendered":"Bible 2020 | New Control Measures in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"null\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft 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\" \/>Happy New Year!<\/h3>\n<p>Since the turn of the year (or decade) is a time of reflection, I\u2019d like to submit to you some gems I\u2019ve found while sleuthing for news.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, thanks to Paul Neeley of Global Worship for pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/globalworship.tumblr.com\/post\/189989753845\/new-year-prayersideas\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/globalworship.tumblr.com\/post\/189989753845\/new-year-prayersideas\">this BEAUTIFUL poem<\/a>. See especially item number 3. I am going to frame this one! Hope you like it.<\/li>\n<li>We can always count on something thoughtful and challenging from INcontext. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.incontextinternational.org\/2019\/12\/29\/just-a-minute-20-20-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.incontextinternational.org\/2019\/12\/29\/just-a-minute-20-20-vision\/\">Just a Minute: 20\/20 Vision<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blessings for 2020 and beyond,<br \/>\nPat<\/p>\n<p>Note: Did you miss our <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/missionscatalyst\/happy-new-year-2020\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/missionscatalyst\/happy-new-year-2020\">January 1 issue of Missions Catalyst<\/a>? It included several year-in-review and new-year items and our 2020 events calendar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In This Issue<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li value=\"NaN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9023\">WORLD: Bible 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li value=\"NaN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9021\">CHINA: New Measures to Control Religion Begin in February<\/a><\/li>\n<li value=\"NaN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9019\">TAJIKISTAN: Pastor Freed after Three Years in Prison for Singing Extremist Songs in Church<\/a><\/li>\n<li value=\"NaN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9017\">SOUTH ASIA: Elderly Peoples\u2019 Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li value=\"NaN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9015\">MYANMAR: A Loud Bang in the Prayer Room after Eight Buddhists Accept Christ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Like what you read? Share with others!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! Since the turn of the year (or decade) is a time of reflection, I\u2019d like to submit to you some gems I\u2019ve found while sleuthing for news. First, thanks to Paul Neeley of Global Worship for pointing to this BEAUTIFUL poem. See especially item number 3. I am going to frame this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9025\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bible 2020 | New Control Measures in China<\/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-9025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9025","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=9025"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9028,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9025\/revisions\/9028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}