From Australian Prayer Network http://www.ausprayernet.org.au
Christians throughout China fear tough restrictions on their freedom to worship in the coming year following the launch of a government crackdown ahead of the August 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Christians across China are reporting a shortage of Bibles, even in cities where Bibles previously were readily available. There are […]
Hi Bessie,
Greetings from Africa. The Lord has been good to us. The past two months, have seen us and all our house church network in Kitale reach out to assist the displaced in one of the refugee camp with over 1400 people.
Our house church friends from different places have stood with us and we thank […]
Please find below a link to the latest edition (Winter 2008) of the STARFISH FILES house church magazine and the premier edition (Fall 2007). The files are in PDF format. Feel free to download it, print it off, hand it out, email it around, and generally broadcast the contents to your contacts.
Winter - http://housechurch.ca/resourceshow.php?id=84
Autumn - […]
Two postings below this one encourages home churches in the west to partner with those in Kenya during this shocking time. Here is some more background information published by the Australian Prayer Network. http://www.ausprayernet.org.au/
TRIBAL ETHNIC CLEANSING BREAKS OUT IN KENYA
Thick black smoke billowed up from a neighbourhood in the quiet town of Naivasha. Young men […]
From John White, Denver, Colorado U.S. (A challenge to home churches in Australia also. Bessie)
All of us have been drawn into simple/house churches believing that Jesus had more in mind for church than what we had been experiencing in the institutional church. At this present moment, we have the opportunity to explore more deeply Jesus’ […]
Iris Ministries, Inc.
Pemba, Mozambique
22 January 2008
Once again Mozambique has been hit by severe flooding. Few countries in our modern world have been hit by disaster so often and devastatingly. Already one of the poorest countries of the world, it struggles without the mechanisms of modern countries that can deal to a great extent with regional […]
From http://www.simplechurchjournal.com/
There is real challenge here now that the post election violence continues. People continue to be killed, their houses burnt, and property destroyed. Several families have run to our home for refuge.
There is a woman who ran to us with 7 month twins. Her husband was hacked to death, her house burnt, she ran […]
Dear Bessie Pereira,
Was good hearing from you. Yes, I have learnt much from house church concept where relationship matters. at the moment in kenya we are experiencing the most trying times where tribe is turning against tribe and hundreds of people have so far been killed, at a refugee (camp) where more than 100 people […]
Greetings from Caracas, Venezuela. Please continue to pray. 100´s coming to Christ through youth baseball camps, traditional church evangelistic meetings, street evangelism, parks and schools. Our house church planters arrive tomorrow.
We are working with top government officials to establish a one on one meeting with Hugo Chavez.
Pray for our African travelers coming from Burundi. God […]
Felicity Dale
A few months ago I had the incredible privilege of visiting the Amazon jungle in Venezuela . Many of those living in the town of Puerto Ayacucho where we stayed were tribespeople recently out of the jungle. Those in the jungle still live very primitive lives. While there, I met a man named Ricardo […]