According to the US State Department, the small African country of Eritrea is one of the harshest persecutors of Christians since the government banned unregistered churches 10 years ago. More than 3,000 believers are imprisoned, languishing in horrible jail conditions. Each month approximately 1000 Christians attempt to flee Eritrea, but countries like Egypt send them back to face further brutality and even death. Yet, “God is working mightily; the church is growing,” said an Eritrean church elder. Pray for sustaining grace for our Eritrean brothers and sisters who suffer for the Gospel’s sake.
Gospel Meditations for Missions is now available. Price is $2.50 (plus shipping). You may order through the publisher, Church Works Media, or through the Dispatches from the Front website. (There is a discount for orders of 10 or more through Church Works Media.) And don’t forget the bundle of 4 Dispatches from the Front DVDs are on sale for only $40 through January 15, 2012!
Yemen is one of the harshest countries for persecution of Christians. Its Islamist government has declared it illegal for Muslims to convert to Christianity. Estimates are there are only 100 Yemeni believers in this poverty-stricken country of 22 million. In June 2009 Johannes and Sabine, German Christian healthcare workers, were kidnapped along with their 3 children. Two daughters were rescued in May 2010, but no word about the parents or son since. Pray that God will give His sustaining grace to this family and will protect and build His Church in Yemen.
Gospel Meditations for Missions is a 31-day devotional which will stir believers with the urgency of the Great Commission. This book is a compilation of devotionals by Chris Anderson, J.D. Crowley, David Hosaflook, Tim Keesee, and Joe Tyrpak. Friends of FMI will recognize many of these men so we want to let you know of its soon release. (There’s even a special 3-pack that also includes Gospel Meditations for Men and Gospel Meditations for Women!) You may order here. Dr. David J. Hesselgrave, missiologist and author of great missions texts like Planting Churches Cross-Culturally, offers this review: “Currently we Christians are blessed with a variety of books highlighting the Christian mission …. Some authors misconstrue what the mission really is. Not Anderson, Crowley, Hosaflook, Keesee, and Tyrpak, however. They define, defend and describe biblical mission in ways as arresting and unique as their names. And in so doing they deepen both our understanding of what God is doing…
This Christmas season get all four episodes of Dispatches from the Front for only $40 (plus shipping). These DVDs make great Christmas gifts. This special offer is good through January 15, 2012. Order here! “Who knows what might happen if churches and small groups and families were to watch these videos together, open to God’s leading for going and sending? It is a risk to watch them. But the motivation is Gospel grace, not guilt.” –Justin Taylor
