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EVENTS
SHOCKWAVE 2012 // 2-4 MARCH 2012
WHAT CAN I DO?
- Target:
100
- Responses:
23
- GET INVOLVED
NEW CREATION CHALLENGE // SUGARWATER & LIFE
STORIES
Steve Jobs is arguably one of the most influential businessmen of all time and considered by many as a modern day rockstar. Steve developed a cult like following and is just as popular in death as he was in life (and no I am not comparing hi...
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NEW CREATION CHALLENGE // INTRO
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Over the next 4 weeks I want you to join me in what I call the: New Creation Challenge and commit to saying, ‘I am a new creation the old has gone, the new has come’ every morning for 30-days...
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BLOG SERIES // PART 4 // SACRIFICE
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As the tour was beginning to wind up and after spending well over a week together Helen and I began chatting about family, life the future and all those sorts of things and as seems to be the case with Helen, the story of her life is so much mor...
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BLOG SERIES // PART 3 // BLESSED ARE THE…
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If you’re not being persecuted then maybe you’re not shaking enough cages? True / False? That statement might cause some contention between people!
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BLOG SERIES // PART 2 // IS YOUR FAITH ILLEGAL?
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I remember sitting in a restaurant with Helen as she began to speak about life inside a shipping container. One of the most vivid memories I have from our conversation was when Helen described arriving at the prison...
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BLOG SERIES // PART 1 // WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
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What would you do for Jesus if you weren’t scared?
It’s not one of those emotive clichés that are sometimes used to make things more powerful... it’s an honest question, what would you do for Jesus if y...
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INSIGHT | LIFE IN NORTH KOREA
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The bus filled with foreign tourists cut through the darkness covering the 10-lane highway. Everybody, including the driver and the guides, was exhausted from the long day of touring North Korean sites. Suddenly the bus driver slammed on the bra...
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WALK IN THEIR SHOES | ETHIOPIA
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WALK IN THEIR SHOES | COLOMBIA
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9-year-old Ananias lives in a remote region of Colombia under the shadow of armed guerrilla groups like the FARC-EP, who have for years exerted virtual control over the area.
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WALK IN THEIR SHOES | INDONESIA
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Yati who lives in Indonesia devoted herself to supporting her younger siblings, quitting schooling after finishing second grade. Yati helped her parents make a living out of scavenging and doing household chores for other families.
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SOMALI MOTHER OF 4 KILLED (POSTED SEP 2011)
STORIES
On January 7, 2011 My Heart Bleeds learnt of a mother in Mogadish, Somalia who was killed for converting to Christianity.
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INSIGHT INTO BLASPHEMY LAWS (SEP 2011)
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Pakistan’s widely condemned blasphemy laws led to the murder of two men and a death penalty sentence for a mother of five in 2010.
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PRAYER REQUEST | SUSAN (POSTED AUGUST 2011)
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Father locked 14-year-old in room with almost no food or water for 6 monthsafter leaving Islam.
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MASS ATTACKS IN NIGERIA (POSTED AUGUST 2011)
STORIES
On March 7, 2010 hundreds of Christians were killed in three farming villages near Jos. The victims included many women and children killed with machetes by rampaging Fulani herdsmen.
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EGYPT HITS BOILING POINT (POSTED JULY 2011)
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In a year that began with a drive-by shooting after a Coptic Christmas Eve service on Jan. 6 that killed six Christians, hostilities from Egypt’s Muslim majority toward the Coptic Christian minority reached a fever pitch as the year wore o...
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MOROCCO | CHRISTIANS EXPELLED (POSTED JULY 2011)
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Between March and June authorities expelled 128 foreign Christians in an effort to purge the country of any foreign Christian influences.
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PERSECUTION IN IRAQ (POSTED JUNE 2011)
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An Islamic extremist assault on a Syrian Catholic Church in Baghdad on Oct. 31, 2010 was one of the bloodiest attacks on the country’s dwindling Christian community, ended a year of increasing violence against Christians in Iraq.
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BLOG | WE LIVE IN A WORLD (POSTED JUNE 2011)
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We live in a world where people think it’s alright to hurt someone else just because they believe something different. It’s not right and it’s unfair. People shouldn’t have to live with the threat of persecution at their ...
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BLOG | FAITH & LIFE (POSTED MAY 2011)
STORIES
It’s people like Zewar who give us hope. His own father betrayed him and his fellow taxi driver, but yet he clung to the cross, never letting go.
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PRAY
WHAT CAN I DO?
One of the most effective forms of support for the Persecuted Church is without doubt prayer... if you have a heart for prayer and want to start praying regularly for the persecuted church OR if you would like to start a prayer group of people p...
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- Target:
30
- Responses:
7
- GET INVOLVED
NURTA’S STORY (POSTED APR 2011)
STORIES
A 17-year-old girl in Somalia who converted to Christianity from Islam was shot to death on Nov. 25, 2010 in an apparent “honor killing”.
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CHRISTIANS FORCED INTO JUNGLE (POSTED APR 2011)
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Christian Villagers in Laos Driven into Jungle
The offenders drained water from the rice paddies, burned fencing that protected the crop from animals and stomped on new seedlings to ensure the rice would not grow.
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THE three CAMPAIGN
WHAT CAN I DO?
It only takes a small sacrifice from many to make a massive difference in this world. 5,000 people giving $3 per week. Join the 3 Campaign
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- Target:
5000
- Responses:
10
- GET INVOLVED
SPOTLIGHT | NORTH KOREA (POSTED FEB 2011)
STORIES
In first position on the World Watch List 2010 is again North Korea, the country where every religious activity is recognized as insurrection to the North Korean socialist principles. The situation for Christians is extremely harsh at this momen...
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NURA’S STORY (POSTED FEB 2011)
STORIES
Thirteen year old Nura Ahmed was stabbed to death on June 2, 2010 for refusing to renounce Christ and marry the man who had been harassing her.
An autopsy revealed Nura had died as a result of seven stab wounds to three different ...
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TROUBLE IN ERITREA (POSTED FEB 2011)
STORIES
My Heart Bleeds has learnt of the death of another Christian in an Eritrean detention centre. A 35 year old woman was shot dead on Friday, November 19, as she tried to escape from the Military Training Centre where she had be...
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INJUSTICE IN PAKISTAN (POSTED FEB 2011)
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In June 2009, Noreen was charged with defaming Islam, after fellow field workers tried to pressure her into renouncing Christianity. Of the 974 people who have been charged with defiling the Quran or insulting Muhammad since 1986, Noree...
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