OUR MID-MONTH MISSION REPORT/PRAYER ALERT FOR NOVEMBER 2010

OUR MID-MONTH MISSION REPORT/PRAYER ALERT FOR NOVEMBER 2010

By Success Kanayo Uchime

How’re you today, hope all is still well with you? We feel very excited sharing our mid-month mission report to you and hope you're still uplifting us in your prayer.

You'll recall that we told you about our son Victory's 8th birthday, yes, he celebrated it on the 12th! Although just like Miracle's own it was low-keyed as a result of our very low budget here. But we still thank God for all things.

(Behold the birthday boy!)

Our daughter Nkeoma’s studies is still running at the University and she’s doing very well, after completing allthe necessary enrollments.


We still believe God for funds to go for our yearly visa renewals which, from all indications will be approved this month and we still need prayers on that direction.

Our planned mission fundraising in Nigeria is still in focus. Through it we intend to mobilize at least 100 faithful and dedicated mission supporters that’ll be giving us at least $25 monthly. The only challenge we’re having now is getting a good signal in connection with the venue and the moment that’s settled, we’ll let you know ok!

We never failed to meet with our Badjao brethren every Thursday afternoon at the Boulevard area of Dumaguete City, though we’re having lots of challenges right now as we had already told you in our last report. So, please lift our work among the Badjao tribal people up to God in prayer.

(Some Badjao in the Boulevard area)

Please keep praying for us, as the Lord has kept opening for us great doors for effective ministry here in Dumaguete City, but as the apostle Paul puts it in 1 Corinthians 16: 9, there is much opposition (adversaries). And one of the major opposition is funds! Nevertheless, we’re convinced that with your unalloyed prayer support, we’ll surmount this opposition.

Thanks for your prayer support and again we request that you help us mobilize for prayer awareness in your church/fellowships and also to forward this mail to as many Christian friends you have. Or better still to send us emails of your friends that you feel can help us in prayers!

And if the Lord's leading you to sow a seedfaith offering to our mission work, please follow this link: http://kmointer.webs.com/giveyourdonation.htm

Yours in Missions
Kanayo & Ngozi Uchime
(Nigerian Missionaries in the Philippines)
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Iranian Pastor Faces Execution on “Apostasy” Charges

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani

Iranian Pastor Faces Execution on “Apostasy” Charges
By Success Kanayo Uchime

It is unimaginable to note the kind of agony Christians in Iran are meant to go through just because they’ve decided to express their fundamental rights of freedom of worship. This is with recent news that one Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani may be executed for the so-called apostasy charges.


In a report by the Washington D.C based International Christian Concern (ICC) (http://www.persecution.org/),  it noted that the pastor received notification that he will be executed on charges of “apostasy” - conversion from Islam to Christianity – and is now awaiting the court’s final verdict.

ICC said that Pastor Nadarkhani, a church leader in Rasht, Iran, was arrested on October 13, 2009 for questioning the Islamic education practice of Christian students – including his own children – to be required to read the Quran in school.

“His execution, initially scheduled for October 24th, was postponed to an unknown date by security forces in hopes that Youcef will renounce Christ and return to Islam. Once the court’s final verdict is delivered, Pastor Youcef will have 20 days to appeal to the Supreme Court,” it stated.

The report said that Pastor Youcef’s wife, Fatemeh Passandideh, was arrested on June 8 and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, after filing an appeal, she was released following a hearing on October 11th. “Although his wife was acquitted, it is unlikely that Pastor Youcef will be granted the same relief as his Christian activity was more prominent and his charge more severe.”

In a letter to the international Christian community, Pastor Youcef took courage and consoled believers around the world: “What we are bearing today, is a difficult but not unbearable situation, because He has not tested us more than our faith can endure. We must consider these bumps and prisons as opportunities to testify to His name.”

ICC urged prayers for Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani – that he will trust and find courage in the Lord. Also that if it be God’s will, he will be released and if not, he will exemplify Christ and give God glory in his calling to suffer for the name of our Savior.

“Pray for Pastor Youcef’s wife and two children – that God will sustain them during this period of great trial. And that they may remain strong in faith, and persevere in the face of tyranny and loss. Pray for Iranian Christians – that they would not be intimidated or grow weary, but will continue to share the Gospel with courage and seek the Lord’s guidance and grace daily,” it stated.

To read Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s letter to the international Christian community, click here: http://presenttruthmn.com/blog/iran/letter-youcef-nadarkhani

Chinese Three-Self Patriotic Movement Attacks Pastor

Hu Jintao, Chinese President

It’s amazing to note how the Chinese Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) church is intimidating Christians and Pastor who’re not of there fold. This can’t continue this way, bearing in mind that all citizens of China are supposed to have freedom of worship as stipulated by the United Nations Charter on people’s right.


Can you imaging a situation where one Pastor Zhan Gang of Jiaozhou Church in Shandong was attacked and beaten by thugs hired by this same TSPM along with other church members?

Lamenting on this recent development, Media Coordinator, China Aid (http://www.chinaaid.org/), Tracy Oliver said that Pastor Zhan Gang arrived at the church along with some members for the usual morning study and suddenly were attacked and beaten by the thugs from TSPM.

“The Christians were forcibly removed from the building. The attack was led by the TSPM director’s sons, namely Wang Zhanquan and Wang Zhanhua, both non-Christians.

Now, nearly 1,000 Christians led by Pastor Zhan Gang will no longer be able to conduct normal gatherings,” she said.

According to her, the director of the Bureau of Religion was directing this operation from behind the scenes and that he said he would not allow Zhan Gang to enter the church because he is not a pastor of the TSPM church.

She noted that the attackers were suspected of being plain-clothed agents adding that Pastor Zhan is also the general secretary of Chinese House Church Alliance.

“ChinaAid supports the members of Jiaozhou Church in their request for Christians all over China to closely monitor this situation, pray for them, and provide help. We request that the TSPM officials in Shandong stop their attack on house church Christians,” she also stated.

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How Hindu Radicals Assaulted Pregnant Christian

Pratibha Patil, Indian president

The Hindu radicals have continued their assaults on the Christian population with the recent dehumanizing treatment given to a Christian woman in Orissa, India, a thing that should be of a very serious concern to the rest of the world.


Regional Manager of Africa and South Asia, International Christian Concern (ICC) (http://www.persecution.org/)  Jonathan Racho in a statement said that Hindu radicals severely beat a pregnant Christian woman, Sonadei while she was attending the funeral of her infant daughter.

He noted that the radicals, who refuse to allow Christians to be buried in the village, attacked several other Christians at the funeral with machetes and sticks.

“At the time of this reporting, Sonadei, the assaulted pregnant woman, was bleeding heavily. She has not received any medical attention because there is no hospital in Bendaguda, the village where the attack occurred,” he said.

According to him, one Pastor Vijay KumarVijay Kumar, who was also attacked at the funeral, told how victims are panicked and hiding in a house with the decomposed body of the baby, fearful of what might happen to them next adding that he earnestly requested prayer.

“Our hearts are broken to hear the plight of Sonadei and the other assaulted Christians. It’s very sad that she has to suffer this assault on the day when she was mourning the death of her baby girl, Racho also stated.

He said that this outrageous and inhumane act by Hindu radicals must not go unpunished and that they’re urging Indian police to immediately move to the area, protect the Christians and arrest the perpetrators.

He further stated: “Please pray that Sonadei and her unborn child will survive and get the medical attention they need. Also pray for the rest of the Christians who are now in hiding. Please call the Indian embassy in your country and politely ask the Indian officials with these numbers (Indian Embassies USA: (202) 939-7000, UK: 020 7836 8484 or 020 7632 3123, Canada: (613) 744-3751) to send police to the village of Bendaguda and protect the Christians.”

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Eritrean Govt. Unlawfully Detains 11 Christian for Their Faith

Issayas Afewerki, Eritrean President

Eritrean Govt. Unlawfully Detains Eleven Christians for Their Faith
By Success Kanayo Uchime

It’s very disheartening to note the kind of inhuman treatments Christians undergo in Eritrea just because they’ve decided to practice their faith. The attention of the international community should be drawn to this immediately.

Commenting on this latest development of the arrest of eleven Christians in that country, the Regional Manager of Africa and South Asia, International Christian Concern (ICC) (http://www.persecution.org/)  Jonathan Racho, a Washington, D.C. based Christian advocacy group said that on October 20, Eritrean government officials arrested the Christians and took them to unknown locations.

He noted that the Eritrean security officials rounded off the Christians from the cities of Mendefera, Dekemharre and Dibarwa following an order given by Mustafa Nurhussein, the governor of the Southern Zone (province) of Eritrea. The governor ordered a crackdown on Christians living in his province.

“The security officials also confiscated TVs, video players and other electronic equipment that belonged to the Christians,” he stated.

Racho observed that most of the detained belong to the Full Gospel Church, an evangelical church that was among those that were banned by Eritrean officials in 2002 adding that Eritrea only recognizes four religious groups: Islam, the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Evangelical Church of Eritrea.

He further stated: “Even members of the recognized Christian groups have not escaped persecution. In May 2007, Eritrean officials deposed Abune Antonios, patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church and put him under house arrest. The patriarch and several other members of the church still remain in custody.”

He said that the communist government officials of Eritrea have detained more than three thousand Christians, keeping them under inhumane conditions. The Christians are imprisoned in metal shipping containers, military barracks and underground dungeons and that many Christians have died inside the prisons due to torture and harsh prison conditions.

“We are saddened to hear about the detention of the 11 Christians. Eritrean officials have continued to mistreat Christians in the country for choosing to practice their faith. We ask Eritrea to immediately release the 11 Christians and the more than 3000 others who are illegally detained. Where is the outcry from the international community for the plight of Christians in Eritrea?” Racho queried.

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