By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons. ANTI-CONVERSION LAWS PASSED IN INDIA wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47943348
Since India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi took power in 2014, hostilities against Christians are on the rise. His background with radical Hindu nationalists and the RSS have emboldened those groups in their push to make India a totally Hindu nation. The northeastern state of Jharkhand recently became the ninth state to pass anti-conversion
laws, which are often used to suppress any religion other than Hinduism. Reports from after the March 2017 election say physical violence against Christians has risen 40 percent since 2016, while murders of Christians have doubled. Continue to pray for the Church in India as well as for those in government.
FINDING FAITH IN SIN CITY
The events of 1 October 2017 will forever be etched in the minds and hearts of people from around the world. In what is often referred to as ‘Sin City’, a horrific public shooting left 58 dead and 546 injured – and many more questioning their faith and purpose in life. Canyon Ridge Christian Church sits in the northwest suburbs of Las Vegas, 25 miles from the Strip, and its congregation was deeply affected by the massacre at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in October. More than 6000 worship at services every weekend, and 74
BONNKE’S FAREWELL CRUSADE DRAWS MILLIONS German-born evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, founder of Christ for all Nations (CfaN), recently held a five-day farewell crusade in Nigeria. Organizers say their goal was to reach over 30 million Nigerians with the Gospel. According to CfaN, the last time Bonnke held an event in Nigeria was in 2000 when 6 million people attended his meetings and more than 3 million people made decisions for Christ. Healing, miracles, and signs and wonders, have been the hallmark of Bonnke’s crusades over the decades. “He has seen witchdoctors and people bound in the occult become transformed by Holy Spirit-powered Gospel.” “Because it is my farewell crusade, I am going to pass that burning torch that the Holy Spirit gave to me in my young years, I pass it on to all who want to receive and follow my footsteps in Nigeria, across Africa and across the world.” – Reinhard Bonnke.
the week of the shooting, over 3000 came to a candlelight prayer vigil to try and process the tragedy that had just taken place. “It feels like it’s one of those things that kind of shakes everyone awake and helps them realise that there’s more to life than just living for superficial temporal things,” said Executive Pastor Mitch Harrison. Many that came, he said, admitted they rarely go to church. “People were showing up and saying, ‘I haven’t been to church in years but I need faith in my life,’” said Harrison.