| | I just got this urgent prayer request email from Open Doors about the Gaza Baptist Church, and I am passing it on in hopes that you will keep them in your prayers.
I'll try to update properly soon.
"...we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."
Romans 5:3-5
Dear Christian Friends,
We just received an urgent prayer update on the situation in Gaza, from our colleagues in the Middle East
Palestinian Authority (PA) police of the Fatah party have seized the six-story Church building as a watch point against armed groups supporting the governing Hamas Islamist movement.
The building houses the church’s sanctuary, Gaza’s only Christian library, a guest hostel, and a mammogram clinic.
The Gaza Strip's borders are closed, locking 1.4 million Palestinians into a coastal territory just 27 miles long and 5 miles deep. Frightened Gazans are remaining in their homes, and food and other basics are running short.
Hanna Massad, pastor of Gaza Baptist Church, described the crisis as "the worst situation we've ever gone through in
Pastor Massad also told us that early worship services had to be cancelled on Sunday morning.
For more details visit this page of our website: http://www.opendoorsuk.org.uk/news/news_archives/001831.php
Pastor Massad asks Christians around the world to pray that:
* God will protect Gaza & its believers
* Believers will experience the power of God's peace
* God will give Pastor Massad strength and wisdom to minister
* There will be no gunfire around the church building and that God will protect the building for his use and glory
* Gaza's leaders will receive wisdom to stop the fighting.
Thank you for your support and for continuing to pray for Gaza's tiny but enduring Christian community with us |
| | Posted 2/6/2007 8:12 PM - 11 views - 0 comments
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