Attacks on two predominantly Christian villages in Egypt last week came after days of rising tensions, which the state’s security services did nothing to quell despite being notified of impending danger to Christians …
“I was getting the word out there, but it wasn’t until the Minister Connection that it really came through. I view it all in God’s timing,” Scott Patz said. “I appreciate the program very much, and I’ve been very blessed through it.”
The ordeal of a pastoral couple jailed without trial for three years for taking in a runaway Muslim girl shows the injustices that Christians suffer in northern Nigeria, church leaders said.
Matt Thackerson, the Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s Missions Mobilization Team leader, said the primary desire for these supported hunger ministries is to provide not just a “temporary hope” but also “eternal food.”
