Gospel outreach app expands by adding Arabic
www.Bible.is the popular Bible app from the Audio Bible ministry Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH), is now available for use in Arabic. Spoken by more than 221 million people throughout the world, Arabic now joins Spanish and English as the major trade languages available for users to navigate the app. Since their Digital Bible Project started last year, Arabic has consistently been in the top five languages accessed across the multiple platforms offered by FCBH. In addition to the www.Bible.is app, the ministry's Audio Bibles can be accessed via podcast on iTunes, as well as streaming and downloading directly from its website, all free of charge. FCBH currently has Audio Bibles in 538 languages, with 188 of those available for reading and listening on the Bible app, helping make the Digital Bible Project the world's largest resource of Bible recordings and texts. (Faith Comes By Hearing)
Praise: God for the work of FCBH and the way that so many can be reached with the Word. (2Tim.2:9b)
More: http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/newsbriefs.php/1412/05-2011
Gospel outreach app expands by adding Arabic
www.Bible.is the popular Bible app from the Audio Bible ministry Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH), is now available for use in Arabic. Spoken by more than 221 million people throughout the world, Arabic now joins Spanish and English as the major trade languages available for users to navigate the app. Since their Digital Bible Project started last year, Arabic has consistently been in the top five languages accessed across the multiple platforms offered by FCBH. In addition to the www.Bible.is app, the ministry's Audio Bibles can be accessed via podcast on iTunes, as well as streaming and downloading directly from its website, all free of charge. FCBH currently has Audio Bibles in 538 languages, with 188 of those available for reading and listening on the Bible app, helping make the Digital Bible Project the world's largest resource of Bible recordings and texts. (Faith Comes By Hearing)
Praise: God for the work of FCBH and the way that so many can be reached with the Word. (2Tim.2:9b)
More: http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/newsbriefs.php/1412/05-2011
China: 4th week of Church arrests
A Chinese ‘illegal’ church refused to follow government orders not to meet in a public square. (See Prayer Alert 16-2011). This week over 31 of its members were arrested, and again, reporters were blocked from the site. The arrests of Beijing's Shouwang Church members came after clergy said they would not buckle to Communist Party pressure. Over 160 were arrested the first week they met outdoors, 50 were arrested the second week and approximately 40 on Easter Sunday. The declining number of arrests is due to many members being under house arrest. On Easter Sunday, over 500 Christians including every church staff member, lay leader and choir member were under house arrest. The church is attempting to meet outdoors because the government blocked all attempts by the church to rent or purchase a building. Members say failing to come together and worship would be an abandonment of biblical commands. Pray: that God would enable the church to fulfil His purposes in the area that he has placed them and be strengthened in the face of all opposition. (Eph.2:10 & Rev.3:11) More: http://www.chinaaid.org/2011/05/4th-week-china-arrests-30-church.html#more
Syria: Christians fear potential persecution
Persecuted Egyptian Maher El-Gohary and his daughter Dina fled to Syria but fearing Islamic opposition to converts in Syria fled to France. Last year in Syria pressure forced believers to leave homes and six Christian meeting places were closed, partly due to the government’s fear of violent Islamic extremists, resistance to increasing conversions to Christianity. An Open Doors worker explained, ‘Under President Assad, Christians have a relatively stable situation where they can operate, a change of government may mean a less favourable situation for Christians. Fear of a worsening situation prevents churches joining protests against the president; trying to take advantage of the liberty that still exists in the country. The problems in Syria did not start as a religious conflict, but it is changing into one; fanatic Muslim groups want to make it religious.’
Pray: for Syrian converts from Islam to be protected, and for an open door for the Gospel in Syria and the whole region at this time. (Rev.3:6)
More: http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/egypt/article_111398.html
