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Our experiences sharing the love of Christ with the refugee community of Athens, Greece.
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Pray for Pakistan
March 2, 2011
Pray for Pakistan. Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti has been shot dead by gunmen who ambushed his car in broad daylight in the capital, Islamabad. He was travelling to work through a residential district when his vehicle was sprayed with bullets, police said. Mr Bhatti, the cabinet’s only Christian minister, had received death threats for… [Read more…]
Reason #114 to love Athens…
January 14, 2011
God is bringing the nations to Athens, Greece. There are well over half a million refugees and immigrants in Greece, the vast majority of which reside in greater Athens. Some estimate that in 2010 between 200 and 300 migrants cross the board from Turkey into Greece everyday! As a cultural, religious, and continental crossroads, Greece… [Read more…]
Mapping the Refugee Highway
May 26, 2010
The International Association for Refugees (IAFR) just posted the 2010 world map of the refugee highway. It’s a great visual of where refugees come from, where they’re going, and some of the stops along the way. You can see that Athens is a major path for those coming into Europe from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and… [Read more…]
I Against My Brother
May 24, 2010
Somalia. Because of its lack of stability and infrastructure, accurate statistics are hard to gather. One thing is very clear: this is a country with deep pain and deep troubles. A country of 10 million on the eastern horn of Africa, Somalia is one of the least-reached countries in the world (both in terms of… [Read more…]
Poverty: The #1 Killer in Afghanistan
January 18, 2010
Right now we’re seeing scores of refugees from Afghanistan here in Athens: men, families, even unaccompanied minors (i.e. kids on their own, some as young as 12 years old). Although five million refugees have returned to Afghanistan since 2002, millions of Afghans still wander outside of their homeland (2.6 million in Pakistan and Iran alone). … [Read more…]
Persecution
February 18, 2009
Farsi-speaking churches are under attack. We’ve been hearing reports of pastors in Iran being arrested or detained without charges. Some have been released, others given court dates (charged with apostasy from Islam – a capital offense), and the fate of others is still unknown. Although Christians are always under threat in Iran, there has been… [Read more…]
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