IPC: Connections
Chinese officials demolish megachurch and arrest leaders
Chinese Christians in Anhui are said to be ‘outraged’ after their state-registered megachurch was demolished and their pastors arrested. Demolition work (pictured) began at Funan County Christian Church on Friday, partway through a worship service. (More information and short video clip of the demolition here.) Elderly church members knelt down…
Israel: Netanyahu unable to form coalition government
Israel’s sitting prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, for the second time since April 2019, has been unable to form a coalition government. He returned his mandate to do so to President Reuven Rivlin on Monday 21 Oct. 2019. Rivlin has since called on Netanyahu’s rival, Benny Gantz, who heads the Blue…
Amazon Rainforest - Bishops meet for Rome Synod
Indigenous tribes see the Catholic church as a key ally in the ecological fight – and an unprecedented synod is focused on how to stop the destruction. by Dan Collyns in Puerto Maldonado A hundred years ago the Harakmbut people were nearly wiped out. Inhabitants of a vast jungle region…
3 Months Prayer to Stop Child Witch Accusations
This is now the third year of Stop Child Witch Accusation’s (SCWA’s) Standing in the Gap annual prayer campaign for children accused of being witches. Multiple thousands of children worldwide experience unspeakable abuse because they are perceived to be witches. But we give thanks to God that we are beginning…
