Lausanne World Pulse – FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE…

By Todd Nettleton
“It must be understood that there are no nominal, halfhearted, lukewarm Christians in Russia or China. The price Christians pay is far too great. Read >>

Persecution of Christians in the Muslim World

By Patrick Sookhdeo
While most Muslim states have signed United Nations declarations on human rights, they usually add caveats stating these are accepted as long as they do not contradict Islamic law (shari‘a). Read >>

The Growing Persecuted Church in Indonesia

By Jim Jacobson
On 27 August 2005 Father Iwan Rusbani Setyawan was finishing the 5 p.m. mass at St. Anthony Chapel in Margahayu, a suburb of Bandung in West Java, Indonesia. This is what happened next: Read >>

Her Husband Assassinated; He Loved Muslims Too Much

By Jeff King
I went to meet Mrs. M. today. Her husband was a wonderful pastor who loved and reached out to Muslims. He was assassinated recently. Read >>

Burma: Why Did Military Authorities Close Protestant Churches?

By Benedict Rogers
Three Protestant Full Gospel churches in the capital of Rangoon and a series of Protestant house churches elsewhere in the country have been closed down in the capital of Rangoon since early August, Burmese protestant sources told Forum 18 News Service. Read >>

Learning from Persecuted Christians and Joining in the Struggle

By Carl Moeller
On 1 September 2005, the Indonesian Indramayu local court found Dr. Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti and Ratna Bangun guilty of breaching the 2002 Child Protection Law and sentenced them to three years in prison. Read >>

PERSPECTIVES:

Disaster Relief Jesus’ Way

By Ginny Feldmann
Hearing of a disaster in your homeland is hard. Watching helplessly on television while your countrymen are suffering is excruciating. This is how I feel when watching news of the earthquake in Pakistan. Read >>

First National Consultation on International Students Ministry in Singapore

By Yvonne Choo
Singapore held their first National Consultation on International Students Ministry (ISM) on 1 October 2005 in St Andrews’ Cathedral. Read >>

Islam and Christianity: Why Muslims Dominate and Christians Suffer

By Patrick Sookhdeo
Ever since Islam began in the seventh century, there have been Christian communities living as minorities in Muslim-majority contexts. Their circumstances have varied at different times and in different places, but almost always Christians experience some degree of discrimination or hostility. Read >>

URBAN COMMUNITIES:

Corresponding with Christians across the World amidst Restrictions and Persecution

By Justin Long
Restrictions and persecution are two realities that cast long shadows over work amongst unreached peoples. Read >>

Into Their World…The Sunda of Indonesia

By Laurie Fortunak
With nearly thirty million Sundanese living in or near the western portion of the Indonesian Island of Java, this is one of the largest remaining unreached people groups. Read >>

RESEARCH:

Divine Intervention among Diaspora Iranians: A Brief Look at United Kingdom “Asylum Seekers”

By Monroe Brewer
The Assyrian Empire inhabited the Fertile Crescent for seven hundred years and was the dominant power in the Middle East from the ninth to the seventh centuries B.C. Read >>

World Christian Trends 2005

By Todd Johnson
The starting point for a clear assessment of where the church is in the world is to make sense of the enormous amount of information collected by churches every year. Read >>

LAUSANNE REPORTS:

Traveling the World to See the Movement of Lausanne

By Doug Birdsall
These past few months have been wonderfully productive and encouraging times for the Lausanne movement. I have had the privilege of traveling to several continents to meet with Christian leaders in order to better understand the developments and concerns in various regions of the world. Read >>