The Journeyman Project: Blog » persecution http://www.journeymanproject.org Dispatches from the Life of Patrick Fowler: Christianity Explored Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:38:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.journeymanproject.org http://www.journeymanproject.org/wp-content/mbp-favicon/favicon.ico The Journeyman Project: Blog IRAN: A Nation Of Bloggers http://www.journeymanproject.org/news/iran-a-nation-of-bloggers/ http://www.journeymanproject.org/news/iran-a-nation-of-bloggers/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:06:28 +0000 admin http://www.journeymanproject.org/?p=173 I’ve always seen the internet as a channel of freedom for expression, whether good or bad. More and more, however, I am watching the free expressions of men and women become influencial. I started this blog for the purpose of growing myself: my writing abilities, my knowledge of culture, and my understanding of the ministry. And while it fills that purpose, it is also acting as a conduit for discussion and training.

But my blog is not the amazing part. Thousands of bloggers in countries where we cannot even having internet access are rapidly informing and transforming the world by their free expression. Some even die for their words. Watch this video, and read the links below if you want to know more…

Click here to view the embedded video.

From: Iranian Blogger Reported Dead in Prison
Blogger Persecution can be found in Egypt and Iran. Iran is currently considering attaching the death penalty as a legal punishment for it. “Misayafi was sentenced in December to 30 months in prison “for insulting Islamic Republic Leaders.”"

Global Voices Online

One question: Will this ever be a reality in the U.S.?

]]> http://www.journeymanproject.org/news/iran-a-nation-of-bloggers/feed/ 0 Thoughts from my World Missions class… http://www.journeymanproject.org/church/thoughts-from-my-world-missions-class/ http://www.journeymanproject.org/church/thoughts-from-my-world-missions-class/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:53:20 +0000 admin http://www.journeymanproject.org/wp/?p=42 The Missional God:
There is a strong case to be made for the viewpoint that God’s work in history…through Noah, Abraham, Israel, and the prophets has always been to make people a light to all people for his redeeming purpose. From that perspective, Israel failed in their understanding of that task and recognition of the Messiah, and the task was therefore given to the Gentile nations in the church. If this is an accurate viewpoint, then it begs the question…what will God do when the church gets complacent about being a messenger to the unreached??? Will our complacency usher in the “end times”?

The “true” task of missions:We have commonly defined missions in the past as the task of reaching people in other nations with the message of Christ and establishing churches. Currently there is a movement toward a “missional” church, which sees the people around it as their mission field. While these emphases rightly frame the local and universal need for evangelism, the true missional task that we are given in the New Testament appears to be the exclusive work of taking the gospel to groups of people who have never heard it before. As Paul proclaimed, the task of missions is fullfilled in the act of making disciples among a people where there are no disciples. By this definition, are we doing missions effectively? Where is the call to reach the unreached in our churches today???

The Reality of Persecution and the Purpose of Prayer:
How many people pray for the work of reaching the unreached today? For the peace of nations, the protection of believers, and the establishment of underground churches? How many prayers go out for the salvation of the Islamic peoples? How many are aware that over 200,000 Christians die for their faith each year?

These are all thoughts which compel me to see changes in my own life…I hope they challenge you as well.

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