Smyrna’s ministry partners throughout the world are intent upon shepherding former Muslims whom God is leading out of the darkness of Islam into the light of Christ. Out of Ghana comes a story of God’s unparalleled ability to work purpose out of our pain, and cause beauty to rise from the ashes. (Isaiah 61:3) One […]
CONTINUE READING →Iraq’s heavily Muslim population produces ongoing violence and murder of Christians while the Christian community suffers the oppressive reality of extreme persecution. On March 9th, 2018, the bodies of Assyrian Christians Dr. Hisham Shafiq al-Maskuni, his wife Dr. Shaza Malik Dinno, (both doctors at a nearby nun’s hospital) and Shaza’s elderly mother, Khairiyah Dawood Abada, […]
CONTINUE READING →In Malaysia, where the Islamic system controls both religious and legal rights, those who acknowledge Christ as Savior are left without national identity. Four Christians were refused an appeal to change their religious identity from Muslim to Christian by the highest Federal Court in Malaysia on February 27th. The Court of Appeals President wrote that […]
CONTINUE READING →The obligation of Ramadan for Muslims is a reminder of their spiritual bondage. Smyrna’s E-book, Deliverance from Bondage: Praying for Muslims during Ramadan, is designed to help you lift up suffering Muslims with the prayer that they might see the light of Christ. Look at a sample page here: Download Praying for Muslims during Ramadan […]
CONTINUE READING →GERMANY: REFORMATION OR DEATH (For Reformation Sunday, 30 Oct 2016) Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 380 | Wed 19 Oct 2016 by Elizabeth Kendal On 31 October 1517 German theologian Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses — ‘Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences’ — to the door of Wittenberg Castle Church, triggering […]
CONTINUE READING →A new news service to shed light amid vast darkness. September 27, 2016 by Jeff M. Sellers, Editor, Morning Star News Auschwitz-Birkenau, main track. (Wikipedia, C. Puisney) (Morning Star News) As Morning Star News enters its fifth year of publication, and in memory of Elie Wiesel, who died on July 2, the editorial that […]
CONTINUE READING →“Anything you say right now is going to offend someone.” That’s basically what has been going through my mind this week. On the President’s actions on immigration policy and the media’s coverage of events, I have plenty of opinions. After all, I encouraged my husband to walk away from a career at a law firm […]
CONTINUE READING →I’m tired. For the past twenty-two days, I’ve been writing on Islamic practices and history, and researching current events in the Islamic world. For the past twenty-two days, as Muslims around the world observe the fast (and feast) of Ramadan, I’ve been reading about how women in Islamic communities are beaten, starved, forced into marriages, […]
CONTINUE READING →Praying for Christians persecuted by ISIS — Mother’s Day 2016 Everybody’s sharing their Mother’s Day pictures on Facebook today…but this is the image that I can’t get out of my head. It’s a young Iraqi mom gripping her two children. They’re inside a helicopter. They’re escaping from ISIS. Look at it. The terror on […]
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