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A Correction – Our Report About North Korea Executing Christians Posted: 28 Mar 2014 01:20 PM PDT Several weeks ago, we told you of reports coming out of North Korea that 33 Christians were awaiting execution for their involvement in planting 500 underground house churches. We cited the Washington Times and the Christian Post, and it has since come to our attention that their source may not be entirely accurate. A seemingly more reliable report confirms that many people were detained and for their alleged involvement in helping South Korean missionary Kim Jung-wook sneak into North Korea, though they may not have all been Christians: North Korean authorities have detained dozens of people accused of helping a South Korean missionary smuggle himself into the country, a local source said, as a report suggested that some of them face execution on charges of conspiring with him to set up underground churches. As you can see, while it is still entirely possible that underground Christians face execution, we simply don’t know for sure. The report goes on to say that some of the detainees “include guards,” which means that it’s also entirely possible that not all the detainees were Christian and that the motivation for their detention may have had nothing to do with underground house churches. We would still urge you to pray for Kim Jung-wook, whose current plight is far from favorable. And while one Christian blogger cautions us to stop referring to the detainees as “underground Christians,” we should still pray for them, too. Whether or not they’re all believers, it’s undeniable that they are in danger. Although the nature of news coming from North Korea can be murky and disputed, at least two facts do remain: the government is impossibly harsh toward its citizens and vehemently opposed to Christians.

A Historic Opportunity Posted: 28 Mar 2014 09:19 AM PDT Over the next couple months, we'll be sharing a wide range of information about the Secret Church 14 prayer focus, the Peoples of Turkey. The following blog post can be read in its entirety at the prayer focus website, HopeForTurkey.com. For generations the Kurds have lived in the shadows of the Arabs, Persians, and Turks. Whether the result of ministry decisions or political sensitivities, Christian workers have rarely engaged the Kurds with the gospel in their heart language. As a result, only a minuscule number of Kurds have ever heard the gospel in Kurdish. But by God's grace, that is changing in multiple locations. Technology and political changes have opened doors for an historic opportunity to provide access to the gospel for millions of Kurmanji Kurds. In December 2013 an evangelistic web site, Mizginiya Kurdi, was launched in Kurmanji Kurdish… READ MORE

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