Egyptian Missionaries Respond to Train Shootings with Christian Love Campaign
by Christian Aid Mission Staff : Jan 25, 2011 : ASSIST News - Christian Aid Mission
"We pray that God will touch many hearts with His love, and that the Gospel will be known to all Egyptians."
(Cairo, Egypt)—In the wake of [the recent] fatal train shooting, and a series of Christmas church attacks and the New Year terror bombing, a leading native missionary leader is calling for "a Christian love campaign in Egypt to all people who are not Christians."
The leader told Christian Aid Africa Director Rae Burnett that "persecution is increasing everywhere" in Egypt and asked Christians overseas to continue to pray, even though the news media is not reporting the increased pressure on Christians in Egypt.
Last week an off-duty policeman boarded a train and went from car to car shooting those he identified as Christians—one man was killed in the attack and four women were wounded.
"We wonder if Christians will continue to be safe riding trains or walking in the streets," said the Egyptian leader, "but we are happy that God has placed us here, and we believe that He will use this time to bring many souls to Him. We pray that God will touch many hearts with His love, and that the Gospel will be known to all Egyptians."
Christian Aid Mission, based in Charlottesville, Virginia, has called for more relief to be sent to survivors after a terror bomb killed 21 worshippers on the steps of an Alexandria church after New Year’s Eve services. In an email to Christian Aid headquarters, an indigenous mission leader pleaded for more prayer as tensions are running high. "We beg you to pray for our co-workers who help us in that area; pray that there will be no more incidents."
Local Egyptian Christians have asked Christians around the world to pray that:
(1) The Lord would have mercy on us in the current situations and rescue us from the hostility of the police, healing relations between the Believers and our non-Christian neighbors who oppose the church reconstruction.
(2) That the Lord will supply our urgent and most important needs and enable Believers to carry on a busy schedule of conferences and outreach activities planned [this year]. Pray for an outreach and activities at the Cairo International Book Fair, to be held January 26 to February 6, when leaders from the entire Arab world will be gathering in Egypt.
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