A college in the Maldives which claims it played a Christian song by accident during a children’s sports festival is now facing a police investigation.

The Times of Addu quotes an unnamed representative from the Maldives Islamic Ministry of Culture as saying, “[The Islamic Ministry has] filed the case of a Christian religious song played at an event held at the Hulhumalé Central Park at the police as a very serious matter. [We will] take legal action against organizers for such activities.”


Warmly in Christ,
Pastor Foley and Dr. Foley

In China in the month of January alone we witnessed the arrest of nine leaders of Linfen Golden Lampstand Church; the denial of the appeal of a Christian Bookstore owner in Taizhou; and the sentencing of five Christians from Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church.

All that and more happened in January in China. Imagine what will be happening to Christians in China even as we are watching the Beijing Olympic games.

That’s why we need to be praying for them daily during this time.




As Christians, should we be the hands and feet of Jesus by reaching out to sinners?

While it may sound like a really
good thing, when we "reach out to sinners" we totally misunderstand what our role is.

The truth is that we are not Christ's hands and feet.

The Bible says that we are Christ's witnesses and we witness to the fact that God loved us and blessed us, even when we were still his enemies.



NK Links
Praise – We give thanks for each Bible that was distributed to North Koreans in 2021! 
 
Pray for Isolated NK Defectors on Jeju Island: Some of the NK defectors on Jeju Island in South Korea are facing rejection from other NK defectors and are very lonely. Pray for God to work as VOMK’s UU (Underground University) students reach out to them regularly.
 
Pray for UU Teachers: Please pray for UU teachers to maintain the delicate balance between raising up UU students as leaders and not trying to make them conform to SK or American ways of doing ministry. Pray for God to make the students truly North Korean ministers.