We are glad that you have chosen to worship with us today. May God minister unto you in a very special way.
Last Saturday November 19, Organization One Body, hosted the third-annual night of prayer for the persecuted church. The event was hosted at Christ Our Shepherd Church in North Carolina. Giving her testimony at this year’s event was, Mariam Ibraheem, the Sudanese Christian mother who made headlines in 2014 when she was sentenced to death because she was married to a Christian man. Ibraheem who grew up with her Christian mother in Muslim dominated Sudan, was imprisoned along with her baby son. She was even forced to give birth to her baby daughter while chained to the prison floor. She was eventually released by the order of an appeals court after spending months in detention. Now living Virginia, Ibraheem told the audience that hers was the story of many Christians in Islamic countries. They usually end up being sentenced to death, beheaded, or receiving 100 lashes.
Getaneh Getaneh, an evangelist from Ethiopia who was arrested at least five times and tortured for sharing the gospel there, told the audience of the time when he was arrested and tortured after he baptized some converts. He said that they killed the three who converted to Christianity, after they refused to return to Islam. He said, “They killed them and my turn came, and they took me to an empty room, and hang me upside down, and started to put boiling oil on my feet. It was painful. Then, I asked God to take me home. I can’t resist the pain.” But God said to him, “Son, it is not time for you to come home. Tell these people who are persecuting you how God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.”
Getaneh said that he did as God asked him. The men soon took him down from hanging, after which, two of his captors gave their lives to Jesus Christ.
Pastor Freddy Thomas, head of an Indian church planting initiative, told the audience that although persecution in India is on the rise, more and more people are coming to Jesus Christ. He said, “I remember when there was an outbreak of persecution in Kandhamal. I received a phone call that believers had gone to the pastor’s house in the area with only their clothes on their body. Their huts, their fields and their harvests had been burned. … I was afraid that these guys would deny Jesus and leave the faith. But not even one person went back to Hinduism.”
So we thank God that despite persecution, the Church is advancing. Let us remember to pray regularly for our persecuted brethren.
SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK
G.I., N.I. & P.I. MEETING
Today, 5:00p.m.
HOLY GHOST CLINIC
Today, 6:00p.m.
LUNCH HOUR HOTLINE/PREEMTIVE WARFARE PRAYER & FASTING FOR 2017
Wednesday, 12:00 noon- Lunch Hour Hotline
5:30 p.m. – Preemptive Warfare Prayer and Fasting for 2017.
PRAISE AND ADORATION PRACTICE
Friday, 6:30p.m.
HOUR OF POWER PRAYER SESSION
Saturday, 7:00a.m.
NEXT SUNDAY
Worship & Ministry Service, 9:00 a.m. (Communion)
Kingdom Men’s Ministry Meeting, 6:00p.m.
CHRISTMAS PROGAM
Our Christmas program will be on Sunday, December 18th. Come and invite someone to celebrate the birth of the Savior. Refreshments will be served in the Annex following the program.
OTHER CHURCH ACTIVITIES:
Mount Zion Church Women’s Ministry
Women’s are invited to “Women Framed into Christ Conference”, from December 1-3, 2016. Guest speaker: Evelyn Turnbull. Dec. 1-2 Church Service at 7:00p.m. & Dec. 3-Worship Service at 10:00a.m. For more information, please call Mrs. Deborah Francis (340) 775-5700.
REMINDERS
SAMARITAN’S PURSE & ANGEL TREE CHRISTMAS SHOEBOXES
The shoeboxes must be submitted by Sunday, December 11th. Boxes can be dropped off at the church office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Tuesday-Friday). Let’s spread the message of Christ through the ministry of giving to those who are less fortunate.
Packing Night: Dec- 09, 2016 at 7:00p.m.
Shoe Box Online Address:
-https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/
-https://www.samaritanspurse.org/
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MEDIA MINISTRY
World Overcomers: WSTA 1340 AM station: Sundays at 12:30 p.m. & Tuesdays at 6:00 a.m.
Website: http://www.wom.vi & Email: info@fea.vi
On our Website you will find: Live Streaming, free copies of our audio message & radio broadcast.
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