Pakistan

The Pakistani government announced that Islam must be taught in all government-funded schools. The prime minister said, “”Pakistan was achieved to create a true Islamic society.”" Muslims have made use of a mandatory death sentence for “”disrespect to the Prophet”" to bring false charges against Christians.

Peru

One thousand buses in this South American nation carry “”Read the Bible”" signs by the Peruvian Bible Society. They have also printed these on the backs of one million bus tickets, and have distributed more than 200,000 Bibles, 200,000 Children’s Bible storybooks, and six million Scripture leaflets. Many of these were printed in other indigenous languages as well as in Spanish.

Sudan

Sudan will spend $100 million to spread Islam. Says Islamic ruler Lt. Gen. Omer Hassan el-Bashir, “”We will export Sudanese culture and values to the rest of the world.”" Fifty-five nations also in the Islamic Conference Organization are also backing this effort. Sudanese officials already impose Islamic law within Sudan by requiring all women, including nonMuslims, to wear a head scarf and a long robe or dress to cover their legs and arms. Also, all women entering Sudah, including tourists, who are not dressed accordingly, are provided with dresses and gowns. Most women in southern Sudan are Christian or animist and oppose this law.

Turkey

This is one of the most unreached nations in the world, with only about 1,000 evangelicals for sixty million people. Evangelical missionaries starting working in Istanbul in the 1960s, and today 400 foreign Christian workers live there. Turkey is 99.8% Islamic–many people feel that to be Turkish is to be Islamic. While Turkey officially grants freedom of religion, most Turkish Christians are harassed in their daily lives. Please pray for freedom in Turkey.

United Kingdom

200,000 people have enrolled in the ten-week Alpha courses, which introduce people to Christianity. The course begins with a meal and is follsed by talk about Christianity and small-grouyp discussions. Alpha graduates are taking their lively faith to declining congregations in England and so far have saved some churches from closing.

Venezuela

Evangelical churches have counded more than 3,500 congregations in the last five years, and evangelical growth has increased from 800,000 to 1.4 million. Evangelicals at a conference recently pledged to reach 15% of the population by 2015, and to start 15,000 churches. About 5.5% of the country’s 22 million people are evangelical.