Rejected by Mosques, Muslim Refugees in the UK Are Turning to Christ – (News Staff: Jul 20, 2016: CBN News) Muslims seeking asylum in the United Kingdom are converting to Christianity at a parish church in the English Midlands, according to The Guardian. The UK publication reports that three to four Muslim migrants accept Christ each week at St. Mark’s church in Stoke-n-Trent. Some say they were first turned away from local mosques even though they were homeless and needed help. On one Saturday afternoon, 15 refugees were baptized at the church. Rev. Sally Smith presides over the congregation, and has allowed asylum seekers to stay in her own home. They were provided with meals, clothes, children’s shoes, and even their medical needs. Refugees who have made a dangerous trip across several continents end up being dropped off in Stoke. They learn by word of mouth that Smith will lend a helping hand. She said the church also becomes a family to those who find themselves alone. “With the mass movement from across the world we have people of faith coming into secular society and faith really matters to them,” Smith said. “And they are not too bothered, as bothered as we may think, about how that faith is expressed.”
Baton Rouge Churches Respond with Spiritual Weapons – (by Charlene Aaron: Jul 19, 2016:CBN News) Churches in Baton Rouge are leading their community in seeking peace, healing and unity after the brutal, ambush-style slaying of three police officers. A gunman opened fire on the officers when they responded to a 911 call. Three other officers were wounded. The city’s pastors fought back with spiritual weapons, by calling for “A Night of Prayer & Unity,” on July 20th. Organizers said they would be crying out to God for healing, peace, courage, unity and revival. “My message is one word, unity,” said Pastor Jonathan Stockstill of Bethany Christian Church in Baton Rouge. “I believe what God is trying to do in these days, which we all seem to feel are the last days, and we could call them perilous times, that it’s time for denominations to come together, to work together, it’s time for churches in cities to come together. It’s time for different shades of skin tone to come together,” said Stockstill.
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