Photo courtesy Assist News/ HRVC studios
Honduras (MNN) ― Honduras is sliding toward greater instability with a refusal to reinstate the ousted Honduran President.
Jon Hirst with HCJB Global says with tensions high in the capital, their team is concentrating on one thing: "They are focused on prayer because they want to remain neutral in the conflict, and at the same time, they see this as a great opportunity to call the nation of Honduras to prayer."
La Voz Evangélica de Honduras (HRVC) and its counterpart, FM
Stereo Luz, are both partner ministries of HCJB Global Voice. The stations air
satellite-fed Christian programming from Radio Station HCJB in Quito.
According to Patricia Guevara, a journalist at Radio HRVC, "The pastoral and church
associations have united like never before to intercede, maintaining [a spirit
of] neutrality while inviting peace and respecting order and justice," said Guevara, adding, "Information released to foreign media is not completely
correct; it has been distorted."
The crisis has been exacerbated by a June 30 earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale. "Christians continue to pray," Guevara added. She says they are "asking the Lord to act on outbreaks of violence that may arise.... We see this as an opportunity for an awakening of the evangelical church in Honduras. We are on our knees before the Lord. Thanks for praying for us."
Hirst says their partners are encouraging believers to stand with the Honduran church. "That's our call today, to be praying not only for the church in Honduras that they will step up and share the Gospel, but for the many people who don't know Jesus. We pray that this instability around them will cause them to consider Christ as the source of their strength."
HRVC has been on the air for 46 years, broadcasting the Gospel to 70 percent of the country and portions of neighboring Nicaragua and Guatemala.
