Mission Network News

We begin today in Indonesia, where fighting has broken out again this week between Muslims and Christians. Due to the number of casualties, officials now say this is the worst of any religious conflict in Indonesia's 50-year history as an independent nation. Open Doors' Terry Madison says: "A number of churches, anywhere from one to five churches have been burned, a number of people have been killed, and an estimation of at least a hundred of those being called Christians. Violence, which is very close to the tinder point, broke out and a number of houses and mosques were burned down, businesses were destroyed." Madison adds that the body of Christ elsewhere should be in vigil. "We need to pray that men and women on both sides will find common ground and realize that destroying each others' mosques and churches, killing each other, is to nobody's best interest. We need to pray that the Lord will help the Christians and the nominal Christians find some peace."