Archive for March, 2012

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    Day 11: “First”

    Posted on March 9th, 2012 by Brooke M.

    During this Secret Church on Good Friday, April 6, we are focusing our prayer time on the people of the Horn of Africa. Throughout the weeks leading up to Secret Church we will post information and prayer requests on this blog. We invite you to join us in learning about and praying for the people of the Horn. “First” is a Christ follower in the Horn of Africa who makes an arduous eight-hour journey twice a month. He hikes the mountain paths for hours in the pre-dawn darkness so he can arrive at the paved (Continue reading…)

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    Day 10: Unity

    Posted on March 8th, 2012 by Brooke M.

    During this Secret Church on Good Friday, April 6, we are focusing our prayer time on the people of the Horn of Africa. Throughout the weeks leading up to Secret Church we will post information and prayer requests on this blog. We invite you to join us in learning about and praying for the people of the Horn. The few Somali and Afar believers in Djibouti are often isolated and suffer many pressures from relatives. Their families may ostracize, beat or even kill them for deserting Islam. There are many disruptive forces such as tribalism (Continue reading…)

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    Day 9: Hunger

    Posted on March 7th, 2012 by Brooke M.

    During this Secret Church on Good Friday, April 6, we are focusing our prayer time on the people of the Horn of Africa. Throughout the weeks leading up to Secret Church we will post information and prayer requests on this blog. We invite you to join us in learning about and praying for the people of the Horn. Many people in the Horn of Africa live with food insecurity. Poverty, famine, personal crisis, or a combination of these things cause hunger or malnutrition. Many aid organizations are responding to these needs through a combination of (Continue reading…)

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    Day 8: Mission Work in Djibouti

    Posted on March 6th, 2012 by Brooke M.

    During this Secret Church on Good Friday, April 6, we are focusing our prayer time on the people of the Horn of Africa. Throughout the weeks leading up to Secret Church we will post information and prayer requests on this blog. We invite you to join us in learning about and praying for the people of the Horn. Mission work is a challenge in this hot, dry, but often humid land, and working conditions are extreme. Physical and spiritual oppression, economic disparity, ethnic tensions and a scarcity of believers lead easily to discouragement and worker (Continue reading…)

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    Day 7: Djibouti

    Posted on March 5th, 2012 by Brooke M.

    During this Secret Church on Good Friday, April 6, we are focusing our prayer time on the people of the Horn of Africa. Throughout the weeks leading up to Secret Church we will post information and prayer requests on this blog. We invite you to join us in learning about and praying for the people of the Horn. Djibouti (pronounced jih-BOOT-ee) is a small country located on the Gulf of Aden and bordered on three sides by Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somaliland. The port, located in the capital city of Djiboutiville, is strategic for much of (Continue reading…)

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    Day 6: Orthodoxy

    Posted on March 3rd, 2012 by Brooke M.

    During this Secret Church on Good Friday, April 6, we are focusing our prayer time on the people of the Horn of Africa. Over the next six weeks we will post information and prayer requests on this blog. We invite you to join us in learning about and praying for the people of the Horn. The Orthodox of the Horn number more than 50 million. The average member of this Church participates in rituals they do not understand as religious services are conducted in a language (Ge’ez) that is no longer spoken by the people. (Continue reading…)

  7. Why Churches Should Sign Up Now

    Posted on March 2nd, 2012 by Angelia S.

    If you are a church – large or small – and you are planning on hosting Secret Church on Good Friday we would encourage you to go ahead and sign up now. The next few weeks are very important for promoting the simulcast at your location as well as preparing your staff and participants for our time together that night.  Here are a few things you may not be aware of that are only accessible through your LifeWay registration… Secret Church Location Map LifeWay publishes an interactive simulcast location map.  When you register you will (Continue reading…)

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    Day 5: An Answered Prayer

    Posted on March 2nd, 2012 by Brooke M.

    During this Secret Church on Good Friday, April 6, we are focusing our prayer time on the people of the Horn of Africa. Over the next six weeks we will post information and prayer requests on this blog. We invite you to join us in learning about and praying for the people of the Horn. The medical clinic “waiting room” is a wooden bench on a shaded porch. Patients are asked to sit, five at a time, while waiting for someone to inquire about their problems. Just being there, where someone cares, is medicine in (Continue reading…)

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    Day 4: Islam

    Posted on March 1st, 2012 by Brooke M.

    During this Secret Church on Good Friday, April 6, we are focusing our prayer time on the people of the Horn of Africa. Over the next six weeks we will post information and prayer requests on this blog. We invite you to join us in learning about and praying for the people of the Horn. Islam in the Horn by percentage ranges from approximately 10% in Kenya, 36% in Eritrea, 45% in Ethiopia, 96% in Djibouti and almost 100% in Somalia. The most important Islamic religious practices, such as the daily ritual prayers and fasting (Continue reading…)