International Prayer Connections
We are pleased to bring you this November 2021 edition of IPC Connections. We have been encouraged by readers’ responses to our Harvest Prayer TV program, produced in partnership with our friends at GO Movement and GODTV. It is a 30-minute program filled with encouraging answers to prayer and heartening…
As of 4th November, the total global figure for people infected by Covid-19 stood at 248.2 million according to Johns Hopkins University. In addition to this, the recorded number who have died totalled 5,023,246. There are signs of a small upward trend in cases since a low point mid-October. 49.9% of the world population has…
Afghanistan is on the brink of a starvation crisis, with more than half its population — some 22.8 million people — projected to face acute food insecurity this winter, according to a report co-led by the United Nations’ World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization. Nearly 19 million Afghans,…
Sudan’s military seized power Monday 25th October, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the acting prime minister and other officials. Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest the coup that threatens the country’s shaky progress toward democracy. The takeover comes more than two years after protesters forced the ouster…
The U.S. State Department released a statement condemning the "gross violations of human rights" after Burmese security forces fired heavy artillery into a town in the predominantly Christian Chin state, setting at least 100 homes and two churches on fire. The attack was in retaliation after a Chin militia shot…
The Ohio Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation on Wednesday to stop infanticide by ensuring that babies who survive abortions receive basic medical care. The State Senate Bill 157 passed in a 25-6 vote and now heads to the state House for consideration. The pro-life bill would create penalties for abortionists who fail to…
As Christians in Lebanon face increasingly dire situations, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan warned that the minority community could soon be non-existent in the country. Following the August 2020 Beirut port blast, demonstrations regarding legal proceedings, corruption, weak public infrastructure and the ongoing pandemic have launched Lebanon into…