Theology of the Body: Chains: Turkey

Friday, February 03, 2006

Chains: Turkey

Remember them that are in chains, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in that body.

Hebrews 13:3

This just in from Voice of the Martyrs-

TURKEY: Pastor Beaten by Five Militants Claiming Connection to Al Qaeda

VOM received a report coming out of Turkey giving a first-hand account of persecution coming from the hands of five men claming association with Al Qaeda. Twenty-nine-year-old Kamil Kiroglu, one of the leaders of Adana Protestant Church in Turkey, wrote this personal testimony after he was beaten unconscious outside his church by terrorists...

Read the rest here-

Pray for the faithful of both Christian and Islamic traditions, who stand together in need of God's grace. We believe that the one God calls us to be peoples of peace...