If you read this blog much, you know that I spent most of a year in Uzbekistan, and that the situation there is not a good one. Islam Karimov is a murderous thug who rules through fear and intimidation, and millions of people suffer every day because of him. Christians are routinely arrested and harassed, and… Continue reading What WikiLeaks Reveals About Uzbekistan
Category: great commission
Pray For Persecuted Christians In Uzbekistan
(Those reading from email or an rss feed will need to click through to see the 2-minute video above) This is very personal to me. There are somewhere around 30,000 believers in Uzbekistan, which is roughly 0.001% of the population. I know a handful of them personally. They have been arrested, interrogated, spied on, sabotaged, and end… Continue reading Pray For Persecuted Christians In Uzbekistan
ServeRDU
Our church body did 6,566 hours of community service. Last year week. Seriously. Check it: ServeRDU from The Summit Church on Vimeo. (Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE our church?)
Please, please, please pray for Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Three weeks ago, Osh, Kyrgyzstan was a very large city with a very large population of Uzbeks, a people group very dear to my heart. Today, a significant portion of the city lies in ruins. Hundreds are dead, and tens of thousands have fled the city. Many Uzbeks have gone back to Uzbekistan, where it… Continue reading Please, please, please pray for Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Another Devestating Story From Uzbekistan
Please, please, please pray for Uzbekistan! The article I just stumbled over begins: WHEN her baby died soon after delivery, Gulbahor Zavidova, 28, a poor farmer’s wife, longed to be pregnant again. After months of trying she and her husband visited a doctor who told her she could never have another child because she had… Continue reading Another Devestating Story From Uzbekistan