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A church planter is beaten in Kyrgyzstan

August 12, 2006

Next, violence against Christians in Kyrgyzstan has 
Christians on alert. The incident has directly impacted the 
work of the Bible League. The Bible League's Scott Thunder 
describes it. "A Bible League trained church planter in 
Kara Kuldza, Kyrgyzstan and his son were surrounded by a 
mob of about 80 people and they beat him severely. The mob 
took all of our materials there and burned them. The 
burning lasted for four hours." Thunder says this is a 
threat at the highest level to their ministry. "People who 
have stepped up and have said, 'I am going to be a church 
planter,' well now they're marked people. And, trying to 
get other people to join the program, they're seeing what's 
happening to a lot of our staff and they're shying away 
from it." The spiritual battles makes the Bible League 
presence there even more important. However, Local leaders 
are petitioning to have them League kicked out of the 
region. Please pray.