Ramadan ends, intercession continues
International (MNN) Ramadan may be ending this week, but that doesn’t mean your prayers for the Muslim world should.
Prayercast, MNN’s sister ministry, organized intercession every day during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. While prayer during Ramadan is essential and strategic, Director Chris Ruge says Prayercast offers resources to inform your intercession throughout the year.
(Photo courtesy of Prayercast)
“There will be all kinds of information about how they can engage and pray most strategically for Muslims not only around the world but around the corner from them as well,” Ruge says.
107 killed in Equatorial Guinea explosion
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massive explosion has killed at least 107 in the Central African country Equatorial Guinea. Hundreds more remain hospitalized or displaced.
The explosion decimated a military base, most likely due to the unsafe storing of explosives. The disaster draws parallels to the Beirut blast last summer, also caused by unsafe chemical storage.
Chris Ruge with
Prayercast explains why this explosion hasn’t received the same attention. “There was so much cell phone footage of the blast in Beirut because the fire was already in place in Beirut. And so many people were filming when the explosion happened. Another reason is certainly that Beirut is a much larger and more internationally known city than where this happened in Equatorial Guinea. But then I think we also have some bias. We tend to not notice things that happen in Sub-Saharan Africa as much as we do in other parts of the world.”