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URGENT: Breaking: 5 Missionaries shot in Mosul, Iraq - Prayer Alert
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Posted on 03/15/2004 12:13:01 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus

Within the last hour 5 missionaries were shot in Mosul, Iraq. Their condition is critical and we need to pray now that the military will be able to get to their position and take them to the military hospital in Baghdad. One of them was able to call leadership that he was in and out of consciousness himself. The next several hours are critical! Please be on your knees for these 5 people. Please pray for God's hand to sustain them and to guard their lives.

Thank you for your prayer during this time. Further updates will be sent as soon as we learn more information.

...these are Southern Baptist Missionaries…. Just happened

This is all I have.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baprist; baptist; christian; iraq; islam; missionaries; mosul; prayerrequest; terroris
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To: Publius6961
Do you say that on every thread you have "no comment" on?

How callous.
21 posted on 03/15/2004 12:29:20 PM PST by k2blader (Some folks should worry less about how conservatives vote and more about how to advance conservatism)
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To: PetroniusMaximus; Salvation; NYer; Siobhan; Desdemona; american colleen
Prayers sent heavenward!

Can you gals ping your lists for prayers.
22 posted on 03/15/2004 12:29:41 PM PST by StAthanasiustheGreat (Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit)
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To: NWU Army ROTC
Do you even know if this is true?
23 posted on 03/15/2004 12:32:46 PM PST by Codie
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To: PetroniusMaximus
The penalty for converting or attempting to convert a follower of the "Religion of Peace" is death. The penalty for a Muslim who allows himself/herself to be converted from that horrific cult to a legitimate religion is also -
death.

Given that, and given the instability and turmoil in that region, I don't think Christian missionaries should be there now. They can only add to the overall chaos and problems.

My prayers are with these people and their loved ones, I hope they survive, and I sincerely wish they return to wherever they came from and stay out of Iraq until the government there stabilizes.

Religion of Peace - SURE!!!
24 posted on 03/15/2004 12:33:49 PM PST by ZULU (God Bless Senator Joe McCarthy!!!)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Prayers up...keep us posted.
25 posted on 03/15/2004 12:34:47 PM PST by kimmie7 (I'm getting nervous, ya'll. Anyone know of a good Nazarene church in Boston area? Pray for Jacob!)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Thanks for letting us know so that we can offer prayers for them!
26 posted on 03/15/2004 12:37:27 PM PST by MamaDearest (We make war that we may live in peace.)
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To: Lexington Green
Utterly disgusting comment.
27 posted on 03/15/2004 12:39:11 PM PST by mombonn (Viva Bush/Cheney!)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Prayer Bump!
28 posted on 03/15/2004 12:39:53 PM PST by LibertyAndJusticeForAll
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To: RightOnline
My prayers are with those injured and I send condolences to the families of those killed.

But, at the risk of starting a flame war, I am not sure that this is the right time for Christian missionaries to be in country. We are trying to pacify a country with a history of violence and a suspicion of westerners, especially westerners who might be challenging their religious tradition of Islam. Now I believe that Islam is NOT equivalent in any way, shape or form to Christianity, and is certainly not the "Religion of Peace". However, in the current climate missionaries serve as a focus for insurgents within the local population. They then target American soldiers and civilians who are trying to disarm the country so as to allow a fledgling democracy to take root.
29 posted on 03/15/2004 12:40:53 PM PST by CedarDave (Canaries are to Spain, as Frogs are to France: Cute to look at, warble mindlessly,useless in a fight)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Source of info and verification, please.
30 posted on 03/15/2004 12:48:00 PM PST by per loin (Ultra Secret News: ADL to pay $12M for defaming Colorado couple.)
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To: CedarDave
As for me, I'm not about to second-guess a calling.
31 posted on 03/15/2004 12:48:22 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Prayers sent.
32 posted on 03/15/2004 12:49:09 PM PST by trebb (Ain't God good . . .)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Prayers from my Christian self for their families and souls.

From my Christian soldier self, I hope for swift and sure retribution.

33 posted on 03/15/2004 12:50:57 PM PST by jwalsh07 (We're bringing it on John but you can't handle the truth!)
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To: per loin
***Source of info and verification, please.***

Private email.

Confirmed in media here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1098199/posts
34 posted on 03/15/2004 12:51:25 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: PetroniusMaximus; esther2; Azbushgal; GretchenEE; ohioWfan; rabidralph; whoever; Hila; ...
Prayers!
35 posted on 03/15/2004 12:53:48 PM PST by kayak (Medals do not make a man. Morals do.)
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To: kayak
Joining in prayer.
36 posted on 03/15/2004 12:58:55 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (Pray for America and Israel)
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To: ZULU
"I don't think Christian missionaries should be there now. They can only add to the overall chaos and problems."

What an absurd statement.

We certainly shouldn't have missionaries teach "love God, and love your neighbor as yourself" (the first and second greatest commands per Jesus Christ). That would surely cause chaos in the Middle East and Iraq. Given that there is plenty of chaos and problems there now do you think this novel approach just might help? Or is "love you neighbor" too radical a position for you?
37 posted on 03/15/2004 12:59:49 PM PST by Aggie1 (Life is hard, it's even harder if you're stupid.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
prayer bump!!!
38 posted on 03/15/2004 1:00:06 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: floriduh voter
May God bless their brave souls, heal their wounds and comfort their loved ones.
39 posted on 03/15/2004 1:03:37 PM PST by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do, but we're gonna getcha)
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To: CedarDave
"Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.'"


Matthew 28:18-20
40 posted on 03/15/2004 1:06:05 PM PST by PaulaB ( Our nation was founded upon the principle of God)
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