Petros Baptist Church

I apologize for this- but, in the last 24 hours I’ve had considerable difficulties with emails being lost and rejected.  If you have written me a note in the last day or so and I haven’t responded, please resend it.  I think (hope) the problem is fixed and I apologize for mentioning it here.

Mike Beach resigned from Middle Creek Baptist Wednesday night. Along with Middle Creek, other Churches in the Association too are without Pastors- so please remember to pray for them. They are, Big Emory, Chapman Grove, Clymersville, Dyllis, Kellytown, Kingston First, Mossy Grove, New Height’s Mission, Pine Ridge, Riggs Chapel,  and Westel.

It’s not safe to be a Christian in Turkey because some Muslims there believe that killing them protects Islam. CNN reports on the sub-human execution of three Christians in eastern Turkey,

Police detained five more suspects Thursday in the attack at a Christian publishing house that distributes Bibles. Some reportedly said they carried out the killings to protect Islam. The three victims — a German man and two Turks who converted to Christianity — were found a day earlier with their hands and legs tied and their throats slit. Their faces were bruised, and the ropes had cut into their wrists. On Friday, the Hurriyet newspaper reported that at least one victim was stabbed many times. “There were so many stab wounds that we couldn’t count them,” Hurriyet quoted Dr. Murat Ugras as saying. “It was clearly torture.”

Barbarians. Which faith seems nearer to God? A faith that prays for the enemy or a faith that slits the enemies’ throat?  Pray for the victim’s families.

The wall is going up- as you can see.  It doesn’t seem that it will take them long to get it finished now.  And though the color of the brick is not exactly the same, the texture is.