British Christians helping Afghan refugees
Iain Taylor
As UK Christians consider how they might help the sudden influx of refugees from Afghanistan, one church leader with extensive experience of mission to Muslims has warned that the overwhelming majority of evangelical churches will not see any asylum seekers placed anywhere near them by the government.
Stephen Kneale (photo left) of Oldham Bethel Church says: ‘Most of these asylum seekers are open to Christianity. We already welcome many Afghani refugees who are, typically, very receptive to a gospel that is demonstrably different to what they left behind. Dozens of those we have witnessed to have put their faith in Christ.
Christians under the Taliban
en staff, International Christian Concern
An Afghan Christian leader in the country has spoken of the fear among Christians as the Taliban make strong gains there.
Speaking anonymously, the church leader, whose first language is not English, said Christians believed their houses would be taken, their wives remarried, their children taken away and that they might well face death.
After the fall of Afghanistan, is there hope?
About 300 yards from my house is the grave of an 18-year-old paratrooper killed in Helmand province.
I’ve never been convinced by the reasons given for our Afghan adventure, and why this young man was put in harm’s way by our government. We have now abandoned Afghanistan and we are left wondering if there is any hope for that country.