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Families flee as foreign forces depart, Taliban gains ground Afghanistan (MNN) Global leaders and Afghanistan’s neighbors end a two-day, high-stakes meeting to answer the question: “What now?” Taliban forces gained control of key border crossings in a recent surge following United States troop withdrawals, putting regional leaders on edge. Last week, the Russian Foreign Ministry two-thirds of the Afghan-Tajik border was under Taliban control. As foreign forces head home and the Taliban gains territory, thousands of people are on the move. Over 270,000 have fled since January, “What an intense time to be praying for people to find hope and have wisdom from God in how to operate in challenging times.” ....
Turkey leaves Istanbul Convention amid protests Turkey (MNN) Turkey has exited the Istanbul Convention, which seeks to protect women from violence. In response, thousands protested across the country last week. Groups of women chanted, “We will not be silenced,” and “We will not fear.” Turkey claims to have its own plan to hinder violence against women. But Denise Godwin of International Media Ministries says, “Female killings, either in family settings or because of shame or various things, haven’t decreased in Turkey; they’ve increased. Show me your actions, not your words.” The way of Jesus Many in Turkey’s leadership want to enshrine a strict version of Islam in the country’s laws. But Godwin says Jesus taught His followers a different way to treat women. “The incredible thing is the seven churches of Revelation and many of the places mentioned in the New Testament are actually places in Turkey. We today may forget that. B ....
Ongoing pandemic challenges make media ministry more important than ever International (MNN) Although 2020 is over, much of the uncertainty, challenges, and hardships it brought are not. The Object of Our Hope IMM Executive Director Denise Godwin says that especially in the world we live in today, we need to be cognizant of where we put our hope. “We live in a broken world, and we have the media all around the world telling us about the instability in other places. In some ways, we should expect instability more than stability,” she says. “As Christians, this world is not where our hope is. That’s so important to recognize. Hope is something internal that we need to grasp onto and make a firm foundation in Jesus Christ.” ....
International (MNN) Today is Denise Godwin of International Media Ministries says honoring women is something Christianity has done for thousands of years. “The early Church was known in their time as being people who affirmed and took care of women. In some early church research we were doing, a source was saying they believe Christianity went from a handful of people in Rome to millions of people in Constantine’s time not because it was the official religion, but because of the principles of protecting women.” Godwin paints a picture of what this looked like. “In the pagan community, people married their daughters off at 12 years old. The Christians had a standard that their daughters didn’t marry until they were 20 years old. The Christians also had a standard that children were born and raised, regardless of sex. Because it was okay in the Roman Empire to set the girl babies by the side of the road.” ....