November 19, 2006
Brazilian Missionary Murdered in East Timor
Word is coming in over the internet newswires of a Brazilian missionary being murdered today in East Timor.
Townsville Bulletin: Brazilian missionary murdered as fighting flares [ 20nov06 ]A BRAZILIAN missionary has been murdered in the East Timorese capital as new fighting flared late last night, only days after rival factions united in a peace march through the city.
Eyewitness Elizabete da Silva said she saw the man die as a mob attacked Dili Hospital and burned cars.
"He was our neighbour. I saw them stop his car, drag him out and cut his throat," she said.
A Brazilian source identified him as Edgar Gonçalves Brito. He was a missionary with the Assemblies of God.
Please be in prayer for his family and co-workers. East Timor is a former Portuguese colony that achieved it's independence from Indonesia in 2002. Recently it has been plagued with violence.
Posted by Andrew on November 19, 2006 4:37 PM.
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Posted by: Pete at November 20, 2006 10:48 AM
Indeed.
I do believe that we are going to start seeing more of this, especially with the upswing of radical Islam. The good news is, every group that has dedicated itself to the destruction of God's people has eventually been won over. Thus we may be seeing the stage being set for a mass revival of Christianity in what is known as the Muslim world.
Either that or Christ is coming back real soon.
Posted by: Andrew at November 20, 2006 10:59 AM
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A sad story. It is in line with what Jesus promised, that the world would hate those of us who are His. May God lead those people that killed this missionary to salvation through Jesus Christ.