MINISTRY 

MINISTRY: Chester and Carol Terry (Australia), Rodger and Margaret White (Indonesia/Malaysia), Steve and Lloy Bennet (Israel/Palestine), Lonnie and Gail Burton (Venezuela), Allen and Jean Gordon (Solomon Islands), Jonathan and Maria Strickland (Greece), Phillip and Sandra Rhoads (Suriname)  

A.I.M. - Associates in Missions: Antonio and Jennifer Escamilla - Mexico (CAC), Blas and Hilda Escamilla - Mexico (CAC) 

FULL-TIME EVANGELIST: Phillip D. Hodges - Fortville, IN, Karl A. Holt - Pinehurst, NC, Kevin D. Hopper - North East, MD, Gregory P. Horn - Riverside, CA

BIBLE SCHOOLS: Texas Bible College, Gateway College of Evangelism

WNOP'S PERSONAL REQUESTS

To minister to the needs of others through prayer, click here to pray over WNOP's personal prayer list. 

STATE FOCUS - British Columbia

The state focus this week is British Columbia. Please pray for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Premier Gordon Cambell, and Lieutenant Governor Steven Point. Pray for all district officials, home missionaries and pastors.

WORLD NEEDS

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica's security forces clashed with masked gunmen allied with an alleged drug kingpin for a second consecutive day on Monday as an intensifying multi-front battle against gangs spread to volatile slums outside the capital.

Police and soldiers came under heavy fire in barricaded battle zones in the West Kingston stronghold of Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who is trying to avoid extradition to the U.S. on drug and arms trafficking charges. Military helicopters with mounted guns buzzed above the impoverished area, between plumes of black smoke.

West Kingston is the epicenter of the violence. But on Monday, security agents were also under attack in troubled areas outside that patchwork of gritty slums. Gunmen shot at police while trying to erect barricades in a poor section of St. Catherine parish, which is just outside the two parishes where the government on Sunday implemented a month long state of emergency.

A police station in an outlying area of Kingston parish also was showered with bullets by a roving band of gunmen with high-powered rifles. Security Minister Dwight Nelson said "police are on top of the situation," but gunfire was reported in several poor communities and brazen gunmen shot up Kingston's central police station.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force said two officers have been killed and six injured during firefights with criminal gangs whose arsenals rival police firepower. "The loss of these two officers and the injury to the six, while difficult to deal with, will only serve as a rallying call for the police to remain strong, committed and firm as we continue to encounter brazen criminals," said Police Commissioner Owen Ellington.

Ellington said "scores of criminals" from gangs across the Caribbean island had joined the fighting in the Kingston area, where the fear of gun violence has driven many to live behind gated walls with key-pad entry systems and 24-hour security.

The violence erupted Sunday afternoon after nearly a week of rising tensions over the possible extradition of Coke to the United States, where he faces a possible sentence of life in prison.

Coke is described as one of the world's most dangerous drug lords by the U.S. Justice Department. Coke leads one of the gangs that control politicized slums known as "garrisons." Political parties created the gangs in the 1970s to rustle up votes. The gangs have since turned to drug trafficking, but each remains closely tied to a political party. Coke's gang is tied to the governing Labor Party.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding had stalled Coke's extradition request for nine months with claims the U.S. indictment relied on illegal wiretap evidence. After Golding reversed himself last Monday amid growing public discontent, Coke's supporters began barricading streets and preparing for battle.

In a national address Sunday night, Golding said the state of emergency order for Kingston and St. Andrew parish gives authorities the power to restrict movement. Security forces will also be able to conduct searches and detain people without warrants.

A CONVERSATION WITH GOD

The lights in the sanctuary were dim; the silence dwarfed the lone individual sitting on the front pew. His head was bowed and his arms were resting on his knees. A mere couple of minutes into his prayer, he had run out of words to say-every cliché had been used, and every term of endearment had been repeated repeatedly. He sat staring silently, blankly at the floor.   more

PRAYER QUOTE

Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude-an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God. --Arthur W. Pink

SUMMONS TO SACRIFICE

Make plans now to attend WNOP's International Prayer Gathering. Summons To Sacrifice 2010 will be held June 10-12, 2010 in St. Louis, MO at the Airport Renaissance Hotel.

Online registration is now open.  

For more information follow this link.

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR 

June 10-12, 2010                           Summons to Sacrifice