Leighton Medley our BPCA Outreach Minister has returned to Pakistan to reach new communities with the true Gospel of Christ and to continue discipling those who have already been reached through our previous campaigns. Leighton’s remit for this work is quite simple, he is to bolster the faith of Christians who have little access to regular church services, setting up bible study leaders who will one day become ministers of the Gospel in rural communities. He is to bring revival and better understanding to Christian churches in Pakistan many of which have adopted a very legalistic theology and have forgotten…
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Young boys hold signs of encouragement at a BPCA prayer gathering on the anniversary of Asia Bibi’s arrest We must continue to pray for Asia Bibi, the Justices and for Pakistan. The appeal is over, the arguments made and the Special Bench of the Supreme Court is now in chambers. We do not really know how long it will be before they render their verdict and make their judgement public. They must write it out clearly and lucidly so that even a person with little education will see that it is just. A special three-member bench of the Pakistan…
Leighton Medley our BPCA Outreach Minister has returned to Pakistan to reach new communities with the true Gospel of Christ and to continue discipling those who have already been reached through our previous campaigns. Leighton’s remit for this work is quite simple, he is to bolster the faith of Christians who have little access to regular church services, setting up bible study leaders who will one day become ministers of the Gospel in rural communities. He is to bring revival and better understanding to Christian churches in Pakistan many of which have adopted a very legalistic theology and have forgotten…
Today the arrest of over 70 Pak-Christian asylum seekers in Thailand has had far-reaching impact on the British Pakistani Christian Association, as it was the home of our oldest surviving school. The BPCA school had been serving around 30 children at the location since 2015 and would have began this morning at 9am (3am GMT), however in one of the largest crack-down operations against Pakistani Christians in Bangkok’s history scores of immigration and police vehicles blockaded the asylum community in their condo at 7am. Please sign our petition (click here) With no where to run to most Pakistani Christians in Charan…
In breaking news from the Islamabad Supreme Court: The final verdict has been reserved until further notice. The special bench of Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled on Asia Bibi’s death sentence appeal but has yet to render their verdict. Media were left to scrum outside the courtroom as the court heard the final appeal on the most well-known blasphemy case in recent history. Asia Bibi was working in a field with other women and shared water with them. Incensed that an “unclean” Christian had defiled their drinking water they took their complaint to a Imam who admittedly was not present…
Leighton Medley our BPCA Outreach Minister has returned to Pakistan to reach new communities with the true Gospel of Christ and to continue discipling those who have already been reached through our previous campaigns. Leighton’s remit for this work is quite simple, he is to bolster the faith of Christians who have little access to regular church services, setting up bible study leaders who will one day become ministers of the Gospel in rural communities. He is to bring revival and better understanding to Christian churches in Pakistan many of which have adopted a very legalistic theology and have forgotten…
Leighton Medley our BPCA Outreach Minister has returned to Pakistan to reach new communities with the true Gospel of Christ and to continue discipling those who have already been reached through our previous campaigns. Leighton’s remit for this work is quite simple, he is to bolster the faith of Christians who have little access to regular church services, setting up bible study leaders who will one day become ministers of the Gospel in rural communities. He is to bring revival and better understanding to Christian churches in Pakistan many of which have adopted a very legalistic theology and have forgotten…
Hang Asia riot image from 2016After an announcement that Asia Bibi’s Pakistan’s most famous blasphemy law victim would have her appeal heard on Monday, Pakistani Christians began praying with hope that Asia Bibi will be released and granted asylum in a western country. This is despite the concerns they have about rioting and a Muslim backlash a common for of suffering they have endured in the past. They are watching and praying for a peaceful resolution Meanwhile Christian NGO’s are demanding that the Government of Pakistan must provide adequate protection for Asia Bibi, her family and Christian communities country-wide. They fear…
On the 6th October we visited one of our old haunts, Millennium Kingdom Church in Bahar Colony Lahore. We were invited to conduct a seminar on Worship, the ultimate priority, which would take place on the evening of the 6th and the morning of the 7th. There has been good growth here, not just numerically, but also in a knowledge of the Scriptures which is leading to a desire of holiness, particularly amongst the younger men, which is encouraging. I spoke from John 4:21-26. They also have a new building, which was kindly given to them by a family, which…
An Image of Ashiq Masih and his daughter at a church in Lancaster with Wilson Chowdhry. After repeated rejection on Monday 8 October 2018 the long awaited final appeal to prevent the execution of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, will be heard at Pakistan’s Supreme Court by a special three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar in conjunction with Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel. Her husband, Ashiq Masih, and oldest daughter Eisham who spoke at an event organized by Aid to the Church in Need at the Catholic…