JNI 692 - A 77 minute docu-drama film that tells the dramatic story of Paul's encounter with Christ on the road to Damascus, has been produced on location in Syria and is currently being distrubed throughout the Middle East. More than 1,100 Syrian political, religious and business leaders attended the premiere. Also in this edition: SAT-7 ministers in Iran at a time of unrest, and a new global missions strategy focuses on the 4-14 generation.

JNI 691 - In the strongly Muslim Aceh province of northern Sumatra, where 167,000 people died in the 2004 tsunami, the underground church movement is growing and experiencing a wave of conversions and healing. And in Iraq Kurdish Christians start a radio station.

JNI 690 - Three encouraging stories from the Middle East this week: how radio is being used to start house churches in Yemen, how 18 house churches were started among a Muslim Bedouin tribe in Lebanon, and research showed that 20 percent of Iraqis are watching Christian television. Also: prayer birthes an 'unashamedly ethical' movement among businesses in South Africa, and God is doing miracles in prayer rooms across the UK.

JNI 689 - This week a beautiful story of how the Gospel reaches a remote South Pacific Island, where God had already prepared the population hundreds of years before for the arrival of missionaries. Also: church in a nightclub in Japan, and 'New Calvinism' on the rise in America, according to TIME 'one of the ten ideas that are changing the world'.

JNI 688 - Three encouraging prayer initiatives in Europe and the USA: (1) 24-7 Prayer is mobilising Christians to pray for Europe in the wake of the scandals hitting the financial and political sectors, and the European elections. (2) More than 1,700 churches representing nearly a million believers kicked off the second annual One Prayer movement, hoping to accomplish more of God's work together than on their own. (3) 24-7prayer launched a new initiative called Campus America, which aims to mobilize non-stop prayer on all 2,614 university, college and seminary campuses in America in 2010.