Arson attack in Arad

The Chess club belonging to Israeli believers in the southern city of Arad, Israel, has been the focus of an arson attack. There is nothing remaining of the Bibles, furniture or second-hand clothes. The chess club was the initiative of an Israeli believer who was a chess champion in the USA. The fellowship had rented the premises in the market place in order to be a witness to the community by inviting people to play chess. They also served meals for the homeless and used the place for Sabbath evening meals & worship. It is the same club that was attacked some 7 weeks ago and follows over a year of continuous assaults, intimidation and harassment by large groups of an extreme Orthodox Jewish sect who are incited by the religious anti-missionary organization.

The Chess Club was burned down the night before the official opening of an ultra-orthodox chess club in the town market, only 10 meters away from the place that the believers have rented. Please pray for your brothers and sisters in Arad, and pray for the religious Jewish people who are persecuting the Body of Messiah, that they would come to know salvation.