The Nicaraguan authorities has jailed native pastors, whereas American missionaries face felony expenses following mass evangelistic occasions within the nation.
Missionary Britt Hancock of Mountain Gateway Ministries led huge evangelistic campaigns in Nicaragua final yr, which he says concerned almost one million individuals.
Nevertheless, Hancock, alongside along with his son Jacob and daughter-in-law Cassandra, are presently going through cash laundering and arranged crime expenses.
Based on Nicaragua's legal professional common, 11 Nicaraguan Mountain Gateway pastors are additionally going through the identical expenses.
“Mountain Gateway want to publicly state that it denies these allegations and is saddened by this example,” the group stated. “Mountain Gateway fastidiously complies with all authorized necessities within the US and Nicaragua that apply to non-profit and spiritual organizations.”
“These allegations are based mostly on misinformation and Mountain Gateway will do the whole lot in its energy to resolve this via diplomatic channels.”
The costs in opposition to Hancock observe final yr's actions in Nicaragua.
“Final yr I watched him heal individuals, set them free and alter their lives,” Hancock wrote to CBN Information. “I’m saddened and really involved that our pastors, my associates, are in jail proper now.
Though Hancock and his household had been capable of depart the nation safely, they’re now attempting to assist pastors who stay in jail.
“The Nicaraguan authorities has reviewed and accepted all of our budgets, so I simply don't perceive the complexity of what’s taking place in a rustic that we love dearly and have completed the whole lot we are able to to assist,” he continued.
In the identical press launch, the Nicaraguan authorities stated the 9 pastors had been harmless, however stated they had been below the management of three Americans and two imprisoned Nicaraguan pastors.
Regardless of the federal government's recognition of their innocence, the pastors have been in jail for nearly two months and are unable to contact their households.
“I do know unquestionably that the Lord has requested us to do evangelistic campaigns, so I imagine God has a goal for it,” Hancock wrote to CBN Information. “He isn’t shocked at our circumstances; we see again and again within the Bible that the place there’s persecution, the church grows.”
“He’s working and doing one thing,” he added. “Please pray with us for the discharge of our pastors. Pray for his or her households and pray that the individuals of Nicaragua will proceed to come across Jesus Christ!”
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Milton Quintanilla is a contract author and content material creator. He’s a contributor to Christian Headlines and host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast dedicated to sound doctrine and biblical fact. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.
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