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INSTITUTE
OF POWER MINISTRY IN DELHI
Jesus Calls will hold an Institute of Power Ministry
from 6th Aug to 8th August 2009 in New Delhi. The three
days of training will empower the delegates with
anointing and power of the Holy Spirit to minister with
signs and wonders and serve the Lord Jesus Christ in
fruitful and powerful ways.
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PURPOSE
DRIVEN CONFERENCE: A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIAN
CHURCHES
New Delhi: Pastor Rick Warren’s team is
bringing to India, in association with the Evangelical
Fellowship of India, a conference for pastors based on
the best selling book, “Purpose Driven Church.” The
conference will be held in New Delhi from July 9-11,
2009 from 9 am to 5 pm daily at the Delhi Bible
Fellowship Centre, 22 Bhai Veer Singh Marg, Gole Market,
New Delhi.
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HELPLINE LAUDS MIZORAM CM FOR BOLD STAND ON RACISM
New Delhi, June 27, 2009: North East
Support Centre & Helpline lauded Chief Minister of
Mizoram Pu Lalthanhawla for his bold statement on racial
discrimination meted out to himself and north east
Indian communities. More political bureaucratic and
civil societies must come openly on the reality of
racist discrimination meted out to North East Indians.
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CHIDAMBARAM
OFFERS AN APOLOGY AT KANDHAMAL
PHULBANI (KANDHAMAL DISTRICT): Moved by
the plight of violence affected families living in
tented accommodation in three relief camps here since
last August, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on
Friday apologised “for certain wrong happenings of last
year.” Offering full protection to them, he urged them
to return to their villages and resume normal lives.
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 HIGH COURT
DIRECTIVE ON "PEACEFUL PRAYERS"
MADURAI: Neither revenue officials in
their capacity as Executive Magistrates nor police could
insist on that people obtain their permission for
conducting prayers in a peaceful manner inside religious
institutions, the Madras High Court has said.
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LAW SOUGHT
TO BAN CONVERSIONS IN KARNATAKA
BANGALORE: Six prominent Hindu leaders on
Thursday said that they had urged Chief Minister B.S.
Yeddyurappa to enact a law on the lines of the
legislation brought out by the Madhya Pradesh and Orissa
Governments to ban religious conversion, in view of a
significant exodus to Christianity that affects the
demographic structure of the State.
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CHRISTIANS SEEK URGENT PROTECTION OF WITNESSES OF ORISSA
VIOLENCE, REHABILITATION OF VICTIMS OF ORISSA VIOLENCE,
SC RIGHTS FOR DALIT CHRISTIANS
The Christian community today asked the Union government
to intervene decisively in Orissa and ensure the
protection of witnesses whose lives are being threatened
by criminals, including politicians and legislators of
the Bharatiya Janata Party charged with multiple murders
in the anti Christian violence of August-October 2008.
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 ASSEMBLIES OF GOD COMPLETES 95 YEARS
Due to the
great outpouring of the Holy Spirit during the beginning
of the 20th century in America many holiness movements
were formed. For the independent fellowships and
churches of the believers who were baptised in the Holy
Spirit, there was no common doctrine or leadership. This
was seen as a shortcoming in the pioneer work of
Pentecostal churches.
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MALEGAON BLAST ACCUSED'S AIDE HELDFOR ATTACKING
CHURCHES, KILLING WORKER
An alleged aide of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, prime
accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, has been
arrested for his involvement in various attacks on
churches in Delhi and a churchworker's murder in Noida
in the past one year.
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KRISHNA
DAS MURDER: CBI INVESTIGATION SOUGHT
The student communities of North East Indian states
along with civil societies, social workers, Politicians,
Human Rights Activists and Scholars demanded CBI Enquiry
on the brutal killing of Social Worker Yengkhom
Krishnadas in a protest held at Jantar Mantar, New
Delhi. Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh Government has
totally failed to keep the law and order situation of
Manipur.
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CHURCH
ATTACKS: BAJRANG DAL BLAMED
MANGALORE: Victims of church attacks have
urged the state government to provide security from the
violent mobs and compensation for the loss incurred.
Appearing before the Justice B K Somshekhara Commission
which is conducting a probe on attacks on Christian
prayer halls across the state at the Circuit house on
Monday, 13 victims who submitted their affidavits urged
for immediate action. In the absence of Justice
Somshekhara, Commission's legal advisor Hemalatha
Mahishi conducted the hearing.
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REPRESENTATION OF MINORITIES WOMEN'S RESERVATION
Christians also need to get OBC reservations, especially
in states, where they are deprived, as per the Mandal
Commission Report. The Women Reservation Bill scheduled
to be passed within 100 days of the new government has
raised a number of issues. The CSF is of the opinion
that we should demand for a minorities quota, within the
women's reservation of 33% for Lok Sabha seats.
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INDIA
BOWS TO HINDU EXTREMIST AGENDA - USCIRF DENIED VISAS
The move by the Indian government to deny visas to
members of the United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom (USCIRF) will be seen from several
vantage points:
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ORISSA
VICTIMS OUTSIDE KANDHAMAL DISTRICT STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE
HYDERABAD – June 19, 2009: The All India
Christian Council (AICC) signed an agreement with the
Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) to provide free legal
intervention for victims of anti-Christian violence and
to usher long-term solutions for inter-faith harmony in
Gajapati District in India’s eastern state of Orissa.
Kandhamal District was the epicenter for riots from
August to October 2008. But Gajapati District had the
second largest number of crimes. At least 337 families
lost homes or businesses. Most rehabilitation as well as
public attention has focused on Kandhamal District.
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USCIRF REGRETS
ABSENCE OF VISAS FOR VISIT TO INDIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) regrets that
visas have not been issued by the Indian government for
a USCIRF visit to discuss religious freedom conditions
with officials, religious leaders, civil society
activists and others in the world's largest democracy.
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EMPLOYMENT &
EDUCATION RESERVATION FOR CHRISTIANS
We have presented our case effectively, but not
forcefully on the Dalit Christian issue. Now, it would
seem the UPA Government has no reason, not to grant
reservations to SC/ST Christians & hence, the Church
needs to act fast. The Church means - the Clergy &
Laity. Who will bell the cat? There are enough of those
who claim to represent this issue and so The CSF will
not dwell on it.
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PLAN TO
SET UP SALVATION ARMY CENTRES BY MC DONALD'S HEIR MAY
FAIL
New York: At her death in 2003, Joan B.
Kroc, the widow of the founder of the McDonald's
Corporation, left a grand idea and $1.8 billion to make
it happen. She wanted the Salvation Army to build some
30 lavish community centres around the nation, like the
$87 million complex she paid for in San Diego, with
three swimming pools, an indoor ice skating arena and a
600-seat theatre.
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HOUSE
CHURCHES ATTACKED IN CHINA
Beijing: At approximately 9:15 a.m. on
June 14, 2009, several dozen officials from the
Municipal Bureaus of Religion and State Security broke
into a house church in Zhengzhou City, Henan province,
China, and arrested several believers, according to
reports.
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CHRISTIAN WOMAN FACING BLASPHEMY CHARGES IN PAKISTAN
Islamabad: Thirty seven year old Asia Bibi
was recently arrested by police on allegations of
blasphemy in the village of Ittanwali, Punjab province.
On June 19, 2009, some of the Muslim women who work with
Bibi on a farm owned by a local Muslim engaged in a
heated discussion with Bibi about Islam. Bibi told them
that Christ died on the cross for their sins and asked
them what Mohammed had done for them. "Our Christ is the
true prophet of God and yours is not true," Bibi said.
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CHURCH
OF ENGLAND TO BROADEN ITS APPEAL TO YOUNGSTERS
London: The ideas for alternative-style
worship are part of an initiative launched by Dr. Rowan
Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to appeal to the
younger generation. They are set out in a new book
compiled by the Church's Fresh Expressions programme,
which aims to boost church attendance with more relevant
and exciting services.
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CHRISTIAN WOMAN RELEASED IN ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA
Beijing: According to recent reports, a
Christian woman sentenced in December 2006 to three and
a half years in prison for protesting the government's
destruction of a church building in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang
province, was released on March 4, 2009.
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A CHILD
BRINGS AN ENTIRE FAMILY TO FAITH
 Managua (Nicaragua): One night Chema
Lopez, a JESUS Film team leader, was sitting outside his
home in Nicaragua with his daughter. A young man
approached them, introducing himself as Gabriel Antonio
Madrigal. Gabriel explained that he was a Christian
because of a presentation Chema did at his school seven
years ago when he was in fifth grade.
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UNIVERSITY REQUIRES PERMIT TO DISTRIBUTE BIBLES
Giving away Bibles on the campus of Bucknell University
is at your own peril, since the school requires a permit
for such an activity, according to a new dispute that
arose involving the school's Conservatives Club.
The organization has attempted to make several political
statements on campus, and has been shut down by
officials with the university repeatedly, said a
complaint letter assembled by the Foundation for
Individual Rights in Education.
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CHRISTIAN CHILDREN ORPHANED BY CYCLONE NARGIS HIDING IN
MYANMAR’S JUNGLES
Orphaned by a devastating cyclone in 2008, thousands of
children in Myanmar (Burma) are engaged in a deadly game
of hide and seek with Burmese soldiers. Barnabas Fund, a
U.K. based interdenominational Christian aid agency,
estimates that up to 3,000 Karen villagers, including
orphaned children, have fled their mountain communities
in recent weeks due to renewed confrontations with the
Burmese military.“
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