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PATRIOTISM AND PEACE: THE BJP VERSION
Prime
ministerial aspirant L K Advani and VHP’s international
president Ashok Singhal are gentlemen that is when they
are not talking politics. So too Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, now riding the 'development' wagon is a
patriot. But they don't seem to know yet that their good
intentions to build a prosperous and peaceful nation are
jeopardized by their own acts of omission and
commission. Perhaps it may be a certain guilt that
persuaded the peace-loving Singhal to appeal to the
Muslim religious leaders the other day to issue a
'fatwa' calling upon Muslim groups to declare India as
Dar-ul Aman (land of peace) as opposed to Dar-ul Harb
(land where jihad is legitimate)
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FOCUS ON THE FAMILY FOR NATION BUILDING: OSCAR FERNANDES
New
Delhi: Union Minister for Labour and Employment,
Oscar Fernandes called for a renewed commitment to the
family in an era of rampant individualism and
degradation. “A family that prays together stays
together,” he said. Referring to Mrs.Fernandes, he said,
“We always go out together; we pray together... Strong
families make a strong nation.” Mr.Fernandes was
delivering the keynote address during the tenth
anniversary celebrations of PTA at the Delhi Diocesan
Community Hall on February 6, 2009.
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CHRISTIANS IN INDIA ARE AT NO ONE'S MERCY: M P PINTO
 New Delhi: Mr. M. P. Pinto, the
Vice-Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities,
has called for nation-wide discussion on what
constitutes the much talked about “forced conversion.”
Mr. Pinto was addressing the a gathering at the Tenth
Anniversary Celebration of Praise the Almighty held on
February 6, 2009 at the Delhi Diocesan Community Hall.
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PTA
CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
New Delhi: PRAISE THE ALMIGHTY organised a
thanksgiving service to remember God’s faithfulness and
people’s patronage during these ten years on February 6,
2009. The Delhi Diocesan Community Hall, 1 Ashoka Place
witnessed a gathering of Christian leaders from Delhi,
Haryana, Bihar, Punjab, Jharkhand and Kerala. I give all
glory and honour to our Lord and Saviour for His
faithfulness and am grateful to you all for blessing the
occasion with your presence.
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NATIONAL CONSULTATION HELD
New Delhi: The Christian community has
been playing a major role in nation building through
contribution in the fields of education and community
development ever since India became independence. The
false propaganda and the unprecedented violence against
Christians in the recent years have caused great concern
among the community. Since the general elections are
near, the Christian community expect from the political
parties to address their concerns in their manifestos.
In this context a National Consultation on the eve of
the general elections 2009 was held on February 23 at
Believers Church Delhi Diocesan Centre.
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ACT
AGAINST RELIGIOUS HATRED & MOB VIOLENCE
Christian Solidarity Worldwide and the All India
Christian Council welcomed a recent report from Asma
Jahangir, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on freedom of
religion or belief, on her mission to India in 2008. The
report notes the "religious diversity of India and the
positive impact of secularism" but warns that a "system
of impunity emboldens forces of intolerance" and that
extremist groups advocating religious hatred "have
unleashed an all-pervasive fear of mob violence."
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NATIONAL |
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BCI
PASTORS ARRESTED
Chattisgarh: Ironically, a “Freedom of
Religion” Act in the Indian state of Chattisgarh has led
to the arrest of eleven pastors of the Believers' Church
in Fatakpur, Sarguja. According to a correspondent of
the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) Rev.Akhilesh
Edgar Hindu activists allegedly led by local Bharatiya
Janata Party MLA Renuka Singh disrupted Christian
Revival meeting organised by a local church.
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KANDHAMAL NIGHTMARE CONTINUES
Kandhamal, Orissa: Another Christian has
been killed in Orissa's state Kandhamal district. A wave
of fear and shock enveloped the district late last week
with the discovery of the body of 45-year-old
Hrudyananda Nayak on February 19. Ashis Parida, an EFI
correspondent reported that Nayak left his village of
Rudangia on February 18 to accompany his older sister to
her village of Bandaguda, one and a half kilometres from
Rudangia. It is alleged that an eyewitness saw Nayak
being stopped by a group of extremists on his way back
to the village and vanished thereafter.
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CHRISTIAN MATRIMONIAL WEBSITE
Mumbai: The New Frontiers International
Church (Born Again), based in Malad, Mumbai have started
a website in the view of getting born again believers
together, to help them in their search for a godly
spouse. It is only for Born Again Christians but of all
languages and all community background. Many churches in
India and abroad have registered with them.
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SCABIES
SCARE IN THE FRINGES OF MUMBAI
Mumbai: Tribals in Borvli have no access
to health facilities, electricity of proper water
supply. And now, they're battling a contagious skin
disease. They live in Mumbai's backyard but lead a life
far removed from all the markings of city life. More
than 1500 tribals living in the fringes of Sanjay Gandhi
National Park are geographically in the city, but live
without access to health facilities, electricity, proper
water supply and education.
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ISABEL HEMINGWAY GOES HOME AT 101
Missionary
Nurse Isabel Hemingway used a degree in nursing from the
former Philadelphia General Hospital to take her message
of hope and healing around the world. The last remaining
first cousin of author Ernest Hemingway, Isabel was born
in China to missionary parents.
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RELICS OF 1ST AND 2ND TEMPLES UNEARTHED
Jerusalem
(Israel): The Israel Antiquities Authority on
February 23, 2009 announced the discovery of a large
building dating to the time of the First and Second
Temples during an excavation in the village of Umm Tuba
in southern Jerusalem. The excavation was conducted by
Zubair Adawi on behalf of the antiquities authority,
prior to the start of construction there by a private
contractor. The archaeological remains include several
rooms arranged around a courtyard, in which researchers
found a potter's kiln and pottery vessels.
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'SELF
PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT' UNLEASHES PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
IN CHINA
 Heilongjiang: Mrs.Cheng Fengying's house was
seized illegally in January 2009 by officials from the
Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), Religious Affairs
Bureau (RAB) and Public Security Bureau (PSB) after
years of continual persecution. Cheng Fenying, 54, is a
preacher and evangelist. She, her husband Xie Tongxing
and her 25-year-old son Xie Chengwei hosted a house
church in their home with more than 200 members, but
government officials threatened each believer to keep
them away from the house church.
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MISSIONARY
CHURCH DEPRIVED OF ITS RIGHT TO WORSHIP
Shanghai (China): It has been reported that a
church conference was desrupted by the police and forced
to stop the service in Wanbang Missionary Church. Pastor
Liu Tongsu, an eyewitness to these events, says: "On the
morning of February 10, 2009, six Chinese police
officers and officials from the State Administration of
Religious Affairs (SARA) visited the chief pastor Cui Quan of Wanbang Missionary Church of Shanghai and
ordered him to cancel the 4th Seminar of Chinese Urban
House Church Pastors Fellowship.
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CHARITY
SERVICES SUFFER DUE TO CUTBACKS
New York: Faith-based charities, which
provide an enormous array of private social services to
the nation's sick, elderly and poor, are facing
unprecedented cutbacks from one of their biggest funders:
the government. The nation's economic woes have led
local and state government agencies across the country
to reduce contracts and grants or delay payments to the
groups, which have been forced to eliminate programs,
lay off staff or try to borrow money in a tight lending
market.
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JAMES
BRADFORD TO BE GENERAL SECRETARY OF AG
Springfield (USA): James Bradford, pastor of
Central Assembly of God in Springfield, is the new
general secretary of the Assemblies of God, General
Superintendent George O. Wood announced. Bradford, 56,
was unanimously appointed by the Executive Presbytery
following the resignation of John M. Palmer on February
13, 2009 after admitting to ethical misconduct. Bradford
will assume the duties of the General Secretary's office
effective immediately. However, he will also continue as
pastor of Central Assembly through Easter.
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LUTHERANS IN US TO ORDAIN GAY CLERGY
New York: America's largest Lutheran body
inched closer to ordaining actively gay clergy with a
recommendation on February 19, 2009 that the
4.7-million-member church vote on the matter at its
convention this summer.
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