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FREED HAITI VOLUNTEER: I THOUGHT WE HAD ALL THE
PAPERWORK
 Jim
Allen, one of the eight American volunteers freed from
jail in Haiti, said he believed the team had all the
paperwork necessary to take Haitian children to an
orphanage in the Dominican Republic. “We were told that
all the documents required to get kids into the
Dominican Republic she (team leader Laura Silsby) had,”
said Allen to Anderson Cooper on CNN’s “AC360” Friday
evening. “And on the Haitian side there were some
documents that we needed to acquire and that was part of
our goal also.”
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MULTI-SITE CHURCHES SPREADING IN POST-CHRISTIAN
EUROPE
February 25, 2010 (Lillian Kwon, Christian Post):
Amid decreasing church attendance in Western
Europe, multi-site churches have still managed to take
root and spread, according to one mission group.
Leadership Network has released a brief report providing
snapshots of the various kinds of multi-site churches
growing in Europe.
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STREET PREACHERS MURDERED IN FLORIDA
Feb. 16, 2010 - The murder of two young
street preachers in Florida by a teenager whom they
shared the Gospel with is “alarming,” said a
spokesperson for a religious freedom watchdog group.
Eighteen-year-old Jeriah Woody, whose street name is
“Plug,” is charged with two counts of first-degree
murder. Woody allegedly shot and killed Tite Sufra, 24,
and Stephen Ocean, 23, on Jan. 30 after they shared
about Christ with him during the 15 minutes they talked.
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ARCHBISHOP CONCERNED OVER CHRISTIANS IN ARAB WORLD
Amman - The Archbishop of Canterbury,
Rowan Williams, said Saturday that he was extremely
worried about the shrinking number of Christians in the
Middle East, and urged Christians in Britain to come to
the aid of their brethren in the region.
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WARREN: MEGACHURCHES, MULTI-SITE VENUES ARE BIBLICAL
Feb. 11, 2010 - There's a myth today that
megachurches are just a contemporary fad and will fade
out. That's just not true, asserted famed evangelical
pastor Rick Warren. "Christianity for 2,000 years has
had large churches, including the very first one," the
Saddleback Church pastor said Wednesday during a
four-day conference. "The first church in Jerusalem was
five times bigger than Saddleback." Most Bible scholars
say the first church grew from 120 to over 100,000
people within 20 years, Warren noted.
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US CHURCHES WARNED TO PREPARE FOR ANOTHER LEAN YEAR
Garden Grove, Feb. 08, 2010 - Churches and
non-profits should prepare for another lean year as
Americans continue to grip their wallets, a researcher
cautioned. "Barring a significant event or shift, the
prospects for a recovery of charitable giving during
2010 appear dim," said David Kinnaman, president of the
Barna Group. "Even while some financial indicators show
signs of life, most Americans are very concerned about
the country’s long-term economic prospects and seem to
be tightening budgets and scrimping on donations."
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MISSIOLOGIST: PLANTING CHURCHES IS THE BEST FORM OF
EVANGELISM
Feb. 12, 2010 - Missiologist Ed Stetzer on
Thursday visited southern California to try to persuade
thousands of pastors to get involved in what he
considers the most effective form of evangelism – church
planting. Though church planting has become the "hot big
thing" in recent years, it's still something most
churches in the country are not engaged in.
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UGANDA MIGHT PUNISH HOMOSEXUALS WITH DEATH PENALTY
A proposed law in Uganda that would require execution of
some homosexuals has stirred much controversy not only
within the country but all around the world, reports
Christian Telegraph. According to LifeSiteNews.com, the
Ugandan measure has four aims: (a) defining "marriage in
Uganda as that contracted only between a man and a
woman; (b) prohibit and penalize homosexual behavior and
related practices in Uganda as they constitute a threat
to the traditional family;
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NEW LEGISLATION HOPES TO GIVE ORPHANS PERM ANENT
HOMES
Haiti (MNN) ― Wednesday, the Haitian
government released eight of the ten American
missionaries who were detained for taking children from
the country illegally. While Bethany Christian Services
adoption ministries were not affected by the incident,
spokesman John VanValkenburg said, "More than anything,
the situation with the group from Idaho has just brought
more attention to child welfare situations and the
importance of following foreign law."
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MISSIONARIES SAFE AFTER COUP IN NIGER
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 - After a successful but
controversial military coup of Niger took place
Thursday, Assemblies of God missionaries to the African
country of Niger have all been reported safe, according
to AG World Missions. Many believe the coup or some type
of action has been coming since Niger President Mamadou
Tandja chose to "rule by decree," extending his own
presidency to a third term and dissolving the country's
parliament last June.
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POPE BENEDICT XVI CRITICISES AIRPORT BODY SCANNERS
Nick Pisa, (The Telegraph) 21 Feb 2010:
The Pope made his comments during an audience with
airport workers held at the Vatican. Although the
Pontiff did not mention the words body scanner it was
clear what he meant as he told the 1,200 strong crowd:
"Every action, it is above all essential to protect and
value the human person in their integrity. "Respecting
these principles can seem particularly complex and
difficult in the present context.
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IRAQ CHURCH LEADERS TO SPEAK WITH COMMON VOICE
 Michelle
A Vu, (Christian Post), February 21, 2010: A
global ecumenical body has welcomed “with great hope and
deep satisfaction” the decision of diverse church
leaders in Iraq to establish a council to speak with a
common voice. “In our view, it is a development that
augurs as much for the future of the churches in Iraq as
it does for Iraq as a nation,” said the Rev Dr Olav
Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of
Churches.
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DEMAND FOR BIBLE OUTSTRIPPING SUPPLY IN CHINA
February 19, 2010, (Charlie Boyd) - The
Bibl e
Society has reported a growing demand for copies of the
Bible in China where an estimated 500,000 people
converted to Christianity in 2009 alone. Although some
four million Bibles were printed and distributed across
China last year, the rapid growth of the church year on
year means that demand for Bibles is now outstripping
supply, according to the Bible Society.
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CHRISTIAN MUSIC STARS UNITE FOR HAITI RELEASE COME
TOGETHER NOW
February 21, 2010, Kevin P. Donovan, (Christian
Post)- While the star-studded cast of
“Valentine’s Day” was helping the romance flick snag the
box office’s No. 1 spot with its $52.4 million debut,
another star-studded crew released its highly
anticipated project over the same weekend but with a
different aim.
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SUZANNE FILES FOR DIVORCE; BENNY HINN 'SHOCKED’
February 21, 2010, Audrey Barrick, (Christian
Post) - After more than 30 years of marriage,
faith healer Benny Hinn may be heading to divorce court.
Benny Hinn Ministries on Thursday confirmed that his
wife, Suzanne Hinn, filed a petition for divorce in
Orange County Superior Court on Feb. 1. She cited
irreconcilable differences.
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HOSPITAL SEES HAITIANS TURN TO CHRIST, AS DEATH TOLL
RISES
Authorities in Haiti now estimate 200,000 people h ave
been killed by last week's 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
That would make the catastrophe one of the deadliest
ever. More than 1.5 million people are believed
homeless. Many are streaming out of the capital,
Port-au-Prince, reports MNN. However, the suffering
continues in the city as the cries of anguish echo
through the streets from those who have still gone
untreated for their injuries.
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SAUDI MORAL POLICE EMPLOYEE WHIPPED FOR HAVING 6
WIVES
A Saudi court has sentenced an employee of the kingdoms
religious police to 120 lashes for marrying six women.
According to an official at Ahad al-Massarha court in
the southern province of Jazan, the man said he was not
educated enough to know that Islam did not allow men to
marry more than four women at any one time.
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MISSION STRATEGIST SAYS 'CAMEL' METHOD IS REACHING
MUSLIMS
February 19, 2010, (Michelle A Vu, Christian
Post): A frontier mission strategist who worked
among Muslims in the Philippines for 10 years weighed in
on the debate over the controversial Camel method of
reaching Muslims, calling it “very useful”. David Taylor
(a pseudonym), senior editor of the Global Mission
Database and author of Operation 10/40 Window, said the
method is bearing “remarkable fruit all over the world”.
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ESSENTIAL NEWBORN CARE TO PREVENT STILLBIRTHS
DEVELOPED
A team of U.S. researchers has devised a training
program for midwives, nurses, doctors, and birth
attendants that can save one in every three babies from
a stillbirth. The training includes simple techniques of
helping the newborn start breathing and keeping it snug
and clean can help in slashing the increasing rate of
stillbirths in developing and poor countries of the
world.
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OPENLY GAY PRIEST CLOSER TO BISHOPRIC
dA controversial priest who has a lesbian partner has so
far received more than half the votes she needs to be
consecrated as an assistant bishop. And the 120-day
consent process began just a month ago. The Rev Canon
Mary Douglas Glasspool has 29 consents to become bishop
suffragan, according to a recent report by the Diocese
of Los Angeles. She needs 56 to be confirmed as the
second openly homosexual bishop in The Episcopal Church.
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10-YEAR-OLD HOLDS STUFFED ANIMAL DRIVE FOR HAITIAN
CHILDREN
After seeing the devastation in H aiti on the news, one
fourth-grade girl decided to do something about it,
reports MNN. 10-year-old Christa Wood says watching the
after effects of the earthquake made her feel she had to
do something. She began thinking of ways she could help
children in Haiti, and she decided on something she knew
would bring her comfort in a rough situation: stuffed
animals.
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2 YEARS LATER, ERITREA FREES 14 CHRISTIANS
Feb. 18, 2010 - Eritrean authorities
recently released 14 Christians who had spent the last
two years in harsh military camps, a Christian
persecution watchdog reported Thursday. Twelve young
Christians were released from Adi-Nefase military camp,
located in the southern port city of Assab, Eritrea,
according to Open Doors USA. All 12 of the released
Christians are members of the Kale-Hiwot Church and were
high school students at the time of their arrest.
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