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IMC AND OTHER DENS OF CORRUPTION: NEW HOPE?
NEW DELHI: The news of the
disbanding of the Medical Council of India and the
resignation of the disgraced president of the all- India
body Ketan Desai, who is facing graft charges, from his
post should be welcomed by all right thinking people.
The dethroning of some of the top functionaries of some
of the organizations in recent times should encourage
public men in their efforts to free the country from the
stranglehold of corruption as much as it lies in their
power.
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EIGHT PASTORS ORDAINED BY BELIEVERS' CHURCH
 New
Delhi: Eight ministers were ordained as pastors in the
Delhi diocese of the Believers' Church. The ceremony
held at the diocesian headquarters was officiated by the
Metropolitan of the church, the Most Rev. Dr K. P.
Yohannan.
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 BICENTENARY
THANKSGIVING SERVICE & ANIL KANT’S MUSIC CONCERT
New Delhi: Bicentenary
Thanksgiving Service & Anil Kant’s Music Concert, was
held at Edmund Rice Hall of St. Columba’s School, 1
Ashok Place New Delhi, on Friday, 16 April 2010 at 6:00
p.m.
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CHURCHES TO MERGE FOR GLOBAL TAG
New Delhi, May 8 (CITHARA
PAUL, The Telegraph): About half of Indian Christians,
except Catholics and Syrian Christians, will become
“globalised Christians'' next month when the various
Protestant and other Churches merge in a 10-day event in
the US.
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CSW URGES INDIA TO END THE ‘CULTURE OF IMPUNITY’
May 7, 2010: A Christian
advocacy group Thursday unequivocally condemned the
"culture of impunity" in India and said the inciters and
perpetrators of communal violence must be brought to
justice.
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CATHOLIC BISHOPS AGREE TO DEFROCK ABUSIVE PRIESTS
New Delhi, May 7, 2010:
The Catholic Church has recommended a zero-tolerance
policy on sexual abuse complaints against priests in
India.
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 GOSPEL
MEETINGS IN ROHINI
Delhi: Full Gospel Church
of God Rohini conducted a 2 day Gospel meetings on May 3
& 4 at their church hall. Master Bijin Abraham, 11 years
preacher from Kerala and Pastor Mathew Oommen ministered
from the Word of God.
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CHURCH REPS MEET MINISTERS FOR SC STATUS TO DALIT
CHRISTIANS
New Delhi, May 7, 2010:
Church representatives this week met three Union
ministers to lobby for Scheduled Caste status to
Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin.
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CHURCH WANTS AMENDMENT IN RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT
New Delhi, May 5, 2010
:The Catholic Church has expressed apprehension over
certain sections of the Right to Education Act, which it
says affects the rights of minorities to manage their
institutions.
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MANIPUR CHRISTIANS IN DELHI MARK GOSPEL CENTENARY
New Delhi, May 5, 2010 : A
Candle Lighting Ceremony will be held at the India Gate,
Delhi on May 7 to mark the Gospel Centenary of Southern
Manipur Christians.
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EVANGELIST KILLED IN BIHAR
Sunday, 02 May 2010 Patna:
An evangelist has been killed in Jamalpur of Bihar
allegedly for his conversion activities in the area. A
media team consisting of Pastor Yunus Mandal and some
youngsters went to screen a film on Jesus Christ at
Laksmanpur village in Jamalpur on 2 May 2010.
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FANATICS ATTACKED A CHURCH IN UTTAR PRADESH
New Delhi, May 9, 2010:
Fanatics attacked a church in Uttar Pradesh, North India
and beaten pastor. Fanatics abused pastor’s wife and
tried to strangle his one year and four months old son.
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BAIL GRANTED AFTER 7 DAYS FOR CHHATTISGARH BRETHREN
Durg: Bail has been
granted to the four Believers from the Bhilai Brethren
Assembly, who were arrested after Hindutva fanatics
filed a complaint against them for alleged 'forcible
conversion" on April 15. The fanatics allegedly from the
Bajrang Dal and Dharam Sena (Religious Army) attacked
them while they were distributing gospel tracts around
8.30 in the morning. The victims have suffered cuts and
wounds on their bodies.
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BETHEL FAITH MISSION IN ANDHRA PRADESH
Andhra Pradesh, India:
Bethel Faith Mission Inland & International Ministries
inaugurat ed
and started one of its branch offices in South India
based in Andhra Pradesh. Bethel Faith Mission popularly
known as BFM is a worldwide mission with an earnest
desire to reach the unreached nations of the world with
the word of God. The President cum chairman of BFM, Pr.
Philip AK prayerfully inaugurated the ministry from its
International headquarters based in Wollongong,
Australia.
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CATHOLIC PRIEST FOUND MURDERED IN VASI, MUMBAI
Mumbai (AsiaNews) - Father
Peter Bombacha a catholic priest was killed late last
night in Baboola, approx. 1km away from the Vasai
Bishops House.
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CHURCH BUILDS 5,550 HOUSES FOR ORISSA VICTIMS
May 12,
2010--The Catholic Church in Orissa has launched a plan
to build 5,550 houses for Hindus and Christians in
Kandhamal, where anti-Christian violence in 2008
destroyed thousands of houses.
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EVANGELISTS DETAINED IN HASSAN DISTRICT
21/04/2010 : Evangelists
detained under false complaint of forced conversion in
Hagare village, Belur Taluk, Hassan district, Karnataka
on 19th April 2010.
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WORSHIP SERVICE DISRUPTED IN KHANPUR, UP
On 6th May 2010 in Kanpur
City of U.P., there was a worship service organized in
Beersheba Church of God in Kalyanpur region to celebrate
the birthday of Naveen, a member of the church. Naveen
had invited his friends James, Samson, Joseph, Ujwal,
Ezra and a professor of chemistry from IIT Kanpur.
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HEADSCARF ROW: PRINCIPAL SUSPENDED
Alleppey, May 8, 2010: The
principal of Believers' Church English Medium School at
Gurupuram, Alleppey (Kerala) who issued a transfer
certificate to a Muslim girl student allegedly for
wearing a headscarf to school, has been placed under
suspension by the school management. However, the
parents of the student have refused to accept the
suspension and have threatened to move court if the
principal was not sacked.
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ALLAHABAD HC: “EMBRACE ISLAM BEFORE MARRYING MUSLIM
MAN"
ALLAHABAD May 12, 2010 R N
Pandey, TNN: In a judgment with far-reaching
implications, the Allahabad high court has ruled that a
non-Muslim bride must convert to Islam to marry a
Muslim. Failing that, the matrimony with a Muslim man
would be void as it would contradict Islamic dicta and
tenets of the Quran, the court said.
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UNION BIBLICAL SEMINARY GETS NEW PRINCIPAL
Pune, May 3, 2010: Shekhar
Singh, a leader in the Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC),
has been appointed principal (president) of Union
Biblical Seminary, considered one of the leading
theological education institutions in the country.
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NCCI LAUNCHES DALIT SOLIDARITY NETWORK
May 3, 2010 At a time when
Nagpur, the head quarters of National Council of
Churches in India (NCCI) was sizzling at forty-five
degrees centigrade, showers of rain and cool breeze
surmounted the meeting of Dalit coordinators of member
Churches of NCCI, which was held at Ecumenical Resource
Center, United Theological College, Bangalore during
21-23 April 2010.
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CATHOLIC LEADERS WELCOME 'CASTE' SURVEY IN INDIA
CENSUS
May 11, 2010 Cathnews
--Some Christian leaders in India have welcomed a
government decision to include caste in the national
census, saying it will help poor people enjoy state
benefits.
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JACOBITE PRIEST ACCUSED OF MURDERING CHRISTIAN
May 10,
2010 (IANS)--The feud between two factions of a Kerala-based
Orthodox Church took a new turn after Central Bureau of
Investigation charged a priest the prime accused in the
murder of an office-bearer of a rival church faction.
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EX-MUSLIM SAYS OBAMA'S SOFT STRATEGY IS HURTING
OPPRESSED CHRISTIANS
May 3,
2010: US President Barack Obama is hurting persecuted
Christians worldwide by failing to speak up for them,
says one convert living under police protection in
Europe.
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RECORD NUMBER OF ISLAMIC NATIONS, FEWER 'FREE'
COUNTRIES, COMING TO U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
May 06,
2010: (CNSNews.com) Next week's election for new members
of the U.N. Human Rights Council is expected to result
in a greater share of seats going to the Organization of
the Islamic Conference (OIC) than ever before, while the
number of countries deemed “free” falls to a new low.
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BUDDHIST EXTREMISTS DRIVE CHRISTIANS FROM VILLAGE IN
BANGLADESH
May 5, 2010 Compass Direct
News is reporting that four Christian families in
southeastern Bangladesh left their village on Sunday,
under mounting pressure by Buddhist extremists to give
up their faith in Christ.
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US FAITH WATCHDOG PUTS INDIA UNDER WATCH LIST FOR
SECOND TIME
May 1, 2010: The US
government watchdog on religious freedom for the second
consecutive year has placed India on its Watch List.
Releasing its annual report, the US Commission on
International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Thursday
recommended that India along with countries such as
Afghanistan, Belarus, Indonesia be put on Watch List for
close monitoring of serious violations of religious
freedom.
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BOMBERS TARGET IRAQI CHRISTIAN STUDENTS, INJURE
DOZENS
Mosul,
May 02, 2010 Two bombs exploded Sunday near buses
carrying Christian students in the northern Iraqi city
of Mosul, killing at least one bystander and injuring
around 100. Abdul-Rahim al-Shammari, the head of the
provincial council's security committee, said the
deceased was a shop owner in the area and that the
injured included students and other civilians. The
attack, which began with a roadside bomb that exploded
around 7:30 a.m., appeared to target buses carrying
students from the mainly Christian town of Hamdaniya to
Mosul University.
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ALARM OVER STREET PREACHER'S ARREST
London, May 7, 2010 - The
arrest of a street preacher has renewed concern over
religious freedom for Christians in the UK. Dale
McAlpine, 42, was arrested in his home town of
Workington, in Cumbria, last month after he mentioned
homosexuality as one of a number of sins listed in the
Bible, alongside idolatry, blasphemy, fornication, and
drunkenness.
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PAKISTANI MUSLIMS ABDUCT YOUNG CHRISTIAN WOMAN,
FAMILY SAYS
LAHORE, May. 07, 2010
(Compass Direct News) Muslims who kidnapped and forcibly
converted an 18-year-old Christian woman to Islam
severely beat her mother on two occasions to discourage
her from trying to recover her daughter, lawyers said.
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OPEN DOORS USA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT SUFFERING
NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 3
/Christian Newswire/ -- On April 13 suspected Islamic
extremists abducted and killed Church of Christ in
Nigeria pastor Ishaku Kadah and his wife Selina in a
village in Bauchi state in northern Nigeria, according
to Compass Direct News.
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UK BILL LINKS CASTE TO RACE, INDIA RED-FACED
NEW DELHI: In the first
such legislative move anywhere in the world, and much to
the embarrassment of India's official position, the
British House of Lords has passed a law that treats
caste as "an aspect of race".
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POPE SAYS ‘SIN WITHIN’ IS CHURCH’S GREATEST THREAT
Lisbon — Reuters, May. 11,
2010 - Pope Benedict said on Tuesday that the greatest
threat to Catholicism came from “sin within the Church“,
one if his most forthright comments so far on a sexual
abuse scandal that has created turmoil in the church.
The Church has “a very deep need” to recognize that it
must do penitence for its sins and “accept
purification“, he said.
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WAYNE GRUDEM TACKLES HOW, WHEN AND WHY CHRISTIANS
SHOULD ENGAGE IN POLITICS
May 7, 2010 Bestselling
Christian author Wayne Grudem, with support from worship
leader Stuart Townend, is coming to Peterborough on 29
June to address the question of whether 'political'
involvement distracts from the gospel.
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NIGERIA SWEARS IN NEW CHRISTIAN PRESIDENT
May 08, 2010: Nigeria
swore in its new president, a Christian, this week after
months of leadership confusion while its elected
president was receiving medical treatment.
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FRANKLIN GRAHAM: ISLAM IS NOT FAITH OF AMERICA
May 7, 2010: Ahead of the
National Day of Prayer, Franklin Graham expressed dismay
at how Islam is receiving preferential treatment by the
Obama administration.
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WARC CONDEMNS GROWING ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE IN
INDIA
May 01, 2010: The World
Alliance of Reformed Churches has expressed grave
concern over the growing violence against Christians in
the country.
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VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TARGETS CHRISTIANS
May 09, 2010, Michael
Carl, WorldNetDaily --Vietnamese officials are
purchasing phone snooping gear so they can listen in on
Christians' phone calls, reports persecution watchdog
International Christian Concern.
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GRAHAM PRAYS OUTSIDE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON (Pauline
Jelinek AP) -- Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a
sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his
invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn
because of comments that insulted Muslims.
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LUIS PALAU TO HOST HIS FIRST OUTREACH FESTIVAL IN
FRANCE
May 7,
2010: Luis Palau last week spoke in Marseilles, at the
biggest gathering of evangelical pastors in the Provence
region of France for over 25 years. Church leaders from
across the denominational spectrum came together to put
their enthusiastic seal of approval on the Festival
Season of Service that will take place in France's
second largest city next May.
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