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ROBUST GOVERNANCE, NOT POPULISM, NEED OF THE HOUR
 New
Delhi: The Congress is gaining confidence.
Recent assembly election results once again prove that
it need not turn to opportunistic and caste-based forces
to stay in power. If, in the days to come, this new
confidence emboldens it to strictly abide by the
Constitution rather than pursue populist policies then
it augurs well for the nation and its people. Any ruling
party is forced to accommodate conflicting interests in
its efforts to retain power. The Congress party, in the
process, has often sacrifices principles of justice and
equality.
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BIBLE SEMINARS IN JANAKPURI
New Delhi: Bible study seminars and
evening gospel meetings will be held in Janakpuri from 3
to 5 November 2009 under the auspices of Evangelical
Church of India at Community Center, Posangipur Village,
Janakpuri, Delhi-110058.
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DR. DANIEL PASSES THE BATON TO DR SUNIL ANAND AT TLMI
NEW DELHI: The Leprosy
 Mission
India has experienced a change of guard with Dr Sunil
Anand replacing Dr Jeyakumar Daniel as its new Director
on September 22. Outgoing director Dr Daniel was given a
rousing farewell in a function organized at Habitat
Centre in New Delhi on September 21. Induction ceremony
of incoming Director Dr Sunil Anand was held at Bible
Bhavan in New Delhi on September 22 in the presence of
TLM India staff, TLMI members, government officials and
well-wishers.
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BCTI PARENTING SEMINAR AND COUNSELING WORKSHOP
New Delhi: The Biblical Counseling Trust
of India has organised a one day seminar on Parenting
and a six-day workshop on counselling. The Parenting
Seminar will be held at Delhi Bible Fellowship Centre,
22 Bhai Veersingh Marg, New Delhi on 7 November 2009.
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LIVEJAM TO USHER IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS WITH
GLORIA DEO '09
New Delhi, October 27, 2009: This
Christmas, LiveJam is set to rock the country with
“Gloria Deo ‘09”, its annual concert with the message of
Hope, Love and Compassion on 13th December 2009 at "The
Hub", DLF Promenade. New Delhi. LiveJam will be touring
3 cities in India – Delhi, Pune and Cochin with top
artistes from the Christian realm in India and abroad,
including “Manhu”, an Amsterdam based rock group and
Benny Prasad (India’s most travelled musician to 200+
countries).
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NATIONAL |
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EMERGENCE OF NEWER MILITANT GROUPS CAUSES ANXIETY
AMONG INDIAN CHRISTIANS
MUMBAI/PUNE, October 26 (CDN) – The
mushrooming of newer and deadlier Hindu right wing
groups has become a cause for concern for India’s
Christian minority, which has faced severe persecution
for over a decade. At an ecumenical meeting held in New
Delhi last Saturday, the secretary general of the
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, Archbishop
Stanislaus Fernandes, said the rise of fundamentalism
was “seriously worrying” the church in India.
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FASTING & PRAYER FOR REVIVAL
Amristar: The Bible Church of God is
planning to hold a twenty-one day fasting and prayer
from 16 November to 6 December, 2009 at the BCG worship
hall, Court Road, Amritsar, Punjab. Meetings will be
held daily from 11 am to 3 pm and from 6 pm to 9 pm.
This special season of fasting and prayer will be
inaugurated by Pastor P. K. Varghese (Founder of BCG).
During this season, there will be fasting prayer in
other BCG
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VETERAN CHRISTIAN PROMOTED TO GLORY AT 104
Trivandrum (Kerala): A pioneer of church
planting and veteran believer, Job Deacon was promoted
to glory at the age of 104 on 2nd October. Hundreds of
believers and ministers attended his funeral at A. G.
Church, Nedumkuzhi on October 3, 2009. Bro. L. Sam,
Pastor T.J.Rajan and other leaders spoke about his great
services to the gospel. He started the A G Church at
Nedumkuzhi and helped planting many more churches in the
nearby villages.
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MISSION INDIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE CONCLUDES
The 11th annual conference of Mission India was held at
Khadgaon, Wadi, Nagpur (M.S)in their seminary campus
from 21st to 25th October. Around 1,200 pastors and
leaders from all around India, Nepal and Bhutan were
present for the five days meet.
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KERALA HC WANTS PROBE INTO 'LOVE JIHAD'
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala has a new
concern: “love jihad”. The state High Court on directed
the Kerala Police and Union Home Ministry to probe the
alleged movement, under which young Muslim boys
reportedly target college girls for conversion by
feigning love.
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KANDHAMAL YOUTHS TO GET VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND JOB
PLACEMENT
The months-long communal violence in Kandhamal has
grabbed the attention of Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU) which purposes to introduce
vocational education and job placement for poor families
in the district. The university, beginning this January,
plans to offer vocational and training programmes for
youths below Poverty Line families (BPL) in the tribal
district.
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BOOK RELATES ‘SHINING’ FAITH OF KANDHAMAL CHRISTIANS
After bringing to light the horrendous persecution of
Christians in Kandhamal, journalist Anto Akkara is now
out with his second book that speaks the valorous lives
of many who clinched on to their faith during the time
of tribulation. The ‘Shining Faith in Kandhamal’
narrates the transcendental lives of Kandhamal
Christians in the aftermath of the riots that erupted
following the killing of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda
Saraswati and four of his aides Aug 23 last year.
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AGNI YOUTH CAMP CONCLUDED
Varanasi: The Assemblies of God Northern
India region’s Easter Uttar Pradesh youth camp concluded
on 29 September 2009. The theme for the camp was taken
from Jesus’ promise to his apostles: “You shall receive
power.” Around 300 young people from 18 districts of
Uttar Pradesh (UP) participated in the camp that began
on 28 September. They participated in various activities
and competitions. Fifty youths consecrated themselves
for Christian ministry.
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CHRISTIAN GROUPS CONDEMN ATTACK ON PASTORS IN AP
Two major Christian advocacy groups have condemned the
opprobrious attack on three pastors and a pregnant wife
by Hindutva extremists in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. The
Global Council of Indian Christians and the All India
Christian Council deplored the Oct. 18 attack on New
Jerusalem Church by a group of Hindutva extremists who
beat Pastors Philip, Timothy and Siluvai Kumar, and also
abused women and destroyed Christian literature.
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KERALA CHURCH OFFERS SIMPLE BURIAL FOR SUICIDE
VICTIMS
The Synod of the SyroMalabar Church in Kerala has
decided to give a ‘decent burial’ to those who commit
suicide, and in case of a scandalous suicide, not even
that. The Synod, in a circular after its August 17-28
meeting, said it was willing to give a simple form of
burial to those who commit suicide, which is considered
evil in Christianity.
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“SECOND BATTLE” OF SANITATION, INCOME AND SHELTER IN
SOUTHERN INDIA
Loss of shelter, sanitation and sources of
income are the biggest problems facing survivors of the
worst floods in southern India in 100 years, says
Sushant Agrawal, director of an ACT International member
in India. After surviving the floodwaters, people now
face the second battle of threats to their health and
wellbeing. “The most important thing now is shelter,”
says Sushant Agrawal, who is also ACT International
moderator. “Houses are very badly damaged, especially
those in the most remote areas which are made of stone,
mud and banana leaves. Everything is gone.”
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JOB DEACON: CONTINUING HIS LONG JOURNEY OF FAITH AT
103
Job Deacon departed for his heavenly abode on 2nd
October after finishing a life of more than 100 years
walking with Jesus Christ on the face of the earth. The
feature is developed from an interview with him
recently. Anyone who has visited Nedumkuzhi AG Church in
Kerala knows Job Deacon. One of the early members of
that church, this honourable father is now 103. Though
he is 103, his face doesn’t betray the weight of his
age. The long years of his journey of faith couldn’t mar
his pleasant face.
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CHRISTIANS DIVIDED OVER CRUMB’S COMIC BOOK BIBLE
The
counterculture American cartoonist Robert Crumb has
taken on arguably his most controverisal work yet, by
producing an illustrated version of the Book of Genesis.
Crumb, best known for his 1960s X-rated comic strip
Fritz the Cat, has spent the past five years working on
the new book, which illustrates the first 50 chapters of
the Bible.
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WCC HEAD PREACHES UNITY AT NORTH KOREAN CHURCH
The head
of the World Council of Churches preached to a North
Korean congregation emphasizing the importance of
cooperation and unity in a country known for its
reclusiveness and for having the most heavily
militarized border in the world. By invitation of the
Korean Christian Federation of North Korea, WCC General
Secretary Dr. Samuel Kobia shared with the nearly 200
members of Bong Soon Church in Pyongyang the letter that
the Apostle Paul had written to members of the new
church in Corinth at a time when problems of divisions
had emerged.
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TRADITIONAL FAMILY BOOSTS ACADEMIC SUCCESS RATE
California (USA): New research conducted
indicates that living in a married two parent household
is a key factor in a student¹s academic success, but
there are ways that single parents can narrow the gap.
In a speech before the Centers for Disease Control of
the Department of Health and Human Services, William
Jeynes, professor at California State University at Long
Beach and a nonresident scholar at Baylor University,
shared that the farther away from a two biological
parent family structure, the greater the risk for the
child.
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 ETHOPIA
APPEALS FOR HELP AFTER CROP FAILURE; MAJOR FAMINE IN 25
YEARS
London, BBC 22 Oct: The spectre of famine has
returned to the Horn of Africa nearly a quarter of a
century after the world’s pop stars gathered to banish
it at Live Aid, raising £150m for relief efforts in
1985. Millions of impoverished Ethiopians face the
threat of malnutrition and possibly starvation this
winter in what is shaping up to be the country’s worst
food crisis for decades.
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 BENNY
HINN CONFRONTS CRITICS ON MIRACLES AND MONEY
In a
rare interview, controversial preacher and faith healer
Benny Hinn laid some of his cards on the table, saying
he’s been wanting to answer his critics for 20 years.
“I’m very pleased ...because it’s time for me to tell it
all,” Hinn told ABC’s Dan Harris in an interview. “I
don’t want people talking for me. I want to talk for
myself.”
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'BLASPHEMY LAW ROOT CAUSE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST
PAKISTAN CHRISTIANS’
Mr.George Murad, a prominent Pakistani Christian in the
United States had said the “blasphemy law is the root
cause of violence against minority Christians in
Pakistan”. The 60-year-old, born in a famous Christian
village Khushpur in district Faisalabad in Punjab
province, who immigrated to the States in 1999, in an
interview with Pakistan Christian Post said if the
blasphemy law is abolished altogether, “it will create
harmony in society and respect for other religions which
shall prevent false accusations of blasphemy on
Christians.
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INDIA HEADING FOR DIABETES EXPLOSION, WARNS GLOBAL
MEET
MONTREAL: India leads the world in the looming
epidemic of diabetes, the 20th annual World Diabetes
Congress of the International Diabetic Federation (IDF)
was told. In its annual report, the IDF said India
currently has the highest number of 50.8 million people
suffering from diabetes, followed by China with 43.2
million and the US with 26.8 million. The report
projected 58.7 million diabetes cases in India by 2010 -
almost 7 per cent of its adult population.
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BIBLE
MARATHON
London: Christians in Frome are undertaking
 an
unusual marathon - reading the bible non-stop for 76
hours. Over four days, 150 people aged from nine to 90
will complete the reading in slots lasting 15 minutes.
The event is being organised by Frome Area Churches
Together and will raise £1000 for the Anglican
Archbishops’ Appeal for Zimbabwe. “It’s going to be
quite an undertaking,” said Reverend David Brinn,
Churches Together chairman. The marathon, which
comprises of 66 books of the bible read in 300 sessions,
will finish on Sunday, 11 October.
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ONLINE CHRISTIAN CAFE OPENED
New York (USA): The Online Christian cafe site
called The Hope Cafe, the 100% family friendly online
Christian Cafe site known as “The Original Interactive
Virtual Christian Cafe” is now open. This Christian Cafe
is not for singles seeking love, romance, dating, and
relationships or a dating service connecting single
Christians with each other. There is no membership to
join this Christian Cafe and no free trial necessary. It
is an interactive virtual cafe for the whole family to
have access 24 hour a day and find fun, hope and
happiness while developing a deeper love with their soul
mate Jesus Christ, all for free!
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AN EVANGELISTIC EXTRAVAGANZA IN SOUTH AFRICA
New
York (USA): The first one was in Lausanne,
Switzerland, in 1974. The second was in Manila in 1989.
The third will be in Cape Town in 2010.
I’m talking about the massive worldwide conferences on
evangelism that began as the brainchild of evangelist
Billy Graham, along with British Anglican theologian
John Stott and Australian Anglican Bishop Jack Dain.
They have since taken on a life of their own. One year
from now, the Third Lausanne Conference on World
Evangelization will take place from Oct. 16-25 in South
Africa.
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