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AUSTERITY IS A MATTER OF ATTITUDE
The austerity debate will not prevent the rich from
splurging their wealth in conspicuous consumption or
motivate them to contribute for improving the lot of the
poor; if it alerts the public to the ways of the
prodigal sons and daughters in politics, in the
bureaucracy, in the entertainment business and among the
elite middle class , that would be a gain.
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LOVE-STRUCK HARYANA GIRL MASSACRE 7 OF FAMILY
ROHTAK: A sense of outrage has gripped the
Kaboolpur village of Rohtak district where a teenaged
girl in collusion with her lover allegedly murdered
seven members of her family on September 14 following
opposition to the couple’s affair because of their same
‘gotra’. A day after the couple’s arrest, the shocked
relatives of the girl demanded that the two should be
hanged.
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MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY IN METROS BY DEC 31
New Delhi: Mobile number portability (MNP)
will be implemented from December 31 in metros and
category ‘A’ service areas, and by 20th March, 2010, in
rest of the country, telecom regulator TRAI said. The
MNP facility will enable subscribers to retain their
cell phone numbers even after changing service
providers.
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BETHEL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP CELEBRATED ITS 13TH
ANNIVERSARY
New Delhi: The Bethel Gospel Fellowship
remembered God's faithfulness by celebrating the 13th
anniversary on 6th September 2009. Pastor Daniel Kumar
of Good News Centre was the guest speaker for the
celebration. Pastor Bovez of Indian Pentecostal Church
was also present in the meeting.
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BIBLE SOCIETY OF INDIA RELEASES ESV STUDY BIBLE
New Delhi: Another feather in the cap of
Bible Society of India, the English Standard Version
Study Bible was released on a solemn occasion held at
the Speaker’s hall of the Constitution Club, New Delhi.
Lt. Governor Tejendra Khanna blessed the occasion as the
Chief Guest for the occasion. Bishops of Church of North
India, Baptist Church, Methodist church and leaders of
many Christian organisations witnessed the function.
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NOT TO CHALLENGE DELHI HIGH COURT ON GAY RIGHTS:
UNION CABINET
New Delhi: A divided Union Cabinet
formally announced its decision not to challenge Delhi
High Court order legalising homosexuality before the
Supreme Court. The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, decided to play it safe after some
senior members expressed reservations about the
political impact of legalising gay sex and decided to
leave a decision on article 377 to the Supreme Court,
which will hear the case on October 1.
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PANEL FOR AMENDMENT TO CHRISTIAN DIVORCE LAW
The Law Commission has recommended to the Union
government to amend the law to empower a deserted
Christian woman to file a petition to divorce her NRI
husband, which otherwise is barred in the existing Act
enacted during the British rule 150 years ago. In its
report, Law Commission chairman A R Laxmanan said: “The
Law Commission has come to the conclusion that Section 2
of the Divorce Act, 1869, insofar as it concerns the
jurisdictional rule in regard to petitions for divorce,
is not only not in tune with the present times but is
also harsh upon Christian women in India.”
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REDDY'S DEATH CALLED DIVINE PUNISHMENT
New Delhi: September 14 – Hindu
nationalists are calling the helicopter-crash death of
Andhra Pradesh state’s chief minister, a Christian,
divine punishment for his so-called conversion agenda.
The same allegation of a “conversion agenda” fueled
persecution in the state for more than five years.
Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, a second-generation
Christian in the Church of South India, and four
officials were confirmed dead when their helicopter was
found on Sept. 3 in the state’s dense forest area of
Nallamalla.
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REAL CHALLENGE YOUTH CAMPS
New Delhi: Sacred Assemblies Fellowship
organising Real Challenge youth camps, 2009 in Haryana,
Bihar and Jharkhand. The Camp in Jharkhand will be held
under the leadersship of Pastor Samuel Soren from
November 19 to 22 at the Town Hall, Sahibganj.
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MEMBERS OF RS SEEK SPECIAL LAW TO COMBAT HONOUR
KILLINGS
New Delhi: The government said it deplored
crimes committed allegedly to uphold the honour of the
family or the victim or women in general as members in
the Rajya Sabha across the political spectrum expressed
outrage at recent incidents, demanding special laws to
tackle the problem. The Home Minister P. Chidambaram
told the House that the government would examine whether
`honour killing’ could be defined separately, while
urging the States to investigate, prosecute and punish
the people involved in with such crime through fast
track. “In a few cases if exemplary punishment can be
handed out to perpetrators that will send a message…,”
he said.
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7 STEPS CONFERENCE IN DELHI
New Delhi: The Pocket Testament League
India is organising a 7 Steps Conference, to be held
from 18-21 November 2009, for Pastors and Lay leaders in
Delhi. The conference will be held in the Catholic
Bishop Diocesan Centre, Gole Dak khana, New Delhi. All
sessions will be in English and the talks will be
translated into Hindi.
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FIVE SENTENCED FOR KILLING PASTOR IN ORISSA
Bhubaneshwar: A fast-tract court in Orissa
on September 23, 2009 sentenced five people to life
imprisonment for murdering a pastor in Kandhamal
violence against Christians a year ago. Additional
Sessions Judge Sobhan Kumar Das of the Fast-track Court
- I at district head-quarters of Phulbani sentenced
Sabita Pradhan, Papu Pradhan, Abinash Pradhan, Dharmaraj
Pradhan and Mania Pradhan to life imprisonment and
slapped a fine of Rs.5,000 each on them, special public
prosecutor B.K. Pattnaik was quoted as saying by
Indo-Asian News Service.
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CHRISTIANS WANT VOICE, TICKETS
Mumbai: Christians have asked for adequate
representation among candidates running for the assembly
elections . The All India Christian Council (AICC) has
asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to nominate at
least nine members from the community in Maharashtra,
including three from Mumbai, for the October 13
elections. John Dayal, activist secretary general, AICC,
said that the council had appealed to not just the
Congress president , but the heads of all political
parties for adequate representation for Christians among
candidates.
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CHRISTIAN COLLEGE LAUNCHES COMMUNITY RADIO STATION
Bangalore: A Christian College in
Mangalore has launched a community radio station that
apart from being educative will vie to spread communal
harmony in the backdrop of conflicts between religious
groups. Karnataka Governor H R Bharadhwaj launched the
Community Radio Sarang 107.8 FM at St Aloysius College
(SAC) in the city on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.
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RT. REV. MORIS DAN NEW BISHOP FOR CNI LUCKNOW DIOCESE
Allahabad : Church of North India, Lucknow
Diocese, installed its new elected Bishop, Rt Rev Moris
Dan at Allahabad All Saints Cathedral (Pather Girijah)
on 07-09-09 at about 5 pm. The moderator commisory and
the Bishop of Agra Diocese Rev. S.R.Cutting blessed and
installed the new Bishop Moris Dan.
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PASTOR & WIFE DIE IN HOME FIRE IN CHICAGO
Chicago, (IANS): An Indian couple, hailing
from Kerala, were killed Monday in a fire that broke out
in their home here. Sixty-nine year old P.Y. Philipose,
a pastor, and his wife Aleykutty Yohannan, 65, died as a
fire engulfed their residence located in Des Plaines
area in the outskirts of Chicago, media reports said on
15 September.
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PAK CHRISTIANS DEMAND REPEAL OF BLASPHEMY LAW
Christians in Pakistan have long been demanding the
repeal of a draconian law that their government has used
against Christians and other minorties from time to
time. Given below is a letter written by Christian
representatives to Nafisa Shah Sahiba, Member of
Standing Committee on Minorities. Dear Nafisa Shah
Sahiba, Thanks for your great efforts to work for
minorities issues. Some friends involved in Gojra work
have told me about your visit and your activism to speak
and taking actions to support the victims.
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AN OUTREACH WITH A DIFFERENCE
USA: Sunday worshippers at Westgate
Assembly in Salem, Oregon, this summer have been honking
their horns and flashing their lights in lieu of
clapping. Westgate added an 8:30 a.m. drive-in service
in addition to its 10:30 a.m. indoor worship service. As
cars enter the parking lot, attendants direct occupants
to a drive- through for free coffee and doughnuts.
Churchgoers receive a packet with song lyrics, sermon
materials, a portable Communion container and, if
needed, a kids’ Bible story and activity with crayons.
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AG BECOMES MEMBER OF HISPANIC NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
EVANGELICAL
USA: The Assemblies of God is now a member
group of the Hispanic National Association of
Evangelicals, an affiliate group of the National
Association of Evangelicals (NAE). NAE is an association
that includes 60 denominations with about 45,000
churches. Dr. George O. Wood, as general superintendent
of the Assemblies of God, serves on the Board of
Directors of NAE. He will also serve on the advisory
board of the Hispanic National Association of
Evangelicals.
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BETHEL FAITH MISSION FOOTPRINTS IN AFRICA
Wollongong, Australia: Bethel Faith
Mission – Inland & International Ministries started its
first African ministry project in Kenya, Africa. 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 headquarters based in
New Delhi.
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ARCHBISHOP: NUCLEAR WEAPONS A THREAT TO FAITH
Canterbury: Dr Rowan Williams is visiting
the country to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
Anglican Church in Japan. During an Act of Remembrance
at the epicentre of the atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki,
the Archbishop quoted the Catholic writer Ronald Knox
who said in 1945 that the atomic bomb was an attack on
faith, hope and love – “an attack on the central virtues
of Christian existence,” the Archbishop added.
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OM SENDS OUT 250 MISSIONARIES
London: They include 35 Christians from
the UK and one lady from Trinidad who even sold her own
business so that she could work alongside OM in
Cambodia. “Each had heard and answered God’s call to
join the Great Commission,” said a spokesman for OM.
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BECOMES INFAMOUS FOR PRAYING FOR DEATH OF PRESIDENT
OBAMA
USA: A controversial Arizona minister who
prays for the death of President Obama has attracted
attention from the Secret Service to a small group of
protesters who hold regular demonstrations outside his
church. The Rev. Steven Anderson quoted passages from
the Old Testament to the congregation of his Faithful
Word Baptist Church about the kinds of people God hates
in Tempe on August 16, 2009. Anderson then told
worshippers he interprets those passages to include Mr.
Obama and that he prays for the president’s death.
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 RELICS
OF ANCIENT SYNAGOGUE FOUND IN ISRAEL
Jerusalem: In what was slated to be the
site of a new 122-room hotel, archaeologists say they
have discovered one of the world’s oldest synagogues in
Northern Israel. The site, which was unearthed as
preparations were being made for construction of the
hotel near the Sea of Galilee, is believed to date back
some 2000 years from 50 BCE to 100CE.
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OFFICIALS FACING PUNISHMENT FOR PRAYING GETS SUPPORT
FROM LAWMAKERS
USA: Two Florida school officials facing
possible jail terms for praying in the presence of
students are getting the support of more than 60 members
of Congress. Some of those members, who signed a letter
of support and sent it to the two school officials on
September 14, 2009, took to the House floor later to
denounce what they called a “criminalization of prayer”
that “tramples on the First Amendment rights” of
Christians.
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CANADA’S HUMAN RIGHTS HATE SPEECH LAW RULED
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Ottawa: In an astonishing decision, the
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled on September 2 that
Section 13, Canada’s human rights hate speech law, is an
unconstitutional violation of the Charter right to free
expression because of its penalty provisions. Section
13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act is an anti-hate
law that was conceived in the 1960s to target racist
telephone hotlines and then expanded in 2001 to include
the Internet. For the last decade, one man, Ottawa
lawyer Richard Warman, has been its almost exclusive
complainant.
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NEW “STONING” LAW IN INDONESIA
The law - which also allows punishments of up to 400
lashes for child rape, 100 lashes for homosexual acts
and 60 lashes for gambling - was passed unanimously on
Monday by lawmakers in the region at the northern tip of
Sumatra island, according to Agence-France Presse. The
US-based International Christian Concern has requested
Christians to pray for the believers in Aceh province.
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WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON GERTRUDE BAINES DIES AT 115
Los Angeles: Gertrude Baines, the world’s
oldest known person who once quipped she had won the
genetic lottery, died on September 4, 2009 at a nursing
home. She was 115. Baines likely suffered a heart
attack, but an autopsy will be conducted to confirm the
cause of death, said her longtime physician, Dr. Charles
Witt. “I saw her two days ago, and she was just doing
fine,” Witt said. “She was in excellent shape. She was
mentally alert. She smiled frequently.”
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