Zprávy HCJB 2.6.2003

 UNESENÝ MISIONÁŘ V BANGLADÉŠI OHROŽEN NA ŽIVOTĚ
   Evangelium pro Asii (GFA) se dozvědělo, že jeden z misionářů z Indie, který sloužil v Bangladéši, byl asi před třemi dny unesen a je držen někde hluboko v džungli. Misionář, jehož jméno nemůže být z bezpečnostních důvodů uvedeno, je zadržován teroristickou skupinou a je ve „velkém nebezpečí“, říká John Schwartz, pracovník GFA. Únosci vyhrožují, že ho zabijí, pokud nedostanou tučné výkupné. Bratr misionáře dnes odjel k vyjednávání se členy teroristické skupiny. „I z té nejbližší zastávky autobusu, která se nachází v oblasti džungle, má misionářův bratr ještě před sebou čtyři dny chůze,“ říká Schwartz, který zároveň vyzývá věřící k modlitbám za Boží ochranu pro uneseného misionáře. „Modlete se i za to, aby našim vedoucím a pracovníkům byla dána moudrost při rozhodování v této kritické situaci. Pokoušíme se udělat všechno, co je v našich silách, abychom dosáhli jeho propuštění. K tomuto incidentu došlo právě v době, kdy Bůh mocně v této zemi působí.“ GFA má v Bangladéši dvě Biblické školy a 82 misionářů. (Gospel for Asia)
 
 SÚDÁNSKÝ KNĚZ, KTERÝ ODMÍTL ZBOŘIT SVŮJ KOSTEL, PROPUŠTĚN Z VĚZENÍ.
   (Compass) - Šest týdnů poté, co súdánský soud poslal do vězení episkopálního kněze za neuposlechnutí příkazu strhnout budovu svého kostela je rev. Samuel Dobai Amum volný. Souběžně bylo zahájeno řízení ve věci převodu příslušného pozemku jeho farnosti. Amum byl poslán do vězení Soba 7.dubna „ne neurčitou dobu“, dokud buď nebude zbořena farnost Sv. Matěje postavená z nepálených cihel na předměstí Chartúmu, nebo bude složena částka 7 milionů súdánských dinárů (asi 2700 dolarů) k vykoupení pozemku, na kterém byl kostel před 11 lety postaven. Amum byl propuštěn odpoledne 21.května, jakmile byla u soudu ve čtvrti Východní Bahri složena požadovaná částka za pozemek, kde se jeho sbor od roku 1987 scházel k modlitbám. Den před Amumovým propuštěním požádala malá skupina Američanů, návštěvníků Súdánu požádala o povolení kněze ve vězení navštívit. „Mohli jsme s ním volně mluvit,“ řekl Gary Kusunoki, starší pastor z Kaple Utrpení v Rancho San Margarita v jižní Kalifornii. Americká delegace zařídila, aby k penězům již súdánskými křesťany sesbíraným přibylo 4.4 milionu dinárů a vyjednali Amumovo propuštění jen několik hodin před svým odletem. Dva dny po svém propuštění se Amumův sbor sešel ke Sv. Matěji k páteční bohoslužbě – trvala pět hodin.

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 MAPA SVĚTA ZDARMA
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 VŠECHNY ZPRÁVY V ANGLIČTINĚ.
   MISSIONARY TO BANGLADESH KIDNAPPED, LIFE THREATENED

Gospel for Asia (GFA) has learned that one of its missionaries from India who serves in Bangladesh was kidnapped about 10 days ago and is being held deep in the jungle. The missionary, whose name is not being released for security reasons, is being held by a terrorist group and is in "great danger," says John Schwartz, GFA's web coordinator. His captors are threatening to kill him unless a "huge ransom" is paid. The missionary's brother left earlier today to talk with members of the terrorist group. "Even from the nearest bus stop to the jungle area, the brother has a four-day walk ahead of him," says Schwartz, who is urging believers to pray for God's protection of the kidnapped missionary. "Pray also that God will grant wisdom to our leaders and staff as they deal with this critical situation. We are trying all means possible to secure his release. This incident comes in the midst of God moving mightily in this country." GFA has two Bible schools and 82 missionaries in Bangladesh. (Gospel for Asia)

CHRISTIANS IN INDIA'S HMAR TRIBE FACE GROWING PRESSURES

The ethnic rift widened last week between the majority Dimasa tribe and the Hmars in northeastern India. Tribal warfare, triggered by an assassination, led to deadly riots and curfews. In the process, believers feel the squeeze on all sides, says Rochunga Pudaite of Bibles for the World. "The refugees are still coming in from North Cachar into Assam, Mizoram and Manipur," he says. "It's been very, very stressful and difficult to take care of them because the people are so poor. Yet they come without their clothes, without their houses, without their Bibles." In talking to local church leaders, Pudaite outlined their needs this way: "They need their Bibles. They need them in this hour of crisis. And then, the second thing is food. There's not enough food to go around. And then the most precious thing that they need is a place to worship. We need to build churches. About 20 churches have been destroyed." (Mission Network News)

* In partnership with FEBA Radio, HCJB World Radio airs weekly Christian programs to eastern India via shortwave in three languages: Bhojpuri, Chattisgarhi and Mundari. A five-hour block of English programs also beams across India from HCJB World Radio-Australia's new shortwave site in Kununurra, Australia.

KEY EVANGELICAL LEADER URGES END TO INDIA'S CASTE SYSTEM

Dr. Joseph D'souza, president of the All India Christian Council and international president of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, told Dalit leaders meeting in Vancouver, Canada, May 15-19, that he is committed to a "casteless church in India." Indian-born D'souza has been one of the leading Third World evangelical leaders at the forefront of the human rights struggle of India's 250 million Dalits -- people outside the caste system -- and their decision to reject the Hindu caste oppression and begin again with a new socio-spiritual system that gives them access to God and equality and empowerment as human beings made in the image of God." He began his talk at the conference organized by the Dalit Global Organization by saying, "The All India Christian Council in September of 2001 entered into solidarity with the Dalits. This involved us in an uncompromising commitment not only to a casteless society in India, but also a casteless church, and we stand by that. In India -- within and without -- we want a casteless society to emerge." D'souza admitted that the caste system has been so pervasive that it's evident within the Indian church. "This is an anomaly that we are committed to change," he said. "The new church in India is absolutely committed to a casteless church, and our commitment to empower the next generation to the programs that the Dalit people have invited us to do." D'souza urged continued prayer for the Dalits of India as Hindu extremists step up attacks on Christians and Indian states pass anti-conversion laws that appear directed at Dalits." (Assist News Service)

SUDANESE PRIEST WHO REFUSED TO DESTROY CHURCH, RELEASED FROM JAIL

Six weeks after a Sudanese court jailed an Episcopal priest for refusing to tear down his church, Rev. Samuel Dobai Amum has been set free. The legal process was also set in motion for his parish church to obtain official ownership of its land. Amum was sent to Soba Prison on April 7 for an "indefinite sentence" until he either demolished the mud-brick St. Matthew's Parish on the outskirts of Khartoum or paid 7 million Sudanese dinars (about $2,700) to purchase the land on which he had built it 11 years ago. He was released on the afternoon of May 21, just after the Bahri East Harasic Court in Khartoum accepted full payment for the property on which his congregation has worshiped since 1987. The day before Amum's release, a small Christian delegation visiting Sudan from the U.S. asked to meet the jailed priest in prison. "We were able to talk freely with him," said Gary Kusunoki, the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Rancho Santa Margarita in southern California. The U.S. delegation arranged to add 4.4 million dinars to funds already raised by local Sudanese Christians and negotiated Amum's release just hours before leaving the country. Two days after his release, Amum's congregation packed into St. Matthew's for Friday worship -- a service that lasted five hours. (Compass)

IRAQI RELIGIOUS LEADERS CALL FOR AID, SEEK DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT

Iraqi religious leaders issued a joint statement Wednesday, May 28, calling for increased international humanitarian assistance and a permanent Iraqi government that protects all religious and ethnic groups. The statement was released at a conference in Amman, Jordan, that was convened by the World Conference on Religion and Peace. More than 20 religious leaders, representing Shiite and Sunni Muslims as well as Christians in Iraq, recommended that international institutions increase their humanitarian assistance by cooperating more with Iraqi religious groups and social institutions that include women's and youth organizations. They also urged that the "permanent Iraqi government be built on the basis of direct, free democratic elections, a constitution and the rule of law that protects equally all religious, ethnic and national groupings while maintaining Iraq's sovereignty and territorial integrity." Their recommendations were endorsed by the full conference, which included 40 other international religious leaders and diplomats and representatives of humanitarian agencies. "Pledging common action to assure a just society in Iraq, these religious leaders demonstrate that religion can be a powerful force for peace and for affirming our common humanity," said Prince El-Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, moderator of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, in a statement. (Religion Today)

CHRISTIAN RADIO STATION GOES ON THE AIR IN VANUATU

A Christian radio station in Port Vila, capital of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, went on the air in April, becoming the nation's first non-government radio station. Radio 90 Laef is an FM station that airs mainly contemporary Christian music. "The station is going well," says Broadcast Manager Michael McLennan. "We've heard it played in virtually every bus and shop in port Vila at least at one time or another." The station was birthed through the vision of Jim Moli James from Apostolic Life Ministries in Port Vila with assistance from the Trinity Broadcasting Network. (Vanuatu Christian Broadcasters)

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