Zprávy HCJB 13.1.2004

 RUSKÝ SOUD ZAMÍTL POVOLENÍ K POBYTU PRO MISIONÁŘE V TATARSTÁNU
    Takhiru Talipovovi, který pracuje na zakládání baptistických sborů, bylo zamítnuto povolení k pobytu v ruském Tatarstánu kvůli jeho evangelizačním aktivitám v převážně muslimské republice. Jeho právní zástupce Fjodor Dzjuba nevidí velkou naději na změnu rozhodnutí, proti kterému se odvolali. Výsledek bude znám 20. ledna. Při neveřejném slyšení 1. prosince kazanský oblastní soud potvrdil rozhodnutí z 13. října, kdy pasové a vízové oddělení ministerstva vnitra Tatarstánu odmítlo Talipovovi vydat povolení k pobytu. Talipov se narodil v Rusku a žil v Litvě v Kazanu od roku 1992. Při vynesení rozhodnutí soud vyjádřil svůj souhlas s pasovým a vízovým oddělením, které bylo „oprávněné“ odmítnout povolení k pobytu pro Talipova. Soud ho obvinil z „pokusu obracet muslimy na svou víru“ a z vedení náboženské skupiny financované neregistrovanými „zahraničními církevními centry.“ Soud nazval Talipovovu náboženskou skupinu „extrémistickou ve své podstatě a představující hrozbu pro stabilitu náboženské a etnické situace v Tatarstánu.“ (Forum 18 News Service)
 
 RŮST ZÁJMU O ADOPCI MEZI AMERICKÝMI KŘESŤANY POKRAČUJE.
   (Mission Network News) - Zájem o adopci po celých USA pokračuje – stále více amerických křesťanů má o tuto oblast zájem, říká Dick VanDeelan z Adoptian Associates International. „Naše misie podporuje adopci jako pomoc sirotkům a jako biblickou odpověď na nechtěná těhotenství. Při naší místní práci se snažíme navázat kontakt se svobodnými těhotnými ženami, které potřebují získat představu o tom, co bude s jejich dítětem. V mezinárodním měřítku se zaměřujeme zvláště na pomoc úplným sirotkům.“ Misie také mezi křesťany šíří povědomost o významu adopce. „Novou cestou, kterou využíváme, jsou dobré videoprogramy a tištěné materiály pomáhající podporovat myšlenku adopce, ukazující její výhody. Tyto materiály mohou být používány i v zahraničí.,“ uvedl VanDeelan.

*Tato a další zprávy jsou (pouze v aktuální den) v originální anglické verzi zde.

 
 VŠECHNY ZPRÁVY V ANGLIČTINĚ.
   MACEDONIAN POLICE ARREST SERBIAN ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP, 12 OTHERS

Macedonian police again arrested Serbian Orthodox Archbishop Jovan Vraniskovskihas Sunday, Jan. 11, this time along with four monks, seven nuns and a visiting Bulgarian theology student who had been studying in Turkey. The student was deported and banned from entering Macedonia for two years while the others were held in jail for 24 hours. The archbishop was later rearrested and sentenced to 30 days of "investigative detention" in what the Macedonian Interior Ministry described as a "protective measure." The 13 were arrested when police interrupted a church service with about 30 people meeting in the apartment of Vraniskovskihas' father. Police accused them of "spreading religious hatred." The incident appears to be linked to moves by some within the Macedonian Orthodox Church, including some monasteries, to be reconciled with the Serbian Orthodox Church. Last summer Vraniskovskihas was arrested and put into solitary confinement for baptizing a relative in an active Macedonian Orthodox Church. His one-year prison sentence was suspended on the condition that he commit no further offences. (Forum 18 News Service)

* HCJB World Radio works with local partners to air weekly Macedonian programs on a private radio network that can be heard nationwide. More than a third of the letters sent in response to the broadcasts come from Muslim listeners. The broadcasts began in 1994.

VIETNAM'S MONTAGNARD CHRISTIANS FACE INCREASING PERSECUTION

Montagnard Christians in Vietnam's central highlands are facing mounting pressure from authorities to abandon their faith, says Scott Johnson of the Montagnard Foundation. When a local believer went to the police station in Cu Jut top seeking government permission to celebrate Christmas, the police arrested him, beat him and subjected him to electric shock torture. They finally released him two days later. In another incident on Dec. 21, paramilitary police arrested and tortured six Montagnard Christians from three separate villages and are hunting down three others who were hiding them. "The police tied them up and tortured them in full view of the villagers by repeatedly beating and kicking them," Johnson said. It is unknown what became of these six victims. On Dec. 13 a police officer cut the throat of a Montagnard believer named Nih. Johnson called on Vietnam to permit international human rights monitors access to the central highlands. "Unless urgent action is taken to protect our people, many more Montagnard people are going to suffer and perhaps die," Johnson said. Secret police are now stationed in nearly every Montagnard village in an apparent effort to intimidate and arrest Christians and refugees trying to flee to Cambodia. (Assist News Service)

RUSSIAN COURT DENIES RESIDENCY PERMIT FOR MISSIONARY IN TATARSTAN

Takhir Talipov, a Baptist church planter, was denied a residency permit in Tatarstan, Russia, due to his evangelical activity in the largely Muslim republic. Fyodor Dzyuba, his legal representative, sees little hope of the ruling being overturned. A decision on an appeal will be announced Jan. 20. In a closed hearing Dec. 1, a Kazan district court upheld the Oct. 13 decision by the passport and visa department of Tatarstan's Interior Ministry not to grant the residency permit to Talipov, a Russian-born Latvian resident who has been based in Kazan since 1992. In reaching its verdict, the court agreed that the passport and visa department was "legally justified" in refusing residency rights for Talipov. The court accused him of "trying to convert Muslims to his faith" and of leading a religious group financed by unregistered "foreign clerical centers." The court called Talipov's religious group "extremist in character and poses a threat to the stability of the inter-confessional and inter-ethnic situation in Tatarstan." (Forum 18 News Service)

AIR FORCE VETERAN DISTRIBUTES THOUSANDS OF BOOKS TO U.S. INMATES

A retired Air Force veteran has made it his mission to send Christian books and Bibles to inmates nationwide. Using a converted Circuit City store in Titusville, Fla., Ray Hall, 68, has been sending books into jails for nearly 10 years through his Prison Book Project. Working with his wife, Kazuko, he has written thousands of letters to publishers, corresponded with countless inmates and shipped tons of freight, all to make sure prisoners around the country who want to learn more about Jesus have the resources to do so. The ministry ships thousands of Christian books and other materials to more than 1,200 jails and prisons in all 50 states. The nonprofit organization receives books donated from publishers and sends them to chaplains in correctional facilities. Hall started the ministry in July 1994, setting an initial goal of 1,000 books to be distributed in Brevard County Jail in Florida within two years. But he stopped counting after distributing nearly 40,000 books in three years. His warehouse stores an estimated 300,000 books and Bibles. (Charisma News Service)

CHRISTIAN AID AGENCY RECOGNIZED FOR EFFORTS IN PHILIPPINES

In the Philippines, the government's longstanding fight with the rebel insurgency remains a thorn in its side as communist guerrillas continue to leach away government resources. The government is also trying to put down suspected terrorist activity, and this distraction plays a key role in the rebel's success. As poverty deepens due to the fighting, Operation Blessing has been responding to needs. For the second year in a row, Filipino President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo recognized the ministry in the Philippines as the "Non-Governmental Organization of the Year for Peace Efforts." Spokesperson Deb Benson said the award came primarily for the ministry's "year-round efforts in promoting peace, especially in the rebel strongholds of the southern Philippines where Operation Blessing has been conducting humanitarian medical missions. . . . Our volunteers are dedicated, compassionate Christians who are very interested in demonstrating God's love in the compassion they show." (Mission Network News)

INTEREST IN ADOPTION CONTINUES TO GROW AMONG U.S. CHRISTIANS

Interest in the adoptive process continues to grow across the U.S. as more and more Christians take a personal interest in the issue, says Dick VanDeelan of Adoption Associates International. "Our mission is to promote adoption as a biblical response to unplanned pregnancies and orphaned children. In our domestic work, of course, we're trying to reach women who are pregnant and not married, and need to make a plan for the child. Internationally, it is to provide for truly orphaned children in other countries." The ministry also seeks to educate believers on the importance of adoption. "A new dimension of our services is to develop good videos and printed materials that help to promote adoption, presenting the advantages of it that can be used by other agencies nationwide," VanDeelan said. (Mission Network News)

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