Zprávy HCJB 31.1.2006

 NA STŘEDNÍM VÝCHODĚ MÁ SNAHA O POTLAČENÍ KŘESŤANSTVÍ ČASTO OPAČNÝ VLIV.
   Po celém Středním Východě žijí křesťané klidný život víry, přestože jim jsou kladeny překážky a jsou okolím stavěni do opozice. V zemích jako je Saúdská Arábie nebo Irán se objevuje více zájmu o křesťanství a Lee DeYoung z organizace Words of Hope říká, že tento zájem je reakcí na pokusy některých kruhů zvýšit averzi vůči křesťanům. „Pokusy potlačovat a hanět křesťany zvyšují zájem některých lidí a jejich zvědavost. A s vděčností slýcháme o počtech lidí, kteří tiše svědčí – křesťané svým muslimským sousedům, kteří se jich vyptávají na jejich víru, proč a čemu věří. Mnoho muslimů opravdově hledá Boha. Touží Jej poznat … a mnozí nalézají Ježíše.“ DeYoung je povzbuzen místními reakcemi na křesťanské vysílání v Arabštině a Farsi z Words of Hope. „Je doba velkého útlaku. Riziko je velké, ale i touha je velká a roste. Prosíme za to Boha a modlíme se za ty, kteří s vírou v těchto zemích budou svědčit.“ (Religion Today/Mission Network News)
 
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   EXTREMISTS, POLICE IN INDIA BADLY INJURE 6 CHRISTIANS IN ATTACK

Hindu extremists armed with sticks, rods and other sharp weapons attacked a Christian seminar being held in a private home in Bhopal in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state the morning of Saturday, Jan. 28. Six Christians were rushed to a hospital with serious injuries following the assault while at least 12 others, some of them children, suffered relatively minor injuries. The assault left Pastor Sam Francis, who had organized the seminar, with fractures in his hands and legs while guest speaker Kishore Sadhwani suffered a broken hand and a head injury requiring eight stitches. This was the fourth attack against Christians in the state in as many days. (Compass)

* Radio programs in 12 languages (English, Urdu, Hindi, Nepali, Chattisgarhi, Bangla, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telegu, Marwari, Marathi and Santhali) air to India from HCJB World Radio-Australia’s shortwave station in Kununurra. The programs are produced at the ministry’s studios in New Delhi, India.

EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS CHRISTIANITY IN MIDDLE EAST OFTEN BACKFIRE

Throughout the Middle East, Christians are quietly and faithfully living for Christ despite opposition and persecution. In countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran, there is a growing phenomenon of interest in the gospel, and Lee DeYoung with Words of Hope says the interest is in response to efforts to promote hostility toward Christians. “Efforts to suppress and to vilify Christians, for some people, actually produce a reaction that increases their curiosity and their interest. And thankfully, we’ve heard accounts of people who quietly share -- Christians sharing with Muslim neighbors who ask them about their faith and why they believe what they believe. Many Muslims really are seeking after God. They have a hunger to know Him . . . and many are finding Jesus.” DeYoung is encouraged by local response to the Christian broadcasts in Arabic and Farsi from Words of Hope. “These are times of great pressure. There is great risk, but also there is a growing hunger. And we praise God for that and pray that we and those in those countries will be faithful in pursuing that.” (Religion Today/Mission Network News)

POVERTY IN JAMAICA OPENS NUMEROUS MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES

Outside of Jamaican resorts, the Caribbean country is strewn with poverty. Few job opportunities, insufficient access to adequate food supplies and clean water, unsafe housing, lack of sanitation and limited healthcare make day-to-day life a challenge.

St. Thomas is one of the poorest of the 14 parishes in the country with unemployment at nearly 50 percent and illiteracy high. But Sydney Henry of Food for the Poor considers this the perfect place to build a ministry. “We are working there with the churches first of all to try to begin the process of change with housing,” he explained. “So we’re building houses across the parish. Hopefully, this year, we will build in excess of 500 houses.”

Some 15,000 families are waiting for a new home through Food for the Poor. Providing for people’s physical needs also leads to witnessing opportunities. “One has to communicate the gospel with patience,” Henry says. “One has to communicate this work of compassion clearly through almost assimilating yourself into the circumstances of the people to whom we seek to minister. With patience and spending time building relationships with these families, it gives us a chance to make the gospel come alive.” (Mission Network News)

* Staff members from the HCJB World Radio Engineering Center in Elkhart, Ind., worked with Tarrant Baptist Church in Kingston to install a 500-watt FM transmitter, antenna and studio.

GIDEONS PRESENT BIBLE TO PRESIDENT OF GERMANY

The Gideons presented a Bible to German President Horst Koehler in Berlin, Friday, Jan. 6. The Gideons are best known for placing Bibles in hotel rooms, but they also hand out Scriptures to individuals in hospitals, prisons, schools and military institutions. The German head of state thanked the Gideons for their perseverance in their ministry and urged them to continue the good work. “Whenever I enter a hotel room, I am anxious to know if there is a Bible,” Koehler said. The Gideons have distributed 17 million Bibles in Germany in the last 50 years. The ministry distributes more than 63 million Scriptures worldwide each year. (Assist News Service)

PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO FOLLOW UP STUDENTS AT URBANA 2006

Urbana 2006 and Mission Maker Magazine 2007 have joined to form the “Great Commission Follow-Up Partnership.” This joint effort will provide “next-step” follow-up options to attendees of Urbana 2006, the student mission convention to be held in St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 27-31. During the closing night of the event, the expected 25,000 participants will be challenged to commit themselves to missions through giving, prayer and service. Urbana and Mission Maker Magazine 2007 plan to mail participants a “next-step” package two weeks following the convention to help them honor their commitments. (Assist News Service)

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