Zprávy HCJB 1.3.2006

 RADIKÁLOVÉ SPLNILI SVOU HROZBU A ZNIČILI ÚŘADOVNU BIBLICKÉ SPOLEČNOSTI V GAZE
   Ozbrojení militanti, kteří hrozili, že vyhodí do vzduchu dům se sídlem úřadu Palestinské Biblické Společnosti v Gaze, pokud úřad nebude uzavřen (viz zpráva z 16.2.2006), svůj slib 28.2.2006 splnili.

“Muslimští teroristé rozbili okno a dovnitř hodili podomácku vyrobenou bombu,“ řekl Tom Doyle z e3 Partners Ministry. „Posprejovali název Biblická Společnost v Gaze a napsali „Opusťte naši zemi. Odejděte odsud. Aláh je velký. Následujte proroka Mohameda.“

Nikdo nebyl zraněn a nikdo za útok nepřevzal odpovědnost. Hamas přisuzuje vinu radikálnějším skupinám jako je Al-Kajda nebo Hizbalah.

Přes tuto překážku je dle Doylea postoj křesťanů nadále pozitivní. “Mrzí je poškozená budova, ale jsou vděčni, že nikdo nebyl zraněn. Znovu a znovu říkají ‘Díky božímu lidu za modlitby za nás, uprostřed toho všeho jsme cítili Boží přítomnost a nebáli jsme se.’ ”

I když by se mohlo zdát, že tyto útoky zbrzdí šíření evangelia, podle Doylea je to právě naopak. “Vidíme věřící, kteří se předtím trochu báli a náhle cítí, že je s nimi Bůh a že se v nich rozlévá Duch. Jsou odvážnější a otevřenější ve víře. Tak kdykoli je pronásledování, koná se Boží dílo.” (Mission Network News)

 
 VŠECHNY ZPRÁVY V ANGLIČTINĚ
   RADICALS FULFILL THREAT TO DESTROY BIBLE SOCIETY OFFICE IN GAZA

Armed militants who threatened to blow up the building that houses the Palestine Bible Society office in Gaza unless the leaders shut its doors fulfilled their promise on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

“The Muslim terrorists broke the windows in and then threw homemade bombs in the building,” said Tom Doyle of e3 Partners Ministry. “They sprayed out Bible Society of Gaza and wrote, ‘Leave our land. Get out of here. God is greater. Following in the footsteps of the prophet Mohammed.’”

No one was injured, and no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Hamas shifted the blame to even more radical groups such as al-Qaeda and Hezbollah.

Despite the setback, Doyle says Christians continue to have a positive attitude. “They feel bad about the building, but they’re thankful nobody was hurt,” he explained. “Over and over they were saying, ‘Thank the good people for praying for us because we just sensed God’s presence in the midst of this, and we weren’t afraid.’”

While these attacks are intended to curtail the spread of the gospel, Doyle says it’s doing just the opposite. “You see believers that have before had a little bit of fear all of a sudden just feel the presence of God and the spirit welling up in them and they become more brave and more out there with their faith. And so, whenever there’s persecution, good things happen.” (Mission Network News)

BILLY GRAHAM TO JOIN HIS SON AT FESTIVAL IN NEW ORLEANS

For 10 years an interfaith group in New Orleans tried to get the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) to schedule a campaign in the city. But because not enough of a cross-section of the Christian community would commit to being involved, the organization said the time wasn’t right. That all changed after Hurricane Katrina hit. Within days Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse organization was on the ground, assisting in disaster relief efforts with food, water and spiritual counseling. With support from the community, the BGEA agreed to underwrite a festival set for Saturday-Sunday, March 11-12, in the New Orleans Arena which seats 18,500. In late January evangelist Billy Graham joined the effort saying, “New Orleans has been on my heart. I’ve been praying for the city, and I believe God wants me to go.” Longtime team members George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows are also expected to take part in the historic event. (Evangelical News/Baptist Press)

YEMEN EXECUTES SECOND GUNMAN FOR KILLING 3 U.S. MISSIONARIES

On Monday, Feb. 27, a Yemeni firing squad executed a second Yemeni gunman for killing three Southern Baptist medical missionaries more than three years ago. Abed Abdul Razak Kamel was convicted for the Dec. 30, 2002, shooting deaths of three Jibla Baptist Hospital staff members. Those who died in that attack included Hospital Director William Koehn, 60, physician Martha Myers, 57, and purchasing agent Kathleen Gariety, 43. A pharmacist was seriously wounded but later recovered. Yemeni officials believe Kamel and another gunman, Ali al-Jarallah, who was executed in December 2005, had ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network. The terrorist group, headed by Osama bin Laden, has ancestral roots in Yemen. Police found bin Laden audiotapes at Kamel’s house. (Mission Network News/WorldWide Religious News/Associated Press)

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES CONSIDERS IDEA TO ‘THINK SMALLER’

The World Council of Churches has seen each of its meetings grow bigger and more ambitious in the past six decades. But now even some of the most ardent backers of the council’s mission are wondering if smaller may be better, reported the Associated Press. During the council’s recent global assembly in Brazil -- bringing together 4,000 envoys from more than 350 churches -- delegates challenged the group to look hard at whether such parliament-style “mega-meetings” are relevant at a time when Christianity is being rapidly reordered around the world. In the West, mainline Protestant churches face graying congregations and declining influence. Some denominations such as Anglicans are in danger of splintering over disputes on gay clergy and same-sex marriage. Pentecostal and evangelical movements, meanwhile, keep steamrolling across Africa, Latin America and elsewhere -- but accounted for less than 2 percent of participants at the council gathering which ended Thursday, Feb. 23. The keynote address of the conference repeatedly raised the idea that Christian churches need to find clearer ways to connect and cooperate beyond simply sharing the stage at meetings and issuing joint communiqués. (Religion Today/Associated Press)

LUTHERAN MEMBERSHIP LAGS BEHIND WORLD POPULATION GROWTH

The total number of Lutherans grew only slightly in 2005, increasing by 0.3 percent to 69.8 million -- well below the world population growth of 1.2 percent. On the whole, Lutheran churches registered growth in Asia and Africa while figures are mostly stagnating or decreasing in the Americas, Australia and Europe. Statistics published by the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva, Switzerland, an organization representing about 95 percent of all Lutherans, show the highest growth is in Africa where approximately 1 million members were added last year, up 6.4 percent to 15 million. The number of Lutherans in Asia increased by nearly 26,000. In Europe Lutheran membership dropped by nearly 600,000 to 38 million while Latin America and the Caribbean suffered slight declines. Lutheran membership in North America church dropped by almost 1.2 percent to 8.2 million. (Assist News Service)

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