Zprávy HCJB 10.5.2007

	Návštěva bohoslužeb je podle výzkumu „dobrá pro vývoj dítěte.“
	Sociolog John Bartkowski ve své studii uskutečněné s pomocí skupiny odborníků Státní Univerzity Mississippi zjišťuje, že děti rodičů chodících do kostela lépe reagují a jsou emočně vyspělejší a mají lepší poznávací schopnosti, než děti rodičů, kteří do kostela nikdy nechodí. Bylo zjištěno, že čím častěji rodiče do kostela chodí, tím jsou tyto výsledky jejich dětí lepší. Odborníci použili údaje z celostátní longitudinální studie dětí, která zkoumá dlouhodobý vývoj dětí na základní škole pomocí rozhovorů s učiteli a s rodiči. Prozkoumány byly rozhovory s asi 9500 rodiči a s 8000 učiteli. Bartkowski a jeho spolupracovníci učinili závěr, že „je zcela jasné,“ že účast rodičů na náboženských shromážděních děti kladně ovlivňuje. „Účast rodičů na církevních shromážděních a soudržné zbožné prostředí doma významně prospívá dětskému chování, emočnímu, kognitivnímu (poznávacímu a sdělnému) vývoji a tyto kladné vlivy jsou ještě hlubší, navštěvují-li oba rodiče shromáždění pravidelně,“ uzavírá studie. „Náboženstvím“ se ve studii myslí všechna náboženství. Zdroj: Baptist Press
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	1,700 DELEGATES ATTEND ASIAN BAPTIST CONGRESS IN THAILAND Source: Baptist World Alliance Approximately 1,700 delegates attended the Asian Baptist Federation (ABF) Congress in Chiang Mai, Thailand, May 2-6. Formed in March 1973, the ABF has seen rapid growth among Baptists in recent decades, ranking third only to North America and Africa in terms of the number of Baptists. A great diversity of Baptists attended with the largest number, approximately 700 delegates, coming from India. More than 450 delegates attended two pre-conferences about community development and evangelism. Asia has suffered a number of natural disasters in recent years and is the continent with the lowest levels of religious freedom and tolerance in the world. Dominated by Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism, Christians, including Baptists, often face persecution, oppression and repression. Keynote speakers included Baptist World Alliance President David Coffey; John Kok, senior pastor of Kuala Lumpur Baptist Church in Malaysia; and theology professor Takashi Matsumi from Japan. UZBEK CHRISTIAN SENTENCED FOR ‘TEACHING RELIGION ILLEGALLY’ Source: Forum 18 News Service Pentecostal Christian Salavat Serikbayev was given a two-year suspended jail sentence on Thursday, May 10, for “teaching religion illegally.” Serikbayev has been allowed to return home but could be jailed if he commits any further “crime” or engages in any religious activity the authorities dislike. He was also banned from traveling abroad, and the court ordered that 20 percent of any salary he earns be taken from him. Serikbayev does not have a job and lives in a town with about 80-percent unemployment. Last month he was fined the equivalent of a typical year’s wages in Uzbekistan. The sentencing comes on the heals of a four-year jail sentence handed to Uzbek Protestant Pastor Dmitry Shestakov. In another recent incident, police detained six Protestant women in Nukus on Sunday, April 29, for gathering to celebrate a birthday in a private home. Protestant sources who asked not to be identified said that the six -- along with one man -- were handcuffed. Some of the detainees were beaten up by police in custody. The detainees were held overnight before being freed the next morning. 4 CHRISTIANS, BOY KILLED IN SUDAN WHEN ATTACKERS OPEN FIRE Source: Compass Direct News An Egyptian and three Sudanese Christians were killed last week when their truck came under gunfire after holding an evangelistic meeting in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains region. Egyptian Daniel Girgis, 37, and local Sudanese Christians Markous Tiya, Rihab Kafi Jadeen and an unidentified young boy were killed when unknown assailants opened fire on their vehicle the night of Friday, April 27. At least five others, two foreigners and three Sudanese, were injured in the attack that began when the truck driver refused to stop at a makeshift roadblock of large rocks. “When they finished [showing] the Jesus film [in the village of Gnaya] they were going back to the town they were visiting,” said Barnaba Timothous, evangelism coordinator at the Bahry Evangelical Church. “On their way there, someone behind the mountain fired at them. It was night, they saw just two men.” Though the motive for the attack remains unclear, Timothous said “The main thing is that there are some chiefs there who are Muslims, who are against the church. They don’t want the church to be built there. They don’t want Christianity to grow up there.” CHRISTIAN FUNERAL GATHERING BOMBED IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA Source: Voice of the Martyrs Muslims recently bombed a tent where a group of Christians was gathered in the town of Jijiga in eastern Ethiopia, according to local sources. Two Christians were killed and several were injured in the bombing. The believers were meeting together to mourn the deaths of two Christians killed by rebels on Tuesday, April 24, during the storming of a Chinese-run oilfield in the nearby town of Abole. Sixty-five Ethiopians and nine Chinese were killed in this attack. Seven Chinese workers were also kidnapped. * Staff members at HCJB Global Voice-Australia’s studios record Oromo language programs that air to 28 million speakers in Ethiopia and Kenya via FEBA Radio’s shortwave facilities. STUDY VERIFIES CHURCH ATTENDANCE IS ‘GOOD FOR KIDS’ Source: Baptist Press A study by sociologist John Bartkowski and a team of researchers at Mississippi State University indicates that young children of churchgoing parents fare better behaviorally, emotionally and cognitively than do children of parents who never attend church. In fact, the more often the parents attend, the better off the kids are. The researchers examined data from the nationwide Early Childhood Longitudinal Study which evaluated first-graders by interviewing parents and teachers. The study involved interviews with some 9,500 parents and 8,800 teachers. Bartkowski and his team concluded it is “quite clear” that religious attendance impacts children positively. “The religious attendance of parents and a cohesive religious environment in the home yields significant benefits for children’s behavioral, emotional and cognitive development, and such outcomes are most pronounced when both partners attend services frequently,” the study concludes. “Religion” in the study includes all religions. © Copyright 2007 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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