Zprávy HCJB 11.5.2007

	Dav hinduistů napadl v Indii misionáře kvůli nedobrovolným konverzím.
	Několik indických misionářů a církevních pracovníků se zotavuje ze zranění utrpěných pozdě odpoledne v úterý 8. května. Byli napadeni hinduistickými militanty a odvlečeni na místní policii. Indické televizní kanály ukázaly aktivisty radikálních skupin hinduistických militantů Bajrang Dal (Mládenci) a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Světová Rada Indů) útočící na dva mladé kněze v Kolhapuru ve středozápadním indickém státu Maharaštra. Křesťanští kněží Ajit Billawi a Rameš Kagarole ze skupiny Frank Missionary Prayer Board byli na záběrech zachyceni s bolestivým výrazem. Jednoho kněze kopli kolenem do slabin, takže se svíjel bolestí, druhého srazili ranou pěstí do hlavy. Dav oba kněze obvinil z násilného pokřesťanšťování chudých Indů a předal je policii. Ale místní křesťanský představitel reportérům řekl, že ti pokřtění si přáli změnit svou víru. Úterní násilnosti přišly vzápětí po útoku na 34letého pastora Rameš Gopargode a 35letého Ajit Belavi. Z Friend Mission Church, kteří byli napadeni v pondělí 7. května ve vesnici Shapur po slavnosti křtu. Zdroj: BosNewsLife
	Všechny zprávy v angličtině
	MADAGASCAR CHURCHES APPEAL FOR AID AFTER LATEST CYCLONE Sources: Council for World Missions, Action by Churches Together, BBC News The Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar has appealed for support in providing food and other relief following an unprecedented spate of cyclones. Cyclone Hudah hit the island nation of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa on Tuesday, April 3, causing at least 13 deaths and leaving as many as 50,000 people homeless and 100,000 without drinking water. It came less than weeks after Cyclone Indlala came ashore on March 15, leaving considerable damage to the northeast and northwest. Five cyclones have hit the nation since Christmas -- a record for such a short period. “According to reports by people and from what I have also witnessed personally, no other cyclone has been as serious as this one,” said Privatization Minister Horace Constant on national radio after visiting the affected areas. There are fears that stagnant waters in flood-affected areas may increase potential for outbreaks of dengue fever. A severe food crisis is foreseen as 70 to 80 percent of rice crops have been destroyed, and access to provide aid to vulnerable groups is difficult. * HCJB Global Voice has helped establish three Christian FM radio stations in Madagascar together with local partners. The most recent station went on the air in Ihosy in 2003, broadcasting to the under-reached Bara tribe with additional programming in Malagassy, French and English. Partner stations also have been planted in the cities of Diego Suarez and Antananarivo. TWR CELEBRATES 45 YEARS OF BROADCASTING IN ROMANIAN Source: Trans World Radio Trans World Radio (TWR) Europe recently celebrated 45 years of broadcasting in the Romanian language. To commemorate the anniversary, a TWR team visited many churches and listeners around the country. “It was a great joy to meet listeners, from kids to old people, who love the Lord and pray that the radio ministry will continue until the Lord comes back,” said TWR Romania Director Nick Vandici. “It’s also a great responsibility for us to fulfill through programming the spiritual needs of our listeners.” One listener recently expressed his thanks in a letter to TWR Romania. “Thank you for the effort that you do for us,” he wrote. “After 45 years of communism, the gospel could be preached freely in our country, and God’s children could enjoy His Word on the radio. We are in prayer for you and for your work, and I express my gratitude to you.” * HCJB Global Voice broadcasts the gospel locally in eight Romanian cities via partner ministry Radio Voice of the Gospel. The network is a cooperative effort with the Evangelical Alliance of Romania and the Romanian Missionary Society. BOMBING OF CHILDREN’S HOME INJURES NEPALI TEENAGER Source: Voice of the Martyrs A teenage boy was injured when a bomb exploded at the Grace English Boarding School in Birganj, Nepal, on Wednesday, April 25. Mukesh Karki, 15, sustained leg injuries and required hospitalization. An activist group known as the Nepal Defense Army (NDA) has claimed responsibility for the bombing. Members also attempted to destroy a bus on the property. According to news reports, Hindu militants claimed the staff was converting Hindu children to Christianity by force with funds provided by pro-Maoist groups. The purpose of the NDA is to restore the country to a “Hindu theocracy.” The boarding school, together with the Blessed Children’s Home, help to meet the physical and educational needs of more than 300 Hindu and Christian children in Birganj. Two years ago the directors, Babu and Sabitri Varghese, were charged with forcibly converting children. Those charges were later dropped due to lack of evidence. HINDU MOB ATTACKS MISSIONARIES IN INDIA FOR FORCED CONVERSIONS Source: BosNewsLife Several missionaries and church leaders in India were recovering from injuries suffered late Tuesday, May 8, after they were attacked by Hindu militants and dragged to local police. Indian television channels showed activists of the radical Hindu groups Bajrang Dal (Bachelor Team) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) attacking two young priests in public in the town of Kolhapur in west-central India’s Maharashtra state. The priests, identified in one report as Ajit Billawi and Ramesh Kagargole of the Frank Missionary Prayer Board group, were seen suffering from pain in news footage. One priest was shown being kneed in the groin, causing him double up in pain, while another kicked the missionary in the head. The crowd accused the priests of forcibly converting poor Hindus and handed them over to police. But a local Christian leader told reporters that those who were baptized had willingly changed their faith. Tuesday’s violence came on the heels of an attack against pastors Ramesh Gopargode, 34, and Ajit Belavi, 35, of the Friends Mission Church who were also attacked in the village of Shahapur on Monday, May 7, following a baptismal service. * HCJB GLOBAL ENGINEERS UPGRADE LAJEUNE, HAITI, RADIO STATION Sources: HCJB Global, Radio Lumičre In mid-March a radio frequency engineer and an antenna tower rigger from the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., traveled to LaJeune, Haiti, to upgrade the equipment for the Christian radio station there. Affiliated with Radio Lumičre, the largest Protestant radio network in Haiti, the LaJeune outlet was first established in 1969 as a 1,000-watt AM station along with a small local studio. Due to aging equipment, beginning in 2000 the station had frequently been off the air, sometimes for months at a time. A scouting trip to evaluate the station’s needs took place in 2005, and equipment and supplies were shipped soon afterward. However, repairs were delayed by political unrest and lack of police security in the area. After the situation calmed down, HCJB Global missionaries were finally able to visit LaJeune in March, tackling a long “to-do list,” checking off items one by one. They installed a new 1,000-watt transmitter and set up the old one as a backup. The radio tower was also plumbed, maintained and re-tensioned, the signal was tuned; and the main power supply—a diesel generator—was repaired and tuned. As a result, the station’s much-improved signal can now be heard as far away as Radio Lumičre’s studios in Port-au-Prince, making Christian broadcasts available to a “greater area of Haiti than ever before.” In addition, staff members trained Radio Lumičre’s network engineer and radio technician on how to perform similar repairs and maintenance at other outlets in the network. Additional project funds will provide further improvements such as new paint for the rusting radio tower and possibly some new studio equipment to improve broadcast quality. “It’s our prayer that with the broadcasting of the gospel throughout Haiti, lives will be changed, resulting in greater peace and security in the country,” said Curt Bender, manager of radio planting and development at the HCJB Global Technology Center. The network, operated by the Mission Evangélique Baptiste du Sud d’Haďti, was established in 1959. Broadcasts are within hearing range of more than 90 percent of the Haitian population. In many rural areas it is the only radio broadcasting available to the local people in either of the two local languages, Creole and French. © Copyright 2007 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

Zpět	Další zprávy: www.prayer.cz