Zprávy HCJB 15.5.2007

	Palestinská skupina v Gaze útočí na ‘působiště misijních aktivit’
	Palestinská islámská skupina v úterý potvrdila, že její “ozbrojené křídlo” si vybralo za cíl “křesťanskou misijní aktivitu” v izraelském pásmu Gaza. Ve stanovisku faxovaném WorldNet Daily islámské hnutí Džihadia Salafija připustilo, že ozbrojenci napojení na skupinu provedli v pondělí 14. května v Gaze vražedný útok na školu, jejímž zřizovatelem je OSN. Jeden člověk byl zabit a šest bylo zraněno, když útočníci naházeli do školy granáty. poté, co tlampači oznamovali, že tato instituce „hanobí islám“ tím, že dovoluje, aby chlapci a dívky společně sportovali. Ve svém oficiálním stanovisku Džihadia Salafija obvinila OSN z „šíření křesťanských misijních aktivit“ a „pokusů obracet muslimy pod pláštíkem mezinárodní organizace.“ Skupina řekla, že „na původce bude útočit a bude se snažit je zabít.“ Minulý měsíc vedoucí Džihadia Salafija Abu Sager velebil muslimské elementy za nedávný bombový útok na křesťanské knihkupectví v Gaze. Prodejna Biblické Společnosti podporovaná americkými protestanty byla těžce poškozena výbuchem. Zdroj: WorldWide Religious News, BosNewsLife
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	444 COMPASSION-SPONSORED STUDENTS TO RECEIVE COLLEGE DEGREES Source: Assist News Service As students across the U.S. receive college degrees this spring, they join 444 students from poverty-stricken countries around the world who will graduate from college this year because of Compassion International’s Leadership Development Program (LDP) and their North American sponsors. “We are so amazed at what God has done in the lives of the young people we serve,” said LDP Director Mike Hinckfoot. “Our students not only demonstrate high standards in academics, but are also proving to be God-fearing visionaries, taking on the pressing issues that occupy their countries.” Hinckfoot said the LDP places equal emphasis on personal spiritual growth and a sense of biblical mission. More than 1,100 young men and women from 15 countries are enrolled in the program which began in the Philippines in 1996. In addition to their college curriculum, the students receive extensive Christian leadership training through handpicked mentors. To get into the program candidates must demonstrate strong evidence of Christian character and testify to God’s leading their life, contribute significantly in school, church and community and maintain outstanding academic performance along with extracurricular activities and contribute to school and community needs. PALESTINIAN GROUP IN GAZA STRIP TARGETS ‘MISSIONARY ACTIVITY’ Sources: WorldWide Religious News, BosNewsLife A Palestinian Islamic group confirmed on Tuesday that its “armed wing” is targeting what it called “Christian missionary activity” in Israel’s Gaza Strip. In a statement faxed to WorldNetDaily, the Islamic outreach Jihadia Salafiya admitted that gunmen affiliated with the group had carried out a deadly attack on a U.N.-run school in Gaza on Monday, May 14. One person was killed and six others were wounded when the attackers hurled grenades at the school after declaring over loudspeakers that the institution was “corrupting Islam” by allowing boys and girls to participate together in sporting activities. In its official statement, Jihadia Salafiya accused the U.N. of “spreading Christian missionary activity” and “trying to convert our Muslims under the cover of an international organization.” The group said it will “keep hitting them and trying to kill them.” Last month the head of Jihadia Salafiya, Abu Saqer, praised other Muslim elements for the recent bombing of a Christian bookstore in Gaza. The Bible Society bookstore, which was funded by American Protestants, was severely damaged in the blast. AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY LIBRARY CELEBRATES 190TH ANNIVERSARY Source: Religion News Service In honor of its 190th anniversary, the American Bible Society (ABS) Library will exhibit historically significant Scriptures and letters from ABS founders and notable American figures. The library documents the involvement of significant early American leaders with the society. “The documents contained in the library offer us insight into our country at its birth and the importance of the Bible,” said Paul Irwin, ABS’s president and chief executive officer. The exhibit will run for two months starting Wednesday, May 16, at the ABS headquarters in New York City. The library’s permanent collection includes 45,000 volumes of Scripture in more than 2,400 languages and dialects dating from the 13th century to the present, 9,000 monographs and 150 periodical titles. The anniversary exhibition includes nine of the most significant books acquired by the library during its early years, including the first Scriptures published by the ABS in English and in the Delaware Indian language. MONKOLE NEW TESTAMENT PRINTED IN BENIN AFTER 30 YEARS OF WORK Source: Mission Network News After 30 years of translation work, 800 Monkole people in the West African nation of Benin celebrated the completion of the first Monkole New Testament in late April. The celebration took place in the traditional African style with speeches, testimonies and singing. In partnership with a local church member affiliated with SIM International, 2,000 copies were printed in Benin as an initial test run. It was the second time such a printing was done in Benin. Fifty copies of the New Testament sold the day of the dedication. The local king of the Monkole believes that the translation will help ensure that this language will endure. There are estimated to be 70,000 to 100,000 Mokole speakers in Benin. * HCJB Global Voice worked with the Council of Protestant and Evangelical Churches of Benin to help put a Christian FM station on the air in Cotonou in 1998. The station broadcasts the gospel in French, English and seven tribal languages. Partner ministry SIM also records programs in eight languages at the studios in Parakou. A nationwide FM network is being planned. INTEREST IN RELIGION ON U.S. COLLEGE CAMPUSES ‘RUNNING HIGH’ Sources: Religion Today, The New York Times, Baptist Press Chaplains and professors at college campuses across the U.S., including Harvard and Berkeley, say students are more interested in religion and spirituality than at any other time they remember. “My theory is that the baby boomers decided they weren’t going to impose their religious life on their children the way their parents imposed it on them. The idea was to let them come to it themselves,” Lloyd Steffen, a chaplain at Lehigh University, told The New York Times on May 2. “And then they get to campus and things happen -- someone dies, a suicide occurs. Real issues arise for them and they sometimes feel that they don’t have resources to deal with them. And sometimes they turn to religion and courses in religion.” © Copyright 2007 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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