Zprávy HCJB 4.6.2007

	V Německu se konvertité od islámu obávají o své životy.
	Představitel jedné z největších protestantských německých církví biskup Wolfgang Huber je hluboce znepokojen rostoucím ohrožením životů bývalých muslimů, kteří přijali křesťanskou víru. V Huberově berlínské diecézi jsou sbory bývalých muslimů, kteří žijí v trvalém strachu z nepřátelských útoků. Biskup to řekl při shromáždění protestantů v Bavorsku 28. května, kterého se zúčastnilo 6000 osob. „Jsem přesvědčen, že v Německu je více muslimských konvertitů, než o kterých víme,“ řekl Huber. Evangelista Ulrich Parzany odhaduje, že ročně se v Německu 5000 muslimů obrátí ke křesťanství. Mnoho z nich si mění identitu z obav před zabitím. Při svém vystoupení na ekumenickém shromáždění Evropští Křesťané ve Stuttgartu 12. května Parzany zdůraznil, že podle Koránu a islámského zákoníku se odpadnutí trestá smrtí. Zdroj: Assist News Service
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	CHRISTIANS MAY HELP EX-SUDANESE PRESIDENT ESTABLISH UNIVERSITY Source: Mission Network News A trailblazing effort by Compassion Radio and former Sudanese President Jaafar Al-Numeiri may lead to a secular university in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. A question posed to Al-Numeiri about having a school dedicated to him led him to contact Compassion Radio. “Because of our friendship with him he turned to us and said, ‘Would you help me build this university?’ and we said, ‘Well, yes, depending on what the university is going to be like,’” explained Norm Nelson of Compassion Radio. Despite the fact that the facility would be built in a Muslim culture, the university will teach from a perspective of free market economy, human rights and the equality of women. The university could be functioning in as little as a year. So far interested groups from the U.S. and Sudan have met to discuss issues about the university, and they have secured land and financing. “God is really opening up this door, and we believe that it has the potential to bring tremendous changes to the nation of Sudan,” said Nelson. Cooperation could ensure the project’s success. “If it’s an American project and a thoroughly Christian project then we probably would have difficulties,” he explained. “But it’s the opportunity to work together that gives this project the credibility that it has.” MUSLIM CONVERTS FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES IN GERMANY Source: Assist News Service The leader of the mainline Protestant churches in Germany, Bishop Wolfgang Huber, is deeply concerned about increasing threats to the lives of former Muslims who have embraced the Christian faith. There are congregations of former Muslims in Berlin, Huber’s diocese, who live in constant fear of violent attacks, the bishop told the 6,000 participants of a Protestant church rally in Bavaria Monday, May 28. “I am convinced that there are more Muslim converts in Germany than we know of,” said Huber. Evangelist Ulrich Parzany estimates that 5,000 Muslims become Christians in Germany every year. Many of them change their identity because they are afraid of being killed. Speaking at an ecumenical gathering of European Christians in Stuttgart on May 12, Parzany pointed out that according to the Koran and Islamic religious law, apostasy carries the death sentence. * Radio Station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, has been broadcasting German programs worldwide via shortwave since 1953. Fourteen hours of programming weekly air to Europe, South America and the South Pacific. In addition, 10.5 hours of Low German programs air each week from Quito. UNDERGROUND CHRISTIANS FACE DEATH THREATS IN NORTH AFRICA Source: BosNewsLife Indigenous missionaries and Christians in North Africa’s expanding underground churches are “constantly in danger of persecution, imprisonment and death” amid Muslim extremism in the region, according to Christian Aid Mission (CAM). CAM, which supports indigenous missionaries in the region, made the announcement Friday, May 25, revealing the story of a woman identified only as Fatima. She was nearly killed by her husband, Salam, after discovering she was a Christian. “Fatima refused his demands to renounce Christ and follow Islamic rituals of praying and fasting. Salam stabbed her in the chest, and if neighbors had not intervened, he would have cut her hand off,” CAM said in a statement. “Weak from loss of blood, in and out of consciousness, Fatima rode a camel across the desert for 12 hours to get medical treatment. Though recovering, she will never have the use of her hand [again],” CAM reported. “Hundreds of indigenous missionaries and other believers in underground churches face similar threats. Fatima, and all believers in North Africa, are constantly in danger of persecution, imprisonment and death.” Christians form a minority in several areas of North Africa. The region includes Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara. GERMAN GIDEONS REPORT HIGH DEMAND FOR SCRIPTURES IN HOTEL ROOMS Source: Assist News Service Johannes Wendel, executive director of the German Gideon Federation, reports a high demand for Bibles in hotel rooms. Wendel recently told the evangelical news agency IDEA in Wetzlar, Germany, that a Bible in a hotel room has an average life span of eight to 10 years. By that time it is usually worn out or stolen. “We have mixed feelings about that,” said Wendel. “On the one hand we regret that the next guest will go without the Word of God, on the other hand it is a sign that someone had a special interest in the Bible.” The Gideons, named after a judge in the Old Testament, are known not only for placing Bibles in hotel rooms, but also hospitals, prisons, schools and military institutions. Founded in 1899, the group comprises Christian volunteers engaged in distributing the Bible with the aim of winning others for Christ. The association, based in Nashville, Tenn., is represented in more than 180 countries. Last year the Gideons handed some 70 million Scriptures worldwide, 5 million more than in 2005. BUSINESSMAN’S $2.9-MILLION GIFT FUNDS METHODIST MINISTER TRAINING Source: Religion News Service A $2.9-million gift by businessman Cal Turner Jr. to Vanderbilt Divinity School will result in 21 new United Methodist ministers and professional development seminars for pastors and lay leaders in middle and west Tennessee. “Fewer outstanding people are choosing to enter the ministry and more are leaving over time,” said James Hudnut-Beumler, dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School, and Anne Potter Wilson, professor of American religious history. The Cal Turner Leadership Scholars program will award seven fellowships each fall in 2007, 2008 and 2009 to candidates for the Master of Divinity program who intend to pursue congregational ministry in the United Methodist Church. The fellows will receive a full scholarship to Vanderbilt Divinity School plus an annual stipend for living expenses dependent on their work at a local congregation. The total value of the fellowship will amount to $90,000 per student. “Our church today has many leadership burnout issues,” said Turner, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Dollar General Corporation. “If this program can have an impact on the clergy leadership of the church, it will have a multiplier effect on our society.” Turner’s gift will also fund continuing education programs for clergy and lay leadership in middle Tennessee. © Copyright 2007 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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