Zprávy HCJB 7.3.2008

	Oběti hinduistických násilností stále čekají na pomoc
	Lidé, kteří prožili protikřesťanské násilnosti v indickém státu Orissa, stále čekají na humanitární pomoc. Přitom je to již dva měsíce, co davy hinduistů zaútočily na kostely a stovky domů a zabily 9 lidí. Asi 100 kostelů a nejméně 700 domů křesťanů bylo zničeno hinduistickými extrémisty během násilností, které začaly kolem Vánoc a trvaly 10 dnů. Od té doby hinduistická vláda státu Orissa buď zdržuje nebo zastavuje pomoc slíbenou zvláště dalitským křesťanům, z nichž mnozí v důsledku násilností nemají střechu nad hlavou ani potraviny. Řekl to P.R.Parichha, který vede Indické evangelijní sdružení v Cuttacku, obchodním středisku v Orisse a také státní pobočku organizace na ochranu lidských práv All India Christian Council (AICC). Současně, údajně z obav o bezpečnostní situaci, úřady odmítly povolit rozdělování pomoci nevládních organizací a jiných soukromých subjektů. „Dalité jsou tudíž bez jakékoli možnosti opravit své chatrné příbytky,“ dodal Parichha. Situace je podmíněna i společenským postavením Dalitů v Indii. Starý indický hinduistický kastovní systém totiž Dality řadí na vůbec nejnižší příčku a dalitští konvertité ke křesťanství se ke státní pomoci dostávají ještě hůř, než stejně chudí hinduisté. Zdroj: BosNewsLife
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	DICK BOTT TO RECEIVE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS AWARD Source: Christian Newswire On Tuesday, March 11th, 2008, Richard P. “Dick” Bott, Sr. will be inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Hall of Fame at the organization's annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. The NRB is the world's largest association of Christian communicators, with over 1,400 member organizations, and the Hall of Fame Award is the highest honor the organization confers. Past recipients have included Dr. Billy Graham, Dr. James Dobson, Dr. Theodore Epp, Dr. Charles Swindoll, Dr. D. James Kennedy, and Dr. Charles Stanley. According to the NRB, the Hall of Fame Award “is presented to an individual who has made invaluable contributions to the field of Christian communications, all the while exhibiting the highest standards of conduct and evidence of faithfulness in Christ.” During a broadcasting career now spanning 55 years, Dick Bott has made a lasting mark in the development of Christian “talk radio” by pioneering a format of carefully selected quality Bible teaching programs, together with Christian news, information and public policy features. From the beginning, he was motivated with the idea of “talk” programming to help people grow in the Lord and apply their faith to their daily lives. He began his broadcasting career in 1952. * HCJB Global’s co-founder Clarence Jones was inducted into the first class inducted into the NRB Hall of Fame in 1975. SRI LANKAN CHRISTIANS FACING ‘DRAMATIC’ INCREASE IN VIOLENCE Sources: Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Voice of the Martyrs, Assist News Service Christians in Sri Lanka have seen a “dramatic” increase in violence within the last month, according to reports from the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL). A gunman shot and killed Christian pastor Neil Edirisinghe, Sunday, Feb.17, outside his home in Sri Lanka. His wife also received a critical injury from the attack. She was holding their baby son at the time she was shot, but the child escaped serious injury. Elsewhere on the same day a mob of approximately 50 people armed with rods attacked members of The King's Revival Church in the district of Mathugama, Kaluthara while they were returning from a Sunday worship service. Four believers were assaulted, including a child. The assailants also threatened the believers who belonged to the Tamil ethnic community that they would be imprisoned if they returned to the church. A week later, on Sunday, Feb. 24, group of individuals armed with gardening tools gathered on the road near the church building. They threatened the believers with violence and prevented them from attending the scheduled worship service. On Sunday, March 2, ten students were beaten by a group of masked men on motorcycles while they were walking from the Lunuwila Railway to their school, the Believers' Church Bible College in Putlam District. Then more attackers arrived in a van and dragged a student inside the vehicle and severely beat him. When one of the students ran to the college for help, he was followed by a motorcyclist who attacked the college security guard and fled. On 3 March the Zion Mount Prayer House in Mulaitivu District was set on fire. The pastor, his wife, child and two other people were inside at the time, although it is believed they were able to escape. NIGERIAN CHURCH LOOTED AND DEMOLISHED BY MUSLIM MOB Sources: BosNewsLife, Assist News Service A mob armed with machetes set fire to church buildings belonging to the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) in Giginyu, Kano State, in northern Nigeria before looting and dismantling the property on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Around mid day the mob set the church office ablaze before dismantling the church's zinc roof tiles, entering the building, and looting or destroying its contents, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). CSW says the church bus was destroyed; chairs, musical instruments, ceiling fans, building blocks and two generators were removed and sold on the streets at minimum prices; and choir gowns were handed to street merchants who wore them in mockery, claiming to be bishops. One Christian woman was assaulted and her mobile phone was taken when she attempted to call for help. Others who sought to intervene were chased away by the machete-wielding assailants. CSW said the state government initially provided police protection for the church buildings. However, this was withdrawn immediately prior to the attack, despite a promise by the Kano State Governor that the premises would receive 24-hour protection amidst controversy regarding the church’s demolition. VICTIMS OF HINDU VIOLENCE STILL AWAITING HELP IN INDIA Source: BosNewsLife Survivors of anti-Christian violence in India’s Orissa State are still awaiting humanitarian aid more than two months after Hindu mobs attacked churches and hundreds of homes, leaving up to nine people dead. Nearly 100 churches and at least 700 Christian homes were destroyed by Hindu militants in the deadly violence, which began around Christmas and lasted for 10 days. Yet, Orissa’s Hindu-backed government has either halted or cut back promised aid to Dalit Christians especially, many of them homeless and facing food shortages in the aftermath of the clashes. This said by P.R. Parichha, who leads the Indian Evangelistic Association in Cuttack, Orissa’s commercial capital, and the Orissa branch of advocacy group All India Christian Council (AICC). At the same time, authorities have reportedly refused to allow Non Governmental Organizations and other private groups to distribute aid in the area, citing security concerns. “They [the Dalits] are [therefore] without resources to rebuild their flimsy homes,” Parichha added. The situation has been linked to the social status of Dalits in India. In India’s ancient system of Hinduism, Dalits are still seen as the ‘lowest’ caste, and Dalit converts to Christianity face even more difficulties accessing state-aid than their Hindu counterparts, church groups say. * HCJB GLOBAL HANDS JOINS CHURCHES, MINISTRIES AND GOVERNMENT IN ECUADOR FLOOD RESPONSE Amid rising flood waters, the message of a relationship with Jesus Christ accompanies delivery of food and medical assistance to people in Ecuador as HCJB Global Hands dovetails efforts with local churches, other agencies, and with the government's Ministry of Health. "The collaboration with the churches works almost perfect," said HCJB Global's Herman Schirmacher at San Vicente, near Babahoyo in Ecuador's Los Rios province. "They organized two busses to bring patients along the road to this place, to the doctors." Schirmacher is accompanying a second team of physicians that travelled to the flood zone from Ecuador's capital city, Quito. They work in tandem with efforts by Mission Aviation Fellowship, Extreme Response International, Youth World, Pan de Vida and Samaritan's Purse in coordination with Centro Cristiano in Babahoyo. Another church, Maranatha Christian Church, coordinated health efforts in Catarama that saw physicians Francisco Mejía and Galo Nuńez attending more than 230 patients, with the Health Ministry supplying tetanus vaccines. "They had spread the word that a medical team had arrived from Hospital Vozandes-Quito," said Nuńez, who led the first medical team. "And they began bringing in people from outside Babahoyo - the outlying areas that are more affected. We also had an opportunity to provide medical attention to handicapped people." People then stayed for evangelistic campaigns at the church. Additionally, team members were dispatched by Ecuador's health authorities, with Dr. Vladimir Melo attending about 120 patients at Recinto Las Cańitas and Nuńez helping patients at Recinto San José. "We have volunteer teams coming to wrap food packages all week," said Oscar Aguirre of Pan de Vida, a Quito ministry. "We are expecting some other monetary donations to come through that will allow us to purchase more food." He said the effort has identified over 2,000 families that have not received any aid at all. Two truckloads of supplies (about six tons) have already arrived, after broadcasts on Radio Station HCJB made the need known and listeners brought donations. Aguirre says each packet provides enough food for a family of five for one week. Another ministry, Operation Blessing International (OBI) is working in cooperation with the Ecuadorian government and international freight forwarder, DHL, to provide two portable water purification systems. These systems will join the two previously installed by Samaritan's Purse in the flood zone. The systems are from Water Missions International (WMI). HCJB Global Hands engineers Bruce Rydbeck and Martin Harrison are working on installation with WMI engineer Walter Torres. The systems can provide a combined 40,000 gallons of clean drinking water daily in four needy communities. While the first team consisted largely of medical staff, the second team's make-up reflects the multi-national, inter-disciplinary relief and ministry being offered. The second team is composed of US and Ecuadorian physicians and a US nurse. Rydbeck and Harrison are American and British respectively. Schirmacher, who serves as HCJB Global's Associate Director for Latin America, is German. He says of Ecuadorian pastor, Edgar Benalcazar, "He doesn't just entertain and evangelize the children and parents waiting to see the doctors. He also trains the pastors and youth, showing them ideas and tricks from teaching materials. Many people have accepted the Lord." "A woman came, very appreciative of the medical help, even to the point of crying," Schirmacher recounts. "She shared about her wrecked marriage and Edgar's words encouraged her." The efforts at meeting needs haven't escaped officials' notice, according to Judd Johnson of Samaritan's Purse, who said the Housing Minister had congratulated the missions on combining efforts. The government official also passed on greetings and thanks from President Rafael Correa, according to Johnson. The missions' efforts are coordinated with the local government Disaster Committee and the UN by Samaritan's Purse program managers. With rains expected to continue through March and April, preparations are underway for a third Quito team to go to Babahoyo early next week. "It was fascinating to see the faces of hundreds of people who received foodstuffs from the donations of radio listeners, HCJB employees, missionaries and others," Schirmacher said. "Before we delivered the food, Edgar shared the gospel." © Copyright 2008 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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