Zprávy HCJB 19.3.2008

	Zpráva z Barmy oznamuje obrácení 4700 buddhistických mnichů
	Misionáři působící uprostřed zkoušeného Myanmaru (dříve Barma) prozradili potěšující zprávu: 4700 buddhistických mnichů svěřilo své životy Pánu Ježíši Kristu. V srpnu 2007 vláda zdvojnásobila již tak vysoké ceny benzínu a potravin a buddhističtí mniši vyšli do ulic, aby demonstrovali proti vládě, proti vysokým cenám a proti utlačovatelskému režimu. Na pozadí deset let trvajícího politického násilí jiní buddhističtí mniši zvolili odlišnou cestu - začali zvát křesťanské misionáře, aby jim ve skrytu jejich klášterů kázali evangelium. Přestože je to nebezpečné, misionáři navštívili několikrát řadu klášterů. Zvoucí mniši byli obvykle z většinového etnika Bama a říká se nich, že jsou 'velmi rezistentní k evangeliu’. Jedna z misijních skupin oznámila, že během jejich služeb přišlo ke Kristu 4700 mnichů. Podle všeho Duch Svatý vyvolal v srdcích mnichů touhu pozvat jejich evangelisty, aby jim kázali radostnou zvěst o naději a lásce. Po řadě zapálených diskusí skoro 80 procent mnichů v každém z těchto klášterů zvedalo své ruce na znamení, že věří v Krista a padali na kolena, aby přijali Pána Ježíše jako svého Pána a Spasitele. Křty se provádějí diskrétně, nejvýš po třech, aby byla zachována bezpečnost jak konvertitů, tak misijních pracovníků. Zdroj: Christian Aid Mission *Vysílání v jazyce Rawang Myanmar bylo zahájeno v roce 2007 z australské stanice HCJB Global Australia v Kununurra. V tomto jazyce se vysílá se sedm hodin týdně.
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	REPORT: 4,700 BUDDHIST MONKS IN MYANMAR COME TO CHRIST Source: Christian Aid Mission Missionaries laboring in the troubled nation of Myanmar (Burma) have revealed the amazing report of 4,700 Buddhist monks who committed their lives to Christ. In August 2007 the government doubled the already-high price of fuel and food, prompting Buddhist monks to lead peaceful demonstrations against the government to protest rising costs as well as the repressive government. It was amid this backdrop of more than a decade of political cruelty toward certain Burmese ethnic minorities that Buddhist monks and nuns began inviting Christian missionaries to come and share the gospel in the privacy of their monasteries. Despite the dangers involved, missionaries visited a number of monasteries several times. The majority of these monks are from the dominant Bama people who are normally “very resistant to the gospel.” One of the ministries reported that “4,700 Buddhist monks were led to Christ through our ministry. It appears that the Holy Spirit had urged these monks and nuns to call our evangelists to come and share the gospel of hope and love. After several intense discussions, close to 80 percent of the monks present in each of the monasteries raised their hands to accept Christ, and then kneeled down to pray and receive Christ as their Lord and Savior. Baptisms are being done discreetly -- no more than three at a time for the sake of the safety of the converts as well as our workers.” * Broadcasts in the Rawang Myanmar language began airing from HCJB Global-Australia’s shortwave site in Kununurra in 2007. Programs in this language air seven hours weekly. CHINESE CHRISTIAN MAN MISTREATED IN MUSLIM-MAJORITY PRISON Source: Compass Direct News Liu Huiwen, a Chinese Christian sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment last November for distributing a gospel leaflet to Muslims in Gansu province is suffering mistreatment in a Muslim-majority prison, local sources said. After a recent prison visit, Liu’s wife, Miao Hui Lian, said that he was limping badly and looked thin. Liu, unable to speak openly, told his wife that the prison was a “very bad place” and that he was being “bullied constantly.” When Liu’s wife attempted to travel to Beijing to report the abuse, police warned her to stay at home. A local source said there is reason to believe that the guards or inmates are “punishing him for what he did and trying to cast terror into his heart.” Liu, 39, was arrested on April 28, 2007, after distributing a leaflet titled, “A Letter to Our Muslim Friends” during a funeral in the village of Manping Groupin Ketuo in the predominantly Muslim Dongxiang autonomous region. Villagers immediately reported Liu to police. 20,000 RUSSIAN YOUTH ATTEND CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE IN MOSCOW Source: Assist News Service While recent focus has been given to the negative, nationalistic elements of youth movements across Russia and the former Soviet Union, there is another growing youth movement beginning to gain attention, says one ministry to Russian youth. A February youth conference in Moscow partially sponsored by the Slavic Gospel Association (SGA) with the help of Eugene Bakhmutsky, national youth director for the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, brought together some 400 local church youth leaders from 61 of Russia’s 88 states and also from other countries including Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Moldova and Israel. SGA President Robert Provost said, “This great and zealous youth movement now under way involves more than 20,000 young men and women blessing their churches and impacting their communities for Christ all across Russia, and their influence for the gospel is spilling over into neighboring countries.” The theme of the conference was “Be Strong,” based on 1 John 2:14. SGA has been working in the former Soviet Union since 1934. * HCJB Global Voice reaches across Russia with a variety of radio ministries. The mission began sending gospel broadcasts across the country via shortwave in 1941, first from Quito, Ecuador, and in recent years from the U.K. In the early 1990s the ministry began “planting” local radio ministries in Russia and now works with partners nationwide. In 2000 HCJB Global Voice helped launch New Life Radio, the first Christian Russian satellite radio network. More than 63 downlinks have been placed in more than 42 cities across Russia and neighboring countries. REPORT: CUBA DENIES RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE Source: BosNewsLife In a report released Tuesday, March 18, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) concludes that prison authorities in Cuba “regularly deny political prisoners the right to religious literature including Bibles” and “the right to meet with a pastor or priest or to meet together with other prisoners for religious study, prayer or worship.” CSW released its findings on the fifth anniversary of a massive government crackdown on dissidents, now referred to by activists as ‘Cuba’s Black Spring.’ Some 75 members of Cuban civil society, Christian human right defenders, independent librarians, pro-democracy activists and independent journalists, were detained, subjected to summary trials and handed lengthy prison sentences. CSW said the report is partly based on eight months of interviews with families of prisoners and former detainees. Fidel Castro, who oversaw the detentions five years ago, has consistently denied the existence of dissidents, describing them instead as “mercenaries of the U.S.” trying to harm his Socialist revolution. It is unclear if new Cuban President Raul Castro will bring positive changes on this matter. © Copyright 2008 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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