Zprávy HCJB 2.4.2008 |
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Argentinský soudce zrušil roční zákaz používání nové církevní budovy |
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| Rok trvající nařízení pro evangelijní sbor v Quilmes v Argentině (blízko Buenos Aires) skončilo tento měsíc. Soudce totiž zrušil rozhodnutí městského úřadu o uzavření dosud nepoužitého nového pastoračního centra. Předchozí starosta města Quilmes, Sergio Villordo, uzavření nařídil v březnu 2007 a tím „na neurčito“ znemožnil 1200 členům Sboru Setkávání třípodlažní budovu používat. V pondělí 3. března soudce správního soudu Guillermo Pons rozhodnutí o uzavření budovy zrušil, protože „toto rozhodnutí neodpovídá místním stavebním předpisům.“ Kromě toho soudce označil Villordovu akci za „jasné porušení základních ústavních principů.“ Soudcovo rozhodnutí zbavilo sbor povinnosti zaplatit pokutu |
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| LUIS PALAU RETURNS ‘HOME’ TO ARGENTINA WITH RECORD CROWDS Source: Christian Newswire On the weekend of March 14-15 evangelist Luis Palau returned to his home country of Argentina, drawing a historic response to his festival in Buenos Aires as a total of 800,000 people attended one of the largest faith celebrations ever seen in South America. In a cooperative effort involving government officials, the media and thousands of churches, the Palau team coordinated a week of activities that included meetings with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other high-ranking officials as well as hundreds of civic and church leaders. Palau spoke at gatherings for women and for business and union leaders representing hundreds of thousands of Argentine workers. Media coverage surpassed any experienced by the Palau ministry in four decades of outreach with television stations broadcasting live from the site while major newspapers and magazines headlined the massive crowds. An estimated 300,000 filled the local stadium on Friday and 500,000 on Saturday. The program included gospel messages from Palau and his son Andrew and diverse music, all presented on a massive stage constructed at the foot of Argentina’s legendary obelisk. More than 16,000 “decision cards” were collected with officials anticipating thousands more as follow-up continues. * ALAS, HCJB Global Voice’s Latin American satellite radio network, provides Christian Spanish programming to 95 outlets in 16 countries. These include radio outlets in three cities of Argentina: Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Jujuy. JUDGE ENDS YEAR-LONG ORDEAL WITH ARGENTINA CHURCH BUILDING Source: Compass Direct News A year-long ordeal for an evangelical church in Quilmes, Argentina (near Buenos Aires), ended this month when a judge annulled a municipal closure order against the congregation’s new -- and until now unused -- ministry center. Former Quilmes Mayor Sergio Villordo had issued the closure order in March 2007, prohibiting the 1,200-member Church of the Encounter from using the three-story facility “for an indefinite period.” On Monday, March 3, Judge Guillermo Pons of the Administrative Justice Court nullified the closure order, declaring it void “by virtue of its failure to abide by municipal building codes.” Furthermore, the ruling declared Villordo’s action a “clear violation of basic constitutional principles.” The judge’s decision clears the church of an impending fine of 220,000 pesos (US$70,000) for alleged code violations and allows the congregation to finally put its new building, which was under construction for seven years prior to the closure, to its intended use as an educational facility and community service center. TENSION, ANXIETY GROWS AS ZIMBABWE AWAITS ELECTION RESULTS Sources: Mission Network News, BBC News With Zimbabwe’s elections just days ago, the nation is eagerly awaiting the official results with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai publicly claiming victory over current President Robert Mugabe. There are concerns about fraud, and observers are concerned that Zimbabwe could explode like Kenya did after December’s elections. The normally bustling streets of the capital city, Harare, were emptied amid fears of protests or a government crackdown. That, along with a heavy police presence and an 8 p.m. curfew, is adding to the weight of anxiety as the results began to trickle in. Under Mugabe’s rule, the country has struggled with a decade of recession. The economy has collapsed, staggering under 80-percent unemployment, the exodus of highly educated and trained professionals seeking better opportunities elsewhere, and out-of-control inflation. Charles Debter of the Global Aid Network USA says people are desperate for hope. “There’s approximately a 100,000-percent inflation rate right now, and the life expectancy is the lowest in the world -- about 36 years. So as you look to this election, people have been looking for a change that would bring them the possibility of living their lives without oppression.” MACEDONIAN LAW OBSTRUCTS CHURCHES FOR MINORITY RELIGIONS Source: Forum 18 News Service As Macedonia’s minority faiths face obstruction or outright bans on building new churches or extending existing ones, the country’s new Religion Law -- which comes into force on May 1 -- appears likely to do nothing to help end the problem. Religious communities of all faiths have reported that the major problem revolves around buildings. There have been long-running denials of permission to disfavored communities to build, extend or establish legal ownership over places of worship. In addition, the authorities have also demolished Serbian Orthodox churches which they deemed “illegal.” The new law may even encourage religious discrimination by allowing existing religious communities, particularly the state-favored Macedonian Orthodox Church, to effectively veto the construction of other faiths. Additional problems for smaller religious communities are the cumbersome way urban plans are drawn up, and a section of the new law which may be used to bar worship services in some buildings. “The biggest problem is that when the authorities draw up detailed urban plans, they only allow for building plots for the Macedonian Orthodox church,” said Ivan Grozdanov, pastor of Skopje Baptist Church. “So when we Baptists request building permission, the authorities reply that there are no plots allocated for churches.” * HCJB Global Voice’s local partners in Macedonia began broadcasting a weekly 15-minute television program in the country since 2003. Radio programs, originally aired from Ecuador via shortwave in the early 1990s, now air on local stations. GLOBALIZATION AFFECTING KOSHER FOODS FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY Source: BosNewsLife It’s becoming increasingly difficult for consumers to trace the origins of ingredients contained in food products, or the way they are processed, say orthodox rabbis from at least 15 countries who gathered near Budapest, Hungary, to discuss the impact of globalization on kosher food. “It used to be when someone wanted to eat kosher, he went to his back yard and took it from there,” explained Hungarian rabbi Slomo Koves who helped organize the conference in Rackeve March 17-21. “Today you go to the supermarket and take something from the shelf which most likely doesn’t come from the country where you live. Even if it does, the ingredients in that certain product come from 15 different countries all over the world,” he complained. That’s why rabbis from Israel, Turkey, Germany and a dozen other European countries decided to set up a database to help each other identify products and to approach companies to target the estimated 20 million potential kosher customers, “including Muslims,” said Koves. The conference in Hungary also focused on China which has become one of the world’s largest food producers and lacks a large Jewish community. © Copyright 2008 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA |
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