Zprávy HCJB 7.4.2008

	Čistá voda mění živost starobylého peruánského kmene
	Misionář Tommy Head z Living Water International pracuje uprostřed kmene Cadoshi v amazonské oblasti v Peru, jehož členové často podléhají nemocem ze špatné vody a z nedostatku hygieny. „Ve vesnicích, do kterých jsme přišli a v nich působili, žijí tito lidé stejně, jako jejich předkové před 500 lety. Pracujeme skutečně s nedotčenou civilizací,“ řekl Head. „Stále jsou to sběrači a lovci a žijí tak jako žili jejich předkové.“ Tím se myslí mimo jiné průměrná dálka života 47 let – o 22 let méně, než je celostátní průměr. Dětská úmrtnost dosahuje 50 procent. Před dvěma lety misijní tým vyvrtal 22 studní - kromě dalších aktivit. Čistá voda je důležitá, ale není to nejdůležitější aspekt misijní činnosti, vysvětluje Head: „Nyní vidíme, že důležitější je pobýt týden nebo i déle ve vesnici, nebýt stále u nějaké práce. Pracovat se musí nejvýš půl dne, pak ale s nimi jít na lov a navazovat přátelství jako základ, na kterém lze stavět kázání o Kristu.“ Zdroj: Mission Network News *Pomocný tým HCJB Global Hands z Ekvádoru strávil asi týden v Peru a poskytoval zde lékařskou pomoc, rozděloval zásoby a poskytoval rady obětem zemětřesení 15. srpna. Tým pracoval společně se Samaritan’s Purse, křesťanskou misijní americkou organizací zaměřenou na humanitární pomoc v téměř všech oblastech světa.
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	CLEAN WATER TRANSFORMING LIFE FOR ANCIENT PERUVIAN TRIBE Source: Mission Network News Living Water International missionary Tommy Head has been working with the Cadoshi tribe in the Amazon region of Peru, where many members of the tribe were succumbing to waterborne diseases and poor hygiene. “They live now just like they lived 500 years ago in these villages that we go to and work in. We're really working in civilizations that have been untouched,” said Head. “They’re just hunter-gatherers, and they live the way they’ve always lived and the way their ancestors have always lived.” That means average life expectancy in the jungles is 47 years--22 years less than the national average. The infant mortality rate is more than 50 percent. Two years ago, the team drilled 22 wells, adding to existing projects. While clean water is important, it is not the most important aspect of their ministry. Head explains, “We understand now that it is more important to spend a week or so in these villages and not work all day. Work half days, go hunting with them, and create a friendship with them and some sort of foundation with them that we can use as a platform to share Christ.” * A disaster response team from HCJB Global Hands in Ecuador spent nearly a week in Peru, providing medical assistance, distributing supplies and counseling those affected by the quake and aftershocks on Aug. 15. The team worked in conjunction with Samaritan’s Purse, a U.S.-based Christian ministry that provides humanitarian aid in needy areas worldwide. ASSYRIAN ORTHODOX PRIEST KILLED IN BAGHDAD DRIVE-BY SHOOTING Source: BosNewsLife An Assyrian Orthodox priest was killed in a drive-by shooting Saturday, April 5, near his home in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the latest in a series of attacks against the country’s Christian minority. The priest, identified as Father Yousif Adel of Saint Peter's Church, was killed by gunmen on board a car around noon local time. A nun who was with Adel when the incident occurred was not hurt. The priest was brought to Ibn Nafis hospital in central Baghdad, but was pronounced dead upon arrival. Adel's assistant, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity because of security concerns, said the attack occurred just before noon local time, adding that the gunmen fled the area in a car after the shooting. The priest was in his early 40s and was married but had no children. Adel was an engineer but became a priest about six years ago. He previously served in a church in the predominantly Sunni area of Dora in southern Baghdad, but moved to the central primarily Shiite district of Karradah after several attacks. Adel was described by his assistant as “a compassionate man who preached about love and peace” and was heavily involved in helping orphans and widows in his church. RUSSIAN CONGREGATION SHUT DOWN FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL Sources: Voice of the Martyrs, Forum 18 News A United Methodist congregation in the Russian city of Smolensk was dissolved by the regional court on Monday, March 24, in response to a suit filed by the Regional Public Prosecutor’s Office protesting the church having a Sunday school program. The Sunday school was attended by four children. The court agreed with the Regional Organized Crime Police’s assertion that the Smolensk United Methodist Church was breaking the law by conducting “educational activity in a Sunday school without a corresponding license.” While the court’s decision to dissolve the church means loss of legal status rather than a complete ban, it does bar the Methodists from maintaining or developing any form of public profile as an organization. Vladimir Ryakhovsky of the Moscow-based Slavic Centre for Law and Justice fears the Methodist congregation's liquidation increases the threat to other religious education. “Almost every religious organization has a Sunday school,” he said. “I don't know of one that has a separate education license. Do they intend to liquidate them all?” Elsewhere in Russia, adult religious education without a license has already led to raids and enforced closures. 13 HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS ARRESTED IN SICHUAN PROVINCE Sources: Assist News Service, China Aid Association China Aid Association (CAA) learned that 13 house church leaders were detained at Qu county, Sichuan province on Sunday, March 30. “According to an eyewitness within the church there, around 3pm on Saturday, March 29th, a house church service was attacked during their praise and worship service,” said a spokesperson for CAA. Seven believers were taken by a group of people who claimed to be from local religious affairs bureau, community administration and national security. Two were released after the interrogation while three women and two men remain in the detention center. In other news, CAA reported that on the morning of March 30th, nine Christian women and four children were taken by the policemen after their Sunday school service was let out. Another woman who was working in the cloth market was taken at the same time. All children and two elderly believers were released after the interrogation. Seven remain in the detention center, and one woman is missing. JAMAICAN CHURCHES USE SPORTS EVANGELISM TO FIGHT CRIME Source: Council for World Missions In an attempt to weaken the firm grip that crime has on Norwood, Jamaica, in March the United Church launched a program of sports evangelism. In a similar program in neighboring Farm Heights area, the church established a successful marching band. And in Providence Heights the church gave equipment to the football team, the netball teams and so on, Norwood United Church Associate Minister Rev. Egbert Harvey said. “We feel if we can channel the youth’s energy into sports and all of that, it is a kind of thing we call sports evangelism, a social approach to deal with that kind of problem.” Harvey, who is the regional representative for Prayer 2000, a non-denominational group that was formed to promote prayer among pastors, expressed the church’s resolve to meet with the area leaders in the community. “We understand that each of the streets has a leader and so we want to touch base with those leaders to see how best we can move the program forward,” Harvey said. The Norwood United Church came to national prominence last year after three men, brandishing a machete and knives, attacked a Harrison Memorial High School student during a Sunday worship service. * Staff members from the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., worked with Tarrant Baptist Church in Kingston to install a 500-watt FM transmitter, antenna and studio. © Copyright 2008 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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