Zprávy HCJB 10.4.2008

 Neklidem v Tibetu se zvyšuje i možnost popravy ujgurského křesťana
   Čína se potýká se záplavou protestů v Tibetu a údajných protestů v sousední provincii Xinjiang. Rodina Ujgurského křesťana se obává, že by mohl být tento měsíc popraven, protože úřady ho obvinily z ohrožení národní bezpečnosti. Úředníci uzavřeli podnik křesťana jménem Alimjan Jimit loni v září a obvinili ho, že podnik využíval jako zástěrku pro „křesťanskou bohoslužbu národnostní skupiny Ujgurů.“ Když ho 12. ledna zadrželi, řekli jen jeho rodině, že jde o „bezpečnost státu.“ Ve světle nedávných zásahů proti tibetským protestujícím a údajných protestů v ujgurské autonomní oblasti provincie Xinjiang, kde údajně koncem března došlo k zadržení 400 Ujgurů se Jimitova rodina obává, že by mohl být započten mezi separatisty, což je zločin, na který se vztahuje trest smrti. Přátelé rodiny očekávají vynesení rozsudku koncem dubna. Podle China Aid Association Alimjanovu uvěznění předcházel jiný podobný případ ujgurského křesťana Osmana Imina, který byl 19. listopadu 2007 obviněn z napomáhání cizincům při náboženské činnosti a z vyzrazování státního tajemství. Podle dalších zdrojů došlo od začátku roku k zatčení nejméně dvou dalších křesťanů - Ujgurů. Zdroj: Compass Direct News
 
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   MINISTRY’S FREE FIREWOOD HEATS UP GOSPEL MESSAGE IN BOSNIA

Source: Mission Network News
This winter God has used firewood to open doors to the gospel through an Operation Mobilization (OM) program in Bosnia. OM missionary Jael Buusaag said that years of war created the need for firewood. “A lot of houses and even some apartments used to have central heating, but now their central heating doesn’t work. So right now most of the people have to heat with firewood during the winter.” Buusaag said the expense of firewood puts it financially out of reach for most people, leading OM to help poor families by providing free firewood. “As the wood company delivers the wood, we go and visit each of the families and bring them a food package,” he added. “And then if there is an opportunity, they invite us in and we talk about God, and maybe they even let us pray for them.” Last year OM provided firewood to 100 families in Bosnia. According to Buusaag, this ministry is having an impact. “It’s mostly a Muslim-populated town, and we hadn’t seen any results of our work for many, many years. But then, two winters ago, God gave us nine new believers all at once. And last year, three or four more.”

TIBETAN UNREST RAISES FEARS THAT CHRISTIAN MAY BE EXECUTED

Source: Compass Direct News
As China deals with the fallout of protests in Tibet and alleged protests in neighboring Xinjiang province, the family of a Uyghur Christian fears he may be sentenced to death this month after officials accused him of endangering national security. Officials closed Alimjan Yimit’s business last September and accused him of using it as a cover for “preaching Christianity among people of Uyghur ethnicity.” When they detained him on Jan. 12, they told his family only that the arrest was a matter of “national security.” In view of the recent crackdown on Tibetan protestors and an alleged protest in the Uyghur autonomous region of Xinjiang that reportedly saw 400 Uyghurs detained by late March, Yimit’s family fears he may be branded a separatist, a crime punishable by death. Friends said a verdict is expected by the end of April. Alimjan’s arrest followed that of another Uyghur Christian, Osman Imin, on Nov. 19, 2007, accused of assisting foreigners in illegal religious activities and revealing state secrets, according to the China Aid Association. Sources said authorities have arrested at least two other Uyghur Christians since the beginning of this year.

WHILE POLITICS STALL, FORMER SOVIET MINISTRY MOVING FULL SPEED

Source: Assist News Service
The recent NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, once again focused the world’s attention on the former Soviet Union -- often raising more questions than answers about international policies and strategies, said Anita Deyneka of Russian Ministries. “Now more than ever the evangelical church in Russia, Ukraine and the other former Soviet Union countries needs to be well-prepared and equipped for the future, and led by a new generation of strong leaders who, despite the changing political landscape, is able to confront and challenge society,” Deyneka explained. Today the church and these young Christian leaders are an effective missionary force as they confront the social and spiritual problems in their communities. “They not only proclaim the hope of the gospel, but also deal with issues such as poverty, alcoholism, street children, broken families and the spread of HIV/AIDS.” Deyneka said Russian Ministries is committed to the effective ministry strategy of equipping and training the next generation of church and ministry leaders today for tomorrow’s victory over sin and despair. “And even as Ukraine’s bid for NATO membership has stalled, young Christian leaders in Ukraine move ahead at full speed in their ministries,” she explained.

KAY WARREN SAYS RWANDA IS NOW KNOWN FOR RECONCILIATION

Source: Religion Today
Kay Warren says Rwanda is now known not only for genocide, but also for reconciliation. On the weekend before the 14th annual National Week of Mourning for the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, which is being commemorated this week, Warren addressed a group of several hundred women at the Jali Club in Kigali. The topic was, “Overflowing Grace.” Warren spoke personally and candidly about the biblical principal that reconciliation starts with forgiveness. “These are days of mourning and reflection, but also days of hope and healing,” she said. “Rwanda is becoming known -- not just for genocide, but for what you are teaching the world about reconciliation. But true reconciliation is not possible without forgiveness.” She and her husband, Rick Warren, well-known author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California, have been in Rwanda for more than one week meeting with government, business and church leaders and inspecting the progress on their massive Western Rwanda HIV/AIDS Healthcare Initiative Project.

AUSTRALIAN GIRLS ENCOURAGE ‘BINGE-GIVING,’ NOT BINGE-DRINKING

Source: Kennedy Communications
Two young women from Engadine and Heathcote, Australia, have joined forces to help raise money for orphans in Africa by forgoing gifts at their 21st birthday parties and asking for monetary donations instead. The two 21-year-olds from the Engadine Anglican Church have raised more than half the US$18,650 target needed by the charity African Enterprise for the establishment of an orphanage in Malawi by the end of the year. Jess Gaskell, whose party was held Saturday, April 5, said they were inspired by their friend, Sally Crook, who recently visited Malawi and came back passionate about helping African children. “She inspired so many of us to get involved to raise money for the physical and spiritual care of these destitute children,” Gaskell said. “The least I could do was to forgo presents at my 21st and offer the money we raised to those in massive need of food and shelter and the hope that God’s Word brings. My celebration was alcohol-free. I encouraged binge-giving -- not the usual binge-drinking!”

* In partnership with African Bible College, HCJB Global Voice helped plant a Christian radio station in Lilongwe, Malawi, in 1995. The station airs programs in Chichewa and English. Staff members from the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., also installed FM transmitters at stations in two Malawian cities, Blantyre and Mzuzu, in 2000. Recently HCJB Global Hands has joined with the Partners in Hope Medical Clinic, assigning three medical missionaries to the outreach.

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