Zprávy HCJB 14.4.2008

	Křesťan byl v Alžíru uznán vinným a odsouzen za „konvertování“
	Alžírský křesťan byl ve středu 9. dubna odsouzen ke dvouletému podmíněnému trestu odnětí svobody za „konvertování.“ Soud proběhl pod dojmem vládních zásahů proti již 26 z 50 protestantských sborů, řekl Mustafa Krim, prezident Protestantské církve Alžírska. Soud ve městě Tiaret, 250 km jihozápadně od Algiers, vydal písemný rozsudek týden po uznání křesťana vinným dne 2. dubna. Křesťan, který si přál zůstat v anonymitě, se proti podmíněnému rozsudku dvouletého žaláře a proti pokutě 25000 korun hodlá odvolat. Vzhledem k podmíněnému odkladu odsouzený nemusí do vězení, leda by provedl něco dalšího. Podle Krima k jeho obvinění úřady sáhly, když ten vcelku neochotně dal Bibli tajnému policistovi, který předstíral zájem o křesťanství naléhal, že Bibli potřebuje. Úřady v Alžírsku vystupňovaly uzavírání sborů a již polovině všech protestantských sborů v zemi bylo nařízeni zastavit veškerou činnost. Zdroj: Compass Direct News
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	ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE 100,000 BIBLES FOR U.S. TROOPS IN 100 DAYS Source: Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Beginning on Sunday, June 1, and continuing for at least 100 days this summer, CBA retailers (independent Christian bookstores) are partnering with Operation Worship, K-LOVE Radio Network and Tyndale House Publishers to provide 100,000 Operation Worship Bibles for U.S. military personnel worldwide. The Bibles are a special edition of the New Living Translation. The promotion invites customers at CBA stores to buy a Bible and write a personal message to an active-duty member of the military. The customer then returns it to the store where it will be shipped to Operation Worship for distribution to troops overseas. “What better impact can you have on a soldier than to provide them with the Word of God,” said Jeff Hilliard, cofounder of Open Window Foundation and Operation Worship. “No matter how we feel about the war, our soldiers need our support. There is nothing more satisfying than being able to write a message of encouragement in a Bible and forwarding it to an active-duty soldier!” CHRISTIAN IN ALGERIA CONVICTED, SENTENCED FOR ‘PROSELYTISM’ Source: Compass Direct News An Algerian Christian was handed a two-year suspended sentence for “proselytism” Wednesday, April 9, amid an ongoing government crackdown on 26 of Algeria’s 50 Protestant congregations, said Mustapha Krim, president of the Protestant Church of Algeria. A court in Tiaret, 150 miles southwest of Algiers, delivered the written verdict one week after convicting the Christian on Wednesday, April 2. The Christian, who requested anonymity, plans to appeal the two-year suspended sentence and a fine equivalent to US$1,540. Because the sentence is suspended, the man will not have to serve his jail term unless he commits a repeat offense. Krim said authorities brought charges against the man after he reluctantly gave a Bible to an undercover police officer who posed as someone interested in Christianity and insisted that he needed one. Authorities in Algeria have accelerated church closures with half of the country’s Protestant congregations ordered to cease all activity. VIOLENT CAMPAIGN ENDS WITH PEACEFUL ELECTIONS IN NEPAL Source: Assist News Service An often violent political campaign was capped by a surprisingly peaceful election day in Nepal on Wednesday, April 9, the country’s first elections since 1999. Early results showed that the Maoist party candidates fared poorly, coming in last in most instances. Christians in Nepal are now turning their attention to the newly elected officials who are charged with turning the country into a true democracy. They will rewrite the country’s constitution and work out the details of how to abolish the monarchy. The candidates have said that the new Nepal will be a secular nation with guaranteed freedom of religion. Nepal has been an official Hindu country for more than 200 years. Gospel for Asia President K.P. Yohannan, speaking to Mission Network News, said it will be vital for Christians to be represented in the new government. “Pray that the government will have at least a handful of Christian representatives in their work on creating the new constitution for the country,” Yohannan said. There were at least four Christian candidates. It is not yet known if any of them won their respective seats in Nepal’s constituent assembly. COURT IN XINJIANG, CHINA, TO HEAR APPEAL OF UYGHUR CHRISTIAN Sources: Christian Newswire, China Aid Association The China Aid Association (CAA) has learned the first trial regarding a Uyghur house church Christian Wusiman Yiming’s appeal will be held at Kashi People’s Court on Wednesday, April 16, by judges from Hetian city in China’s Xinjiang province. In September 2007 Wusiman was sentenced to criminal detention for “divulging state secrets” by the State Security Bureau. He was sentenced last November to two years’ re-education through labor by the Re-education Labor Committee of Hetian City. Beijing attorney Zhang Kai was hired by the family to file for the appeal which was granted on March 20. Three days later his wife, Nu Er Gu Li, traveled more than 300 miles to the Kashi detention centre from Hetian to relay the news of the reconsideration. She said that Wusiman’s situation was “very bad” as he suffers from malnutrition and an obvious hand injury. CAA will continue to monitor the situation as well as that of Uyghur house church Christian Alimujiang Yimiti who could face the death penalty in Xinjiang this year for holding illegal religious activities. * HCJB Global-Australia’s shortwave station in Kununurra broadcasts 25.5 hours of Mandarin programming each week. RETIRED BIOLA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DIES OF HEART ATTACK AT 73 Sources: Biola University, Assist News Service Clyde Cook, who served as president of Biola University in Biola, Calif., for 25 years from 1982 to 2007, died of a massive heart attack at his home the evening of Friday, April 11. He was 73. Cook was known as an educator, administrator and fourth-generation missionary. Both his great-grandparents and grandparents were missionaries to China, and his mother followed in their footsteps. Born in Hong Kong, the fourth of six children, he was faced with adversity at an early age when the Cook family was imprisoned in three different concentration camps during World War II. In 1942 they were reunited in South Africa. After five years in South Africa, the Cooks came to the U.S. and settled in Laguna Beach, Calif. Cook received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Biola University in 1957 and his Master of Divinity in 1960. He also received a Master of Theology from Talbot Theological Seminary in 1962 and earned his Doctor of Missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1974. After graduating from Biola, Clyde served as the school’s Athletic Director from 1957 to 1960. From 1963 to 1967 he and his wife, Anna Belle, were missionaries with OC Ministries in Cebu City, Philippines, leading pastors’ conferences, citywide crusades, lay institute training, youth conferences and Bible school teaching. He traveled extensively, visiting more than 72 countries in athletic and drama evangelism and to represent Biola University. Returning to Biola in 1967 as an assistant professor of missions, Cook was then appointed director of intercultural studies and missions and helped to develop Biola’s nationally acclaimed cross-cultural education program. Named president of OC Ministries in 1978, he guided the mission organization to an increased level of financial stability and multiplied foreign field effectiveness. Cook served on the Biola Board of Trustees from 1980 to 1982 when he was invited by the board to assume the seventh presidency of Biola University on June 1, 1982, and became president emeritus on July 1, 2007. While serving as Biola’s president, he saw the school’s enrolment nearly double to 5,757 while overseeing a major expansion of the campus. The school’s budget also increased by a factor of 10. Memorial services will be held at Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 19, and at Biola University’s Chase Gymnasium at 9:30 a.m. Monday, April 21. © Copyright 2008 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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