Zprávy HCJB 18.4.2008

	Ghanský prezident pro výuku náboženství a morálky ve školách
	Asian News Service hlásí, že prezident Ghany John Agyekum Kufuor doporučil školským úřadům, aby na základních školách znovu zavedly výuku náboženství a morálky, které dříve byly z učiva vyňaty. Kufuor dospěl k tomuto doporučení při projevu ke školákům o Dni nezávislosti. Jeho doporučení je výsledkem stálých výzev křesťanů i muslimů, aby se tento předmět opět stal součástí školní výuky. Kufuor vyjádřil pohoršení nad negativními vlivy globalizace na morálku mládeže cestou médií. Vyzval žáky, aby při studiu přemýšleli i o svých morálních povinnostech. „Televize, internet a podobná zařízení podrývají kulturní a morální hodnoty. Výsledkem je, že humanita je ohrožována jednostranným přílivem informací na úkor morálky. Jestliže si lidstvo s tímto problémem neporadí, je na cestě stát se skupinou podlidí,“ řekl Kufuor studentům.
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	HOSPITAL PARTNER SEEKS HELP AFTER PLANE CRASH IN CONGO Sources: American Baptist Churches, BBC, Assist News Service Heal Africa, a hospital in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is seeking medical supplies and medicines to care for dozens of patients who flooded the hospital Tuesday, April 15, after a plane crashed near the city of Goma. The plane, operated by Hewa Bora Airlines, crashed into a busy marketplace and village after aborting a takeoff attempt. At least 40 people were reported dead with more than 100 being treated for injures, reported the BBC. Heal Africa, a modern 150-bed hospital less than two miles from the site, has been overwhelmed with victims. Dr. Bill Clemmer, a missionary with International Ministries, said the hospital needs “intravenous fluids, bandages and medicine.” Clemmer, who leads a nationwide health program called SANRU, assisting hospitals and health clinics to reach more than 12 million Congolese people, is leading a response team and continues to assess the situation. Among the survivors were members of a missionary family serving in neighboring Tanzania. Barry and Marybeth Mosier of Dodge Center, Minn., and their two children escaped the wreckage unscathed except for their 3-year-old son’s broken leg. Their quick-thinking 14-year-old daughter, April, managed to flee the plane, along with many others, when she pried open a crack in the fuselage. * HCJB Global Voice works with local partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo to broadcast the gospel on Christian stations in Boma, Bukavu and Kinshasa. Programs go out in English, French, Kikongo Fioti, Lingala, Luba and Swahili. Weekly programs in the Songe and Kikongo San Salvador languages also air from local FM stations in the country. UPDATE: COURT REFUSES TO CLEAR AZERBAIJANI PASTOR’S NAME Source: Mission Network News The Central Asian nation of Azerbaijan recently granted amnesty to a Baptist pastor after spending a year in prison. Pastor Zaur Balaev had been accused of using violence against state representatives -- a charge he denies. But when he went before the country’s Supreme Court to clear his name, he didn’t get the result he was expecting. Slavic Gospel Association’s Joel Griffith said Balaev still has the conviction on his record. “The court heard the case . . . but they didn’t find any errors in law or procedure, so they basically left the conviction intact,” Griffith explained. Balaev plans to take his case before the European Court of Human Rights. * HCJB Global Voice, in partnership with Hosanna and local partners in Baku, Azerbaijan, has recorded the dramatized Azeri New Testament as part of the Faith Comes by Hearing project. The recordings, completed in 1998, have been made into a series of radio programs. GHANA’S PRESIDENT S FOR RELIGION, MORALS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Source: Religion Today President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana has instructed authorities of basic schools in the country to revisit the teaching of Religious and Moral Education which up to now had been removed from the syllabus, reported Assist News Service. Kufuor made the recommendation when he addressed school children at the country’s 51st Independence Day celebration. The suggestion was in response to persistent calls from both Christians and Muslims for reintroduction of the subject in the school’s curriculum. Kufuor expressed displeasure about the negative moral impact of globalization on the youth through the mass media. He then urged the school children to balance their academic learning with that of their moral duty. “The television, the Internet and other modern gadgetry undermine cultures and moral values. The result is that humanity is already confronted with the challenge of a serious split between knowledge and morality. Unless mankind finds a way to overcome this challenge, there is a real danger of it becoming less than human,” Kufuor told the students. UPDATE: SUSPECTS IN 3 MURDERS IN TURKEY PUT BLAME ON ONE MAN Sources: Compass Direct News A year after the slaughter of three Christians in Turkey, the impartiality of the judges in the case is in doubt, and the young men on trial have shifted the blame to one man. Accused killers Cuma Ozdemir, Abuzer Yildirim and Salih Gurler had been caught at the scene of the crime on April 18, 2007, butcher knives in their hands and the blood of the victims on their clothing. But like Hamit Ceker, the first suspect to testify in January, the three suspects declared at a hearing on Monday, April 14, that they had not participated in the actual killings of Turkish Christians Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel and German believer Tilmann Geske. Instead, they claimed it was Emre Gunaydin, the fifth culprit and alleged ringleader of the attack, who actually tortured the victims and then slit their throats. STUDY: TITHING, GIVING TRENDS IN U.S. REMAIN UNCHANGED Source: Barna Group Recent research conducted by the Barna Group shows that just 5 percent of adults tithe the traditional 10 percent of their income to the church. The percentage of adults who tithe has stayed constant since the turn of the decade, falling in the 5- to 7-percent range. Not surprisingly, some population groups were more likely than others to donate at least 10 percent of their income. The most generous segment was evangelicals -- 24 percent of whom tithed. In 2007, 84 percent of all adults donated some money to churches or nonprofit organizations. That figure has also remained consistent in recent years. © Copyright 2008 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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