Zprávy HCJB 21.5.2008

	Filipínský arcibiskup se při svém tažení proti hazardu odstrašit nedá
	Přes urážlivá obvinění hodlá filipínský arcibiskup pokračovat ve své usilovné kritice vládou podporovaných hazardních her a úředního požehnání nezákonného hazardu, jak to on sám nazývá. „Ani ocelové mříže vězeňské kobky mně nemohu zastavit v mém boji proti povolenému i nezákonnému hazardu, který tato vláda podporuje,“ řekl římskokatolický arcibiskup Oscar Cruz z Lingayen na Panganisam. Zdroj: Ecumenical News International
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	WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS TO BE SENT TO SICHUAN PROVINCE Source: Christian Newswire Water Missions International is deploying six water purification systems from its South Carolina facility to China's Sichuan province to aid survivors of the deadly earthquake. Six systems requested by Samaritan's Purse are to be airlifted to China on Friday. Another six water systems already in Bangkok, Thailand, will also be transported to China this week. Once assembled by volunteer labor, each water system is capable of providing a continuous supply of approximately 10,000 gallons per day. A 7.9-strength quake shook China's Sichuan province on May 12, affecting millions of people. More than 34,000 people are reported dead, with reports that another 14,000 people could be buried beneath the rubble. Some 250,000 people were injured. ONE CHILD POLICY INCREASES DIFFICULTY OF CHINA'S QUAKE RECOVERY Source: MNN China's one-child policy is exacting a great price following the recent earthquake. Of more than 22,000 reported deaths in the quake, many were students in schools, with experts blaming substandard building practices, materials and construction for collapsed education facilities. Many parents have had one child, and that one child was lost, according to Sue Hyde of International Bible Society-Send The Light. "Right now, they do not feel hope; they do not feel any kind of comfort," she said. "They feel very desperate." Her agency is providing survivors with disaster journals to help people walk through their grieving process. "Disaster survivors often have similar questions," Hyde said. The one-child policy was launched in the late 1970s to rein in China's exploding population and ensure better education and health care. CHRISTIAN PHYSICIAN URGES PRAYER AS PART OF HEALING Source: ASSIST News Service A Honduran born Christian doctor told a packed news conference in Norway on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, "Miracles are far more contagious than any disease." Dr. Armando Pineda of the World Christian Doctors Network told his listeners that doctors must pray for their patients, citing the example of many Cubans he had been ministering to being set free from witchcraft. He and 200 medical professionals from 28 countries attended the 5th International Christian Medical Conference with the theme of "Spirituality and Medicine." Dr. Jenis av Rana of WCDN Scandinavia said, "As believers it is our responsibility, in addition to providing medical or surgical aid, to bring them the complete help, which only the Savior can bring. Be bold in this." * Staff members from the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., have worked with local partners to establish radio ministries in three cities of Honduras, Roatan, San Pedro Sula and Siguatepeque. FILIPINO ARCHBISHOP NOT DETERRED FROM ANTI-GAMBLING DRIVE Source: Ecumenical News International Despite a libel suit against him, a Filipino archbishop plans to continue his role as a critic of the government's promotion of legal gambling, and what he sees as the authorities' alleged blessing of illegal gaming. "Not even the iron bars of prison can prevent me from continuing my crusade against both legal and illegal gambling, which is being promoted by this government," Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Cruz of Lingayen in Pangasinan said. ALGERIAN CHRISTIANS REQUEST PRAYER AMID GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN Source: BosNewsLife Christians in the North African country of Algeria are appealing for prayer and support from the international community amid a government crackdown on churches and suspected evangelists. Barnabas Fund, which assists allegedly persecuted Christians in Muslim nations, told BosNewsLife that the Algeria has "seen a sharp rise in official and unofficial discrimination against [active evangelical] Christians over the last few months." The group said about half the country's Protestant congregations, including some 20 churches this year alone, have been ordered to close, although "many of them were operating officially for many years." In addition "numerous" Christians were arrested on "questionable charges," Barnabas Fund claimed. * HCJB Global Voice reaches across North Africa, the Middle East and Europe with Christian Arabic programming aired via shortwave, satellite and local stations. The mission's Arabic satellite network airs programs direct-to-home 24 hours a day. This region has the world's highest concentration of personal satellite dishes. © Copyright 2008 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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