Zprávy HCJB 11.6.2008

	Údajní organizátoři vražd v Turecku se zaplétají
	Výpověď, kterou minulý týden získali vyšetřovatelé ve městě Malatya je v souladu s dopisem zaslaným loni emailem představitelům tureckých protestantů obsahujícím jména osob stojících v pozadí vražd tří křesťanů v dubnu 2007. Univerzitní výzkumník Ruhi Abat vyšetřovatelům potvrdil, že byl v přímém styku se třemi armádními důstojníky jmenovanými v tomto dopisu pocházejícím z června 2007, a že úřady sledovaly křesťanské misijní aktivity v Malatya. Turečtí křesťané Necati Aydin a Ugur Yuksel a německý věřící Tilmann Geske byli 18. dubna 2007 svázáni, biti, mučeni a nakonec opuštěni s podřezanými hrdly. Tyto vraždy spáchalo pět mladíků. Abat údajně jmenoval úředníky, kterým donášel telefonicky nebo osobně: kapitána Mehmet Ulger a majory Haydar Yesil a Mehmet Colak. Abatova výpověď otevřela otázku, jaký druh pátrání úřady vlastně v souvislosti s misijní činností v Turecku vedou. Viz stará zpráva z 5.11.2007. Zdroj: Compass Direct News
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	FRANKLIN GRAHAM FESTIVAL IN MEXICO DRAWS 112,000 PEOPLE Sources: Evangelical News, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Eight months ago floodwaters washed across southern Mexico’s Tabasco state, inundating nearly 80 percent of the area. An estimated 20,000 victims were forced to seek emergency shelter, and more than 1 million people were impacted in some way by the massive flooding as people lost homes, belongings and livelihoods. Last weekend it wasn’t water but a flood of people that came to Parque Tabasco in Villahermosa as 112,000 people joined Franklin Graham for a Festival of Hope June 6-8. Each night, crowds heard Graham’s message about hope and forgiveness along with energetic Latin music by local and international artists. “Last October we all were watching and praying as the floods came,” said Graham, president and chief executive officer of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). “Today I had a chance to visit some people who are still in tents, whose homes were lost and have not been rebuilt. We are praying for you and the government of Mexico. . . . I’m here tonight to tell you that you’re important to God. I want you to know that God loves you. He loves you, and He loves Tabasco. Christ died for all of Mexico.” During the three-day event, 9,492 people responded to Graham’s invitation to make a commitment to Jesus Christ. On Saturday morning 31,000 children packed Parque Tabasco for “Festinińos,” a program of fun drama and music that teaches children about God’s love. Some 4,374 children and parents responded to the invitation to follow Christ. Earlier in the week, Graham helped hand out gift-filled shoeboxes (collected by the organization’s Operation Christmas Child project) to underprivileged children who have been living in tents and temporary shelters with their families since losing their homes in the disaster. Thousands of volunteers and 890 area churches partnered with the BGEA to hold the festival. * HCJB Global Hands sent an emergency medical response team from Ecuador to Mexico in November 2007, joining with Samaritan’s Purse to provide relief to flood victims. HCJB Global Voice has also helped with training and Spanish programming for a pair of partner stations in Chihuahua, Mexico, and provides five hours of weekly programs for a station in Cuauhtemoc. PAKISTANI MILITANTS INCREASE PRESSURE ON CHRISTIANS Source: BosNewsLife Muslim extremists in Pakistan recently threatened two prominent Christians in the country as incidents of persecution continue to increase. On Saturday, June 7, militants were instrumental in the firing of Zahid, 30, who worked for the life insurance company Eastern Federation Union in the Attock district. He was targeted by “Muslim radicals because he acted as a witness in a marriage between a Christian man and a Muslim woman,” reported the U.S.-based rights group International Christian Concern (ICC). Zahid is now living in fear for his life, concerned that he will never be able to move freely in public or even meet openly with his family and friends. The incident came amid reports that militants threatened to shoot Joseph Francis, a coordinator of the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS). He was attacked on Friday, May 23, by two unknown men on motorbikes from the fundamentalist group Jamiat-e-ulema, said Jubilee Campaign USA Director Ann Buwalda. “One of the men pulled out his gun and tried to stop Francis in his car,” she explained. “Due to the heavy traffic, Francis was able to avoid the men’s attempts to stop him en route and called his staff for help.” Fellow workers reportedly rushed to the scene and helped him get away. * HCJB Global Hands sent two medical teams from Ecuador to Pakistan following a powerful earthquake on Oct. 8, 2005, that left tens of thousands dead and thousands more injured and homeless. Staff members helped SIM International with relief efforts. ARCHEOLOGISTS IN JORDAN MAY HAVE UNCOVERED OLDEST CHURCH Sources: Ministry Report, Assist News Service Archeologists have uncovered what may be the world’s oldest Christian church. The discovery was made in the catacombs beneath the St. Georgeous Church in Rihab, Mafraq, in northern Jordan where a cave is believed to have housed the earliest Christians. Archaeologist Abdul Qader Hussan, head of the Rihab Centre for Archaeological Studies, said the cave dates from A.D. 33 to A.D. 70. “We have evidence to believe this church sheltered the early Christians -- the 70 disciples of Jesus Christ.” The early Christians, described in the mosaic inscription on St. Georgeous floor as “the 70 beloved by God and Divine,” are believed to have fled from Jerusalem during a time of persecution in the northern part of Jordan. They are thought to have sought refuge in the underground cave until persecution passed and later built St. Georgeous Church. In A.D. 230. Bishop Deputy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Archimandrite Nektarious described the discovery of the cave as an “important milestone for Christians all around the world.” BAPTISTS GIVE RECORD MISSIONS OFFERING DESPITE DOWN ECONOMY Source: Mission Network News In spite of the challenging economy, Southern Baptists gave more than $150 million to the 2007 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for missions. Although the offering surpassed the record set in 2006 by $23,100, it failed to meet the denomination’s goal of $165 million. The denomination’s International Mission Board (IMB) needs the money to support new missionaries, especially as the falling value of the U.S. dollar drives up their living expenses. “Although we’re disappointed by the failure to meet the goal of $165 million, we think it is significant in the context of financial challenges in today’s economy that we received the same impressive level of giving as last year,” said IMB President Jerry Rankin. “The shortfall in our budget . . . will have to be made up from other sources, but even more critical is the declining value of the dollar overseas.” IMB supports the work of more than 5,300 missionaries around the world who collectively reported a record 60,000 people baptized in 2007. Last year IMB also planted more than 25,000 churches and implemented church-planting strategies among more than 1,100 people groups, including 100 that were previously unreached. More than $3 billion has now been given to the offering since it was first promoted by the Women’s Missionary Union in 1888. UPDATE: ALLEGED MASTERMINDS OF SLAYINGS IN TURKEY IMPLICATED Source: Compass Direct News Testimony taken by Malatya prosecutors last week corroborates a letter e-mailed to Turkish Protestant church leaders a year ago naming alleged perpetrators behind the savage murder of three Christians in April 2007. University researcher Ruhi Abat confirmed to prosecutors that he was in direct contact with three military officers named in the informant’s June 2007 e-mail and that authorities were tracking Christian missionary activities in Malatya. Turkish Christians Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel and German believer Tilmann Geske were tied up, beaten, tortured with knives and left with their throats slashed by five young men on April 18, 2007. Abat reportedly named Cmdr. Mehmet Ulger, Maj. Haydar Yesil and Mehmet Colak as the authorities he contacted, either by telephone or in person. Abat’s statement raised questions about what kind of investigations authorities were carrying on regarding missionary activities in Turkey. © Copyright 2008 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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