Zprávy HCJB 11.1.2009 - 17.1.2009

	Podle průzkumu návštěvníci kostelů nejsou příliš věrní své denominaci
	Podle průzkumu Ellison Research se zdá, že nejméně sedm z deseti pravidelných návštěvníků kostela je alespoň trochu nakloněno změně denominace, přičemž mezi katolíky a protestanty jsou velké rozdíly. Jen tři z deseti návštěvníků určitého kostela by do jiné církve nechodili, zbytek uvažuje jinak. Devět procent dotázaných řeklo, že denominace nehrála roli při jejich výběru církve. Věrnost církvi se silně liší u katolíků a protestantů. Šest z deseti aktivních katolíků by chodilo jedině do katolického kostela, dalších 29 procent by jej upřednostňovalo, i když návštěvu kostela jiné denominace nevylučují. Zjištění se opírají o průzkum mezi více než tisícovkou dospělých Vzorek je vyvážený s ohledem na pohlaví, věk, příjem, rasu a lokalitu. 471 dotázaných chodí do kostela pravidelně. Zdroj: Evangelical News, Ellison Research
	Podle průzkumu v USA přibývá dětí, které se učí doma
	Národní centrum pro statistiku ve školství (NCES) odhaduje, že výuka doma místo ve škole v USA vzrostla mezi lety 2009 a 2007 o 36 procent. „Domácí školáky je nyní možno nalézt ve všech společenských vrstvách,“ řekl Michael Smith, prezident Sdružení na obranu domácí školy (Home School Legal Defense Association). NCES odhaduje, že v roce 2007 se učilo doma 1.5 milionu dětí (2.9 procenta všech žáků), zatímco v roce 2003 jen 1.1 milionu (2.2 procenta). NCES také uvažuje o důvodech, které u rodičů působí příklon k domácímu učení jejich dětí. Rodiče stále znovu uvádějí negativní vliv vrstevníků ve veřejných školách, své rozhodnutí vést děti k morálním a náboženským zásadám a také obavy o akademickou kvalitu veřejných škol jako důvody domácího učení. Mezi uváděnými důvody však od roku 2003 nejvíce, o 11 procent, přibylo případů uvádějících důvod první: vést děti k náboženským a mravním zásadám - ze 72 procent v roce 2003 na 83 procent v roce 2007. Obavy ze společenského prostředí ve škole nicméně s 88 procenty zůstávají v čele uváděných důvodů. NCES je součástí Ministerstva školství USA. Zdroj: Christian Newswire
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	CONTINUED FIGHTING HAMPERS AID WORK IN GAZA STRIP Sources: Assist News Service, Baptist World Alliance, Church of the Brethren News Service, Ecumenical News International, Palestine News Network With calls by church and secular groups alike for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, mission agencies are responding with aid as the fighting continues. In Cairo, Egypt, a Baptist World Alliance team is providing medical treatment to persons who have fled from Israel’s Gaza Strip. Palestinian medical sources claim earlier this week that 908 people have been killed so far, including 277 children, and Israel said 13 Israelis have died. Independent confirmation of casualties is impossible as Israel is preventing international journalists from entering the coastal strip. Aid agencies say Gaza’s 1.5 million residents are in urgent need of food and medical aid. Civilians injured by bombings in Gaza are stuck in their homes without food and water, unable to seek medical attention, according to the director of an Anglican hospital in Gaza City. Nurses working at the hospital are unable to reach their own injured children at home. Ecumenical News International reported that the Al Ahli Arab Hospital has treated more than 100 patients since the onset of the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas. Diplomatic efforts between Egypt and Hamas in Cairo showed possible progress, according BBC News and Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair said after meeting with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak that elements were in place for a ceasefire agreement. Both Hamas and Israel have rejected last week’s U.N. resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. With continued fighting, a spokesman for the charity Save the Children said it was impossible for aid workers to do their jobs in Gaza. Brethren Disaster Ministries has requested $8,000 from Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund. Roy Winter of Brethren Disaster Ministries says an expanded appeal is expected when Gaza is safe for relief agencies. STUDY: CHURCHGOERS SHOW LACK OF LOYALTY TO THEIR DENOMINATION Sources: Evangelical News, Ellison Research Survey findings from Ellison Research show that seven out of 10 regular churchgoers would be at least somewhat open to switching denominations, with dramatic differences between Protestants and Roman Catholics. While three out of 10 churchgoers would only consider attending one denomination, the remainder would consider others. Nine percent of those surveyed said denomination does not factor into their decision of what church to attend. Loyalty differs strongly between Protestants and Catholics. Six out of 10 active Catholics would only consider attending a Roman Catholic church, and another 29 percent prefer this, although they do not rule out other denominations. The findings are from a study of more than 1,000 U.S. adults. The sample is balanced by gender, age, income, race and geography. The sample included 471 respondents who regularly attend worship services. INNOVATIVE LEADER APPOINTED TO EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE’S TOP JOB IN U.K. Sources: rlgmedia, Evangelical Alliance Press The Evangelical Alliance appointed Steve Clifford, whose innovation and leadership has helped shape some of the British church’s biggest national campaigns in the past decade, as its new general director. Clifford, 54, chair of the Hope 08 campaign and the international youth festival Soul Survivor, will take over the role as head of one of Britain’s oldest evangelical Christian organizations in early April. Clifford chaired and, with others, brought leadership to Hope 08. This was a national initiative that last year supported the church across the U.K. in a year of mission, through words and actions, representing thousands of churches as they got involved in their communities. Hope 08 was commended by police, government and the royal family. Clifford also chaired the leadership team of Soul Survivor, an international youth ministry running festivals attended by 25,000 young people in the U.K. alone. SURVEY: HOMESCHOOLING CONTINUES RAPID GROWTH IN THE U.S. Source: Christian Newswire The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) estimates that homeschooling in the U.S. grew 36 percent between 2003 and 2007. “Homeschoolers can now be found in all walks of life,” said Michael Smith, president of the Home School Legal Defense Association. The NCES estimates that there were 1.5 million homeschooled children (2.9 percent of the school age population) in 2007, up from 1.1 million (2.2 percent) in 2003.The NCES survey also considered the reasons parents are turning to homeschooling. Parents continued to cite the negative peer influences of public school, the desire to provide religious or moral instruction as well as concern about the academic quality of public school as their reasons for homeschooling. The greatest change from 2003 was an 11-point increase in the desire to provide religious and moral instruction which went from 72 percent in 2003 to 83 percent in 2007. Concerns about the school environment, however, remained the top reason with 88 percent. The NCES is part of the U.S. Department of Education. BIOLA PROFESSOR NAMED JOURNALISM CHAIR OF WORLD JOURNALISM INSTITUTE Sources: World Journalism Institute, Evangelical News Michael Longinow has been named as a chair of journalism at the World Journalism Institute for the remainder of the 2008-2009 academic year. Longinow will continue his full-time administrative and teaching responsibilities at Biola University where he chairs the school’s journalism department. He is also adviser of The Chimes, Biola’s student newspaper. Longinow has freelanced for The Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times as well as smaller weeklies in metro Chicago, southern Illinois and Georgia. Longinow’s reporting on racial inequities in the voting patterns of one of Georgia’s counties led to a change in that government’s structure. Longinow was invited in 1989 to teach journalism at Asbury College in Kentucky where he launched a bilingual newspaper for migrant Hispanics and helped the school become a consistent winner in statewide competitions involving campus weeklies. The World Journalism Institute, based in New York City, works to recruit, equip, place and encourage Christians in mainstream newsrooms across the U.S. STUDY: PASTORS UNAWARE OF SERIOUSNESS OF CHURCH MEMBER DEBT Sources: LifeWay Research, OneNews Now While almost two-thirds of Southern Baptist pastors have preached on stewardship in the past year, a new study shows that few of those pastors believe their church members have a significant amount of debt. Only 25 percent of pastors saw “a significant amount of personal debt” in their congregations. It stands in stark contrast to national statistics about U.S. families´ debt load, according to Scott McConnell at LifeWay Research. He said household debt in 2006 grew by $1.2 trillion, a one-year increase larger than the total amount of household debt just 30 years ago. LifeWay’s Bob Rodgers said that the average U.S. citizen “is struggling with oppressive debt; they are spending $1.26 for every dollar earned.” The Southern Baptist denomination is offering the “It’s A New Day” workshop designed to help pastors and churches learn strategic skills to manage their money more effectively, work their way out of financial bondage and achieve a sense of spiritual wellbeing about the financial side of their lives. KAZAKHSTAN’S PRESIDENT SENDS REPRESSIVE RELIGION LAW TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW Source: Forum 18 News Service Human rights defenders and religious communities in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan have given a cautious welcome to President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s decision to send a restrictive new Religion Law for a review by the country’s Constitutional Council. “We’ll be delighted if the president doesn’t sign the law,” said Baptist Pastor Yaroslav Senyushkevich. “The law would introduce harsh persecution.” However, he pointed out that his communities, which refuse to seek state registration on principle, already face repression. “We’re fined and banned from meeting for worship--they want to close our churches,” Senyushkevich added. One Baptist member recently had his main source of income confiscated and was fired from his job because he led worship without state permission. Speaking of his former employer, who fired him after being visited by court officials, Pastor Aleksandr Kerker said that “he is not to blame though . . . he was afraid.” Officer candidates and other students at the Kazakh Air Force’s main training establishment have been warned against “religious extremism” and “religious groups nontraditional for Kazakhstan.” * HCJB Global Voice is bringing words of hope and encouragement to people across Central Asia via radio. Together with partners, Christian broadcasts go out in languages such as Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek, Southern Uzbek and Urdu. BAN LIFTED ON CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER IN MALAYSIA Source: Compass Direct News Malaysia’s Ministry of Home Affairs has lifted a ban imposed several days earlier on the Malay-language section of a Catholic newspaper, but stipulated that the use of “Allah” in references to God in that section are prohibited pending a court decision. Father Lawrence Andrew, who edits the newspaper, The Herald, said a letter made from Malaysia’s government clearly state that its earlier demands of the paper still stand. For instance, the word “terhad” (“restricted” or “limited” in Malay) must appear on the newspaper’s front page to indicate that the weekly can only be sold in churches and is meant for Christians only. The Herald is not contesting this and Andrew said it is not an unreasonable request. The Home Affairs Ministry has continued to prohibit the publisher from using the word “Allah” as the Malay translation for God. Andrew said the publisher is preparing a reply, reiterating the paper’s stance that it be allowed to use the word until the court decides otherwise. He said the newspaper will continue using “Allah” in its newly resuscitated Malay-language section since the court has yet to decide on the matter. A court hearing in set for late February. Malaysia’s government issued warnings against using the word “Allah” to refer to God, fearing it might cause confusion among the country’s majority-Muslim population. The Herald’s publisher, however, said the newspaper has the right to use the word and took the government to court over the issue. * HCJB Global-Australia’s shortwave station in Kununurra airs weekly 15-minute programs in Malayalam to South Asia and a half-hour Malay program to Southeast Asia. UPDATE: DETAINED BRITISH MISSIONARY COUPLE IN GAMBIA PLEADS FOR CLEMENCY Source: BosNewsLife A British missionary couple sentenced to one-year jail terms with hard labor for sedition in the West African country of Gambia has “apologized” to the government of President Yahya Jammeh. He asked the president for clemency through a letter read on national television. “We are honored for the chance to apologize to President Jammeh and we do so humbly plea that he will compassionately grant us clemency,” according to the letter monitored by BosNewsLife. David Fulton, 60, and his wife, Fiona, 46, have been living in Gambia for 12 years. He was a chaplain to soldiers while his wife worked with the terminally ill. They were sentenced last month and also ordered to pay a fine of about $10,000, in addition to their hard labor prison term. © Copyright 2009 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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