Zprávy HCJB 3.5.2009 - 9.5.2009

	Letoun Kodiak symbolizuje novou dobu misijního létání
	V sobotu 2. května Mission Aviation Fellowship (MFA) uvítalo první letoun KODIAK na své americké hlavní základně v Idaho. Znamená to začátek nového období misijního létání. Stroj KODIAK 100 je prvním z nové generace letadel pro divočinu a výrobce – Quest Aircraft C. v Setpointu v Idaho - jej zkonstruoval podle návrhů misijních společností. Bude nasazován zejména v Indonézii a je „víc než jen příkladem pokročilých technologií,“ řekl John Boyd z MAF. Většinu letadel MAF dosud tvoří populární Cessna 206, která však létá na letecký benzín, který je těžko dostupný a drahý. Kodiak 100 pohání letecký petrolej, který mají všude a je levnější. Boyd označil spolupráci s leteckou firmou za „bezpříkladně dobrou,“ sloužící jako „vzor pro misijní úsilí 21. století.“ V příštích několika letech MAF nahradí 20 svých letounů Cessna 206 novými letadly. Zdroj: Mission Aviation Fellowship, Christian Newswire
	Představitelé církve se liší v názoru na přijatý „Zákon proti nenávisti“
	Zákon proti nenávisti přijatý nedávno americkou Sněmovnou reprezentantů působí mezi konzervativními náboženskými představiteli neklid. Pastor z Marylandu Harry R. Jackson řekl, že tato Rezoluce 1913 „způsobí ve chvíli, která je pro budoucnost USA kritická, ochromení hlasů z kazatelen, odkud již nemůže být kázána biblická morálka a biblická sexualita.“ Jackson je starším kazatelem Hope Christian Church. „Vím, že je politicky nevhodné říkat, že jisté životní způsoby Bible neodpouští, ale my, kdo vedeme společenství věřících, musíme dnes volit, zda být biblicky korektní nebo politicky přiměřený. Věřím, že budeme-li biblicky korektní, můžeme ovlivňovat národ.“ Přesto někteří církevní představitelé jako floridský pastor Joel Hunter považují zákon za biblický v tom, že vede k boji za práva všech občanů. „Myslel bych, že následovníci Krista by měli být v první linii boje za ochranu jakékoliv skupiny proti zločinům nenávisti,“ řekl Hunter, který vede megasbor v Orlandu a pracuje v poradním sboru Bílého Domu, který se zabývá sousedským a nábožensky založeným partnerstvím. „Ježíš jediný zasáhl proti nábožensky motivovanému násilí proti cizoložné ženě. Ochránil ji, i když její chování neprominul. Zákon chrání jak práva konzervativních nábožensky smýšlejících lidí nadšeně hlásat svůj výklad Písma, tak jejich jinak smýšlející spoluobčany před fyzickým útokem. Zákon proto velmi podporuji.“ Zdroj: charismamag.com, christianpost.com, Ministry Today
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	12 RADIO PARTNERS FROM ASIA PACIFIC REGION HELP WITH TEACHING IN SINGAPORE Source: HCJB Global In late March HCJB Global’s Asia Pacific Region held its annual Radio School of Mission II in Singapore as radio station leaders met in Singapore for a week. Twelve different ministries were represented with attendees coming from across the region to take the more advanced training. Participants had previously been in Singapore for Radio School of Mission I a year earlier. During the 12 months between visits, students worked on a research project, finding the answer to a key question relevant to their own ministry. Then they presented their findings to the class. “There were some excellent projects presented, and so much of the teaching was done by the students themselves,” said HCJB Global trainer James Totton. “There was a wonderful camaraderie amongst this group of students, and they worked, played, worshiped, shared and prayed together like they’d known each other for years!” The students said they were encouraged with the content of the training which including topics such as “Kingdom Building,” “Leadership Principles” and “Mass Media Management.” Faculty members included Ron and Barb Cline and Tim Tomlinson from North America along with Totton, Janice Reid and Christopher and Dolly Kirubakaran from Asia Pacific. Each student graduated with an HCJB Global-Asia Pacific “Certificate in Leadership.” KODIAK PLANE DEDICATION MARKS DAWNING OF NEW ERA FOR MISSIONARY AVIATION Sources: Mission Aviation Fellowship, Christian Newswire Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) dedicated its first KODIAK airplane at its U.S. headquarters in Idaho Saturday, May 2, marking the beginning of a new era in missionary aviation. The new KODIAK 100 is the first of the next-generation bush planes to be produced under a special arrangement between the mission agency and the manufacturer, Quest Aircraft Co., based in Sandpoint, Idaho. The plane, to be deployed in Indonesia, is “more than an example of leading-edge technology,” said MAF’s John Boyd. Most MAF planes, including the popular Cessna 206, run on avgas (aviation gasoline) which is scarce and expensive in many remote areas where MAF operates. However, the KODIAK is powered by jet fuel which is more plentiful and less expensive than avgas. Boyd called the cooperation between the two organizations as “unprecedented,” serving as a “model for 21st-century missionary efforts.” In the next few years MAF will replac e 20 of its Cessna 206s with planes that operate on avgas--either KODIAKs or Cessna Caravans. BRITISH BAPTISTS URGED TO ‘ENGAGE IN GOD’S MISSION,’ NEW PRESIDENT NAMED Source: Baptist World Alliance Neville Callam, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), called on British Baptists to become more fully engaged in God’s mission. He was speaking to 2,000 worshipers at the annual assembly of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) in Bournemouth, England, on Saturday, May 2. “Christians will faithfully fulfill their missionary calling only if they do God’s mission in God’s way,” Callam said. “Such mission has its origin in God the Father. Jesus knows that if His disciples are ever going to faithfully carry out the demands of mission, they cannot depend merely on themselves…. We need the Holy Spirit. Our own personal resources are valuable, but they are not sufficient.” During the assembly, a joint gathering of the BUGB and BMS World Mission (the main mission agency for British Baptists), Kingsley Appiagyei was also named as BUGB’s new president. Originally from Ghana, Appiagyei founded the two largest Baptist churches within the denomination, including the 2,000-member Trinity Baptist Church in London where he is senior pastor. He challenged believers to prepare for a revival in the U.K. “This is the dawning of a new era, and as we put our hands together and believe God, He will visit His people afresh,” Appiagyei said. “God will forgive His people and heal our land. There will be a revival and a fresh awakening.” The assembly also marked the 400th anniversary of the founding of Baptist witness. The first Baptist church was established in Amsterdam in 1609 by British exiles who fled religious persecution in their homeland. CHRISTIANS IN MYANMAR REBUILDING A YEAR AFTER DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE Sources: Mission Network News, Church World Service A year after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar (Burma), survivors are starting to rebuild, but without government help. Rather it’s coming from Christian organizations such as Vision Beyond Borders (VBB). “People will come to the church to get rice, blankets, medicine, whatever they need,” said VBB founder Patrick Klein. “And then at night we’ll have gospel meetings right there in the church.” He added that many citizens have become Christians in recent years, including some of the 60,000 orphans. “I believe this is a great opportunity for the church, especially in America, to step up and really help these kids get into a good home where they’re loved and they can grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ.” Church World Service (CWS) also continues to assist communities affected by the storm, providing food, water and emergency shelter in partnership with local organizations. CWS is also helping to rebuild schools and assist rice farmers in producing a crop despite damage to fields, lost laborers and materials. Through these efforts, more than 38,000 land-owning households have received rice seed stock, fertilizer, power tillers and fuel to sow their crops as well as cash to create jobs for 44,000 landless laborers. So far this year CWS and its partner in Myanmar have built two schools with plans to build eight more and provide school supplies. * Broadcasts in the Rawang language, spoken by more than 140,000 people in Myanmar, began airing from HCJB Global-Australia’s shortwave station in Kununurra in 2007. Two half-hour programs in this language air daily--one slot in the morning and one in the afternoon. ‘ANGELS AND DEMONS’ FILM FAILS TO GENERATE OUTRAGE FROM VATICAN Sources: Catholic News Service, Crosswalk The Vatican responded to the second Dan Brown film with a different attitude--avoidance. The Vatican barred the filming of “Angels and Demons” from sites within Vatican City, but has otherwise ignored the film, to be released Friday, May 15. Director Ron Howard has lodged various complaints against the Holy See, and acknowledged at a press conference that the film’s marketing might include exploiting potential conflict with the Vatican. “The marketing department of any studio would love to be able to create controversy over their films. But they can’t do it on their own; they need a partner,” he said. The Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, declined to comment on Howard’s accusations, saying they were merely designed to generate publicity for the film which depicts various conspiracies and power plays at work within the Vatican. CHURCH LEADERS DIFFER ON HATE CRIME LEGISLATION APPROVED BY U.S. HOUSE Sources: charismamag.com, christianpost.com, Ministry Today Hate crime legislation recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is causing a stir among conservative church leaders. Maryland Pastor Harry R. Jackson predicted that House Resolution 1913 “is going to cause, in a critical moment in U.S. history, a chilling effect in the pulpit where we cannot preach about biblical morality and sexuality.” Jackson is senior pastor of Hope Christian Church. “I know it’s not politically correct to say that certain lifestyles are not condoned by the Bible, but in this day those of us who are leaders in the faith community have got to make a choice to be biblically correct or politically correct. I believe if we are biblically correct, we will impact the nation.” However, Christian leaders such as Florida Pastor Joel Hunter see the bill as biblical in that it proposes to fight for the rights of all citizens. “I would think that the followers of Jesus would be first in line to protect any group from hate crimes,” said Hunter who leads an Orlando megachurch and serves on the advisory council of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. “Jesus was the one who intervened against religious violence aimed at the woman caught in the act of adultery. He protected her while not condoning her behavior. This bill protects both the rights of conservative religious people to voice passionately their interpretations of the Scriptures and protects their fellow citizens from physical attack. I strongly endorse this bill.” WEBSITE LAUNCHES ‘HOLY LAND TRAVEL REVOLUTION’ Source: Travelujah.com Travelujah.com has launched a website that focuses exclusively on travel to the Holy Land. The site aims to make the area more accessible to Christian users and to spur tourism to and economic development in Israel and the Palestinian territories. “We believe that a trip to the Holy Land will help shape the way visitors view all aspects of their lives, including family, faith and heritage,” said Elisa Moed of Travelujah. She is a 20-year veteran of the hospitality, travel and tourism industries. Travelujah is also the only website offering access to more than 25 historic church-run guesthouses located throughout the region along with discounted hotel, car rental and tour reservations. EGYPT’S SWINE DESTRUCTION THREATENS INDUSTRY RUN BY COPTIC CHRISTIANS Sources: Compass Direct News, BosNewsLife Despite criticism from World Health Organization (WHO) that mass slaughter of pigs is unnecessary to fight the influenza A (H1N1) virus, authorities in Egypt pressed ahead with the effort, crippling the livelihood of thousands of swine breeders, nearly all Coptic Christians. No cases of the so-called “swine flu” have been reported in Egypt, but the government last week ordered the slaughter of the country’s pigs as a precautionary measure--something Coptic Christians see as an attack on the minority group. After WHO criticized the move as unnecessary, the government rebranded the slaughter as “a general public health measure” to confront what it said was a longstanding hygienic problem posed by pigs and garbage dumps in densely populated areas of the capital, Cairo. However, a pig farmer northeast of Cairo said in published comments, “Our pigs are healthy. They are our capital and they have no diseases.” An estimat ed 250,000 Coptic Christians raise pigs and collect garbage to eke out a living in Cairo. On Sunday, May 3, some more than 300 residents of Cairo’s Manshiyat Nasr area, most of them Coptic Christians, set up blockades to try to keep government teams from removing their animals. Eight protesters were reportedly hurt during clashes with police. Coptic Christians comprise about 10 percent of Egypt’s population, making them the largest Christian community in the Middle East. AZERBAIJAN: REVISED RELIGION LAW COULD BAN ‘UNREGISTERED WORSHIP’ Source: Forum 18 News Service Revisions to Azerbaijan’s Religion Law are due to go to the full session of the country’s parliament, the Milli Mejlis, today (Friday, May 8), according to the nation’s parliamentary press office. The text of the amendments reportedly includes a ban on unregistered religious activity. However, the wording hasn’t been made public. Rabiyyat Aslanova, a parliamentary deputy who chairs the parliament’s Human Rights Committee, said in an interview that registration for churches would be made compulsory. Asked whether this meant that unregistered religious activity would therefore become illegal, she responded, “No, it’s a free choice, whether to register or not. No one will be punished for practicing without registration as long as they don’t preach against the national interest or denigrate the dignity of others.” She declined to discuss the definition of these terms or why such provisions are needed. Aslan ova confirmed that once the amendments are adopted, religious communities with registration will again be required to re-register. * HCJB Global Voice, in partnership with Faith Comes by Hearing and local partners in Baku, Azerbaijan, recorded the dramatized Azeri New Testament. The recordings, completed in 1998, have been made into a series of radio programs. KENYAN PASTOR BEATEN WHILE CROSSING BORDER INTO SOMALIA Source: Compass Direct News A pastor trying to visit Somalia’s autonomous, self-declared state of Somaliland earlier this year discovered just how hostile the separatist region can be to Christians. A convert from Islam, Abdi Welli Ahmed is an East Africa Pentecostal Church pastor from Kenya who in February tried to visit and encourage the few Christians in the religiously intolerant region of Somaliland. When he arrived by car at the border crossing of Wajaale on Feb. 19 with all legal travel documents, his Bible and other Christian literature landed him in unexpected trouble with Somaliland immigration officials who held him for nine hours. “I was beaten up for being in possession of Christian materials,” Ahmed said. “They threatened to kill me if I did not renounce my faith, but I refused to their face.” Ahmed said the chief border official in Wajaale, whom he could identify only by his surname of Jama, took charge of most of the torturing. Jama and o thers told him they had killed two Somali Christians and would do the same to him. However, Ahmed said he was released with the aid of an unnamed Ethiopian friend. © Copyright 2009 - HCJB Global - Colorado Springs, CO USA

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