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HINDU ACTIVISTS IN INDIA THREATEN VIOLENCE AFTER KILLERS’ SENTENCING EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN ARRESTED AT AIRPORT, ACCUSED OF MARRYING MUSLIM AUTHOR DEREK PRINCE DIES OF HEART ATTACK IN JERUSALEM AT AGE 88 PORTUGUESE MINISTRY SETS GOAL TO REACH 4,000 CHURCHES BY 2015 LEADERS URGE CO-PARTICIPATION OF LATIN, NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONARIES CHURCHES BLAMED FOR FAILING TO STEM SLIDE OF AMERICAN CULTURE

Today’s News Stories:

HINDU ACTIVISTS IN INDIA THREATEN VIOLENCE AFTER KILLERS’ SENTENCING With the conviction of 13 Hindu activists in the burning death of missionary Graham Stewart Staines and his two sons in January 1999, Christians in India fear reprisals from militant Hindu groups. The Hindustan Times reported on Sept. 20 that a group claiming to defend Dara Singh, the ringleader who was convicted and sentenced to death in the case, has threatened to kill a Catholic priest in Orissa if the conviction is not overturned. Father Kuriakose received the letter after Singh and the others were sentenced on Sept. 15. Police are investigating the validity of the letter. In a separate incident, Mid Day Multimedia reported that Hindu activists stopped a prayer meeting in Borivali, India, on Thursday, Sept. 18, driving out at least 100 Christians and locking the hall. The Hindus accused the Christians of planning to convert people to Christianity during the meeting, using money as inducements for conversion. Police said they received complaints from the Christians as well as the Hindus and are investigating. (Voice of the Martyrs)

EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN ARRESTED AT AIRPORT, ACCUSED OF MARRYING MUSLIM Bolis Rezekallah, an Egyptian Christian preparing to immigrate to Canada, was detained at the Cairo airport Wednesday, Sept. 24, when officials learned that he was married to a Muslim convert named Enas Badawi. Since Islamic law forbids men to marry Muslim women, and converting to Christianity is a potential capital offense, the couple had decided to forego the civil ceremony and only hold a church wedding. Learning that his wife, who was not traveling with him but who also has a Canadian immigrant visa, was legally still a Muslim, officials arrested Rezekallah. (Voice of the Martyrs)

AUTHOR DEREK PRINCE DIES OF HEART ATTACK IN JERUSALEM AT AGE 88 Bible scholar and author Derek Prince, 88, died of heart failure at his home in Jerusalem Wednesday, Sept. 24. Prince is known by many Christians worldwide for authoring more than 45 books, including Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting, and The Spirit-filled Believer’s Handbook which have been translated and distributed worldwide in more than 60 languages. He pioneered teaching on such groundbreaking themes as generational curses, the biblical significance of Israel and demonology. He also began “Keys to Successful Living,” a weekly radio program, in 1979. The program airs on 124 stations. Prince was born in Bangalore, India, into a British military family. He studied at Eton College and Cambridge University in England and Hebrew University in Israel. He and his first wife, Lydia, immigrated to the U.S. in 1963 to pastor a church in Seattle. After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Prince became passionate about teaching Americans how to intercede for the nation. Derek Prince Ministries distributes his work and teachings and trains missionaries, congregations and leaders at 12 locations worldwide. Funeral services are being held in Jerusalem today. A memorial service is also being planned for Charlotte, N.C. (National Religious Broadcasters/Derek Prince Ministries)

PORTUGUESE MINISTRY SETS GOAL TO REACH 4,000 CHURCHES BY 2015 The Portuguese Evangelical Alliance has an official church-planting strategy to reach a total of 4,000 evangelical churches in Portugal by the year 2015. The plan, set by pastor Paulo M ©ndez, is based on the Dawn strategy. In 1960 there were just 291 churches in the country. By 1980 this number grew to 894, and by 2000 it reached 1,630. “If the trend continues and the Portuguese churches plant churches at the same rate as in the recent past, there will be 4,000 churches in the year 2015,” says Dawn European Network’s Reinhold Scharnowski. (Friday Fax/Dawn Report)

LEADERS URGE CO-PARTICIPATION OF LATIN, NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONARIES A recent meeting of the minds in Panama may determine the course of partnerships for the church in Latin America. A consultation of Latin American Christian leaders and North American mission personnel reached some innovative conclusions about the future of expatriate mission work in that region, reported Latin America Mission’s Ken MacHarg. “The nearly 100 missionaries and church leaders who met in Panama in mid-September cautioned that differing perspectives between North and Latin Americans are the main barriers to cooperative missionary effort,” he said. “Participants agreed that church and mission leaders need to stop thinking in terms of North Americans and Latin Americans with separate roles, but as co-participants in the mission given by God.” Latin American pastors and leaders emphasized the continuing opportunities for mission work in the region, and affirmed that the need for missionaries to work in specialized ministry areas with an attitude of mutual respect and teamwork. (Mission Network News)

CHURCHES BLAMED FOR FAILING TO STEM SLIDE OF AMERICAN CULTURE Churches may be to blame for the downward slide of American culture, says Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. He believes the religious element of American society has to share the blame for the depravity that is running rampant throughout the nation’s culture. “There’s no doubt that we’re seeing a cultural shift, and part of the ‘anchor’ that should be there — the church — in many ways has contributed to the drifting.” He says many churches have rejected the teachings of the Bible and embraced a secular worldview of life while the remaining churches keep quiet. Activists say both of those attitudes have contributed to the culture’s decline. (Agape Press/Religion Today)

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