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* TERRORIST INJURES RETIRED HCJB WORLD RADIO MISSIONARY, DAUGHTER 4 MORE CHRISTIANS SLAUGHTERED IN INDONESIA AS VIOLENCE INCREASES LEGACY OF MILITANT ATHEISM LINGERS IN BELARUS FOLLOWING SOVIET ERA PASTORS ATTEND CONFERENCE IN CLOSED MIDDLE EAST COUNTRY CHRISTIAN APOLOGIST BOB PASSANTINO DIES IN CALIFORNIA

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* TERRORIST INJURES RETIRED HCJB WORLD RADIO MISSIONARY, DAUGHTER Retired HCJB World Radio missionary Gustavo Molina and his daughter Kathy were among five Ecuadorian tourists wounded this morning when a Jordanian terrorist opened fire on the group at a border crossing near Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat. Border guards immediately shot back, killing the attacker.

Although details are sketchy, the injuries to Molina and his daughter are not considered serious, and both are recovering in the Eilat hospital in southern Israel. Patricia Ter ¡n, a member of La Rep ºblica Alliance Church in Quito, suffered the worst injuries and was airlifted to Beersheva for treatment of head wounds, reported El Comercio. The five victims were part of a group of 29 Ecuadorian tourists from Quito and Guayaquil. They were on a tour of Jordan, Israel and Egypt.

Reuters reported that the rare incident of violence on the Israel-Jordan frontier broke out just before Palestinian leaders began talks in Gaza with militant factions on reaching a cease-fire with Israel to revive a U.S.-backed peace plan that has been stymied by persistence violence.

The gunman, a truck driver from the predominantly Palestinian city of Zarqa, Jordan, passed through the Jordanian border terminal outside the port of Aqaba and crouched among trucks lined up at the Israeli terminal before opening fire on tourists waiting ahead of them.

“The gunman . . . opened fire 20 yards from the entrance to the Israeli passport check,” Menachem Zelichovsky, from the Airport Authority which oversees Israel’s sensitive border crossings with Arab states, told Israel radio. “He hit five tourists before border guards shot back and killed him. It was all over very quickly.”

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the southern Israeli border zone, scarcely touched by more than three years of violence in a Palestinian uprising. Guerrilla-style border attacks on Israel launched from Egypt or Jordan have been rare since 1979 and 1994 peace accords were signed. But more than half of Jordan’s population is of Palestinian descent and many opposed the normalization of relations.

Jordanian government spokeswoman Asma Khader told Associated Press, “Preliminary information indicates that this was an individual, not an organizational attack.”

Molina has served as a chaplain at HCJB World Radio’s Vozandes Hospital in Quito for more than 40 years — the last 34 year of those as a missionary. Although officially retired since August, he continues to volunteer at the hospital. His goal was to lead at least one patient Christ every day, and thousands responded to the Lord throughout his career. (HCJB World Radio/El Comercio/Reuters/AP)

4 MORE CHRISTIANS SLAUGHTERED IN INDONESIA AS VIOLENCE INCREASES Four more Christians were killed in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on the weekend, and 2,000 police officers and soldiers have been put on alert as Muslim anger erupted over attempts to arrest those responsible for previous anti-Christian violence. On Nov. 16 the bodies of Mr. Tadjodja, 58, and his nephew were found in their car between two Muslim villages near Poso. He was the treasurer of the prominent Central Sulawesi Christian Church and had been sent by the church’s synod to preach in one of the villages hit in the earlier attacks on Oct. 12. His 26-year-old nephew was the driver. The windows of the car had been broken and Tadjodja was struck with a blunt instrument. His nephew was attacked with a machete or similar weapon. On the same day, another church member was traveling through Poso when an irate Muslim mob reportedly forced him to a halt, dragged him from his motorbike and beat him to death. His body was found near the market area in Poso along with the body of another Christian man who had been killed in a similar fashion. The Muslim mob was venting its anger over the arrest of Muslim suspects in the Oct. 12 attacks. (Barnabas Fund)

LEGACY OF MILITANT ATHEISM LINGERS IN BELARUS FOLLOWING SOVIET ERA The influence of Soviet-era atheist ideology upon Belarus remains strong, suggest Orthodox and Protestant churches in the country. Many of the officials who worked for the Soviet-era Council for Religious Affairs reportedly continue to staff the State Committee for Religious and Ethnic Affairs which has a far more extensive network of officials than similar bodies in Russia. Their legacy is so prevalent that Belarus is witnessing the “rebirth of dark communist times.” Texts used for instruction in state education maintain that “Religion’s promises to give a person everything that he seeks in it are but illusion and deception.” Pentecostal spokesman Naum Sakhanchuk said the repression of non-Orthodox confessions is much more closely connected with this atheist legacy than with state support for the Belarusian Orthodox Church. One anonymous Orthodox source agreed, maintaining that the 2002 religion law was adopted in the interests of the state, not the church. “It was made out to be for the benefit of the church so that society would accept it,” the source remarked. (Forum 18 News Service)

PASTORS ATTEND CONFERENCE IN CLOSED MIDDLE EAST COUNTRY American evangelist Sammy Tippit is calling for prayer as he begins a pastors’ conference in a closed Middle East country. He says this training is being videotaped to provide resources for Christian workers across the Arab world. “We’re making DVDs and CDs so that they can go back, and this can be multiplied,” Tippit says. “There is a great need to raise up a new generation who can handle all of the people who are coming to Christ.” Tippit says the ministry also has secured time on a cable television channel to share the gospel in the region next year. Up to 100 million people will have access to the gospel broadcasts. (Mission Network News)

CHRISTIAN APOLOGIST BOB PASSANTINO DIES IN CALIFORNIA Bob Passantino, a Christian apologist and co-founder and co-director (with his wife, Gretchen) of the Answers in Action ministry, died from a heart attack on Monday, Nov. 17, in Costa Mesa, Calif. He was 52. A ministry spokesman described him as being “one of our greatest defenders of the faith.” A statement on the ministry’s website added, “After returning home from a walk, [Bob] complained of dizziness. Because of his ongoing heart problems, the paramedics were called and he was taken to the hospital. The doctors worked to save him for several hours, but were unable to keep Bob’s heart going.” The statement went on to say the he spent the last 32 years of his life dedicated to the defense of the Christian faith. Respected in the fields of apologetics, evangelism, philosophy and theology, the Passantinos were beloved mentors, teachers and friends to countless individuals who sought their insight over the years. Answers in Action was set up to equip Christians to be effective and successful witnesses, evangelists and apologists for the Christian faith and to adopt sound reasoning and solid critical thinking. The Passantinos authored several books including Answers to the Cultist at Your Door, Witch Hunt, When the Devil Dares Your Kids, Satanism, and The New Cults. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at Prince of Peace Church in Costa Mesa. (Assist News Service)

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