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EDITOR’S NOTE: The HCJB World Radio Daily News Update will be suspended next week during the ministry’s 74th Annual Members’ Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo. The news service will resume on Monday, Sept. 20.

Today’s Headlines:

ANTI-CHRISTIAN MOB CAPTURES, THREATENS TO KILL 3 MISSIONARIES IN INDIA WORLD VISION RESPONDS TO NEEDS FOLLOWING HOSTAGE CRISIS IN RUSSIA CHRISTIAN RELIEF AGENCY RUSHES AID TO CARIBBEAN AFTER 2 HURRICANES HURRICANES DAMAGE CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN FLORIDA ATHENS-AREA CHURCHES TO BEGIN SERVICES IN MODERN-DAY GREEK * WORLD RADIO NETWORK STATION IN TEXAS GETS PERMIT TO BOOST POWER

Today’s News Stories:

ANTI-CHRISTIAN MOB CAPTURES, THREATENS TO KILL 3 MISSIONARIES IN INDIA Anti-Christian militants in India’s northeastern state of Bihar are threatening to kill three native missionaries from Gospel for Asia (GFA) within 48 hours unless a ransom is paid, the ministry reported earlier today. A missionary pastor named Manrathan along with his wife and a Bible teacher, Sarita, are being held hostage. An anti-Christian mob from six villages beat the workers, tied them to a large “sacred tree” and demanded a ransom of 25,000 rupees (US$540) for “desecrating” their village with the gospel. “If the exorbitant amount is not received within 48 hours, they plan to kill the missionaries,” GFA reported. “There are no police in the isolated area to intervene.” GFA leaders are praying for wisdom on how they can best help the situation. The anti-Christian group spearheading the incident is the same one that burned to death missionary Graham Staines and his two children in the state of Orissa in 1999. Manrathan and his team planted a church in his village despite the threat of persecution. He recently held a service where new believers “publicly proclaimed their Christian faith,” GFA reported. “It was a significant time for the congregation. One new believer, a tribal person, renounced his old faith publicly by turning away from everything else to believe in God. This act was brought to the attention of the whole village by his neighbors who objected to his conversion. News of the event quickly spread to the six surrounding villages. Before long a large mob descended on the small congregation of new believers and began to beat them.” (Gospel for Asia/BosNewsLife)

WORLD VISION RESPONDS TO NEEDS FOLLOWING HOSTAGE CRISIS IN RUSSIA While medical centers in Beslan in Russia’s North Ossetia republic, have been overwhelmed with the wounded and dying in the aftermath of the hostage drama last week, World Vision is responding by reaching out to people’s physical and spiritual needs. The attack by Chechen terrorists left more than 350 dead and hundreds more wounded. World Vision has sent more than $75,000 worth of aid to the community. “They’re requesting lung ventilation machines to assist with breathing, bedside monitors — monitoring heart rates — blood pressure gauges, plastic coverings for mattresses, scalpel blades and diapers for children and adults . . . those types of things,” said World Vision spokesman David Womble. The ministry also hopes to open a counseling center to help people deal with long-term emotional needs. “Everyone that I saw in the hospital, I just assured them that they were in our prayers,” he said. World Vision is working through local churches, “empowering them to be more effective in outreach.” (Mission Network News)

CHRISTIAN RELIEF AGENCY RUSHES AID TO CARIBBEAN AFTER 2 HURRICANES Food for the Poor is responding to the needs of people affected by recent hurricanes in the Caribbean by sending aid to the worst-hit areas. The Christian agency sent shipments of relief supplies to Grand Bahama Island which was severely damaged by Hurricane Frances. A full container of kerosene stoves and lanterns, blankets, buckets and coolers has arrived at the island, and the supplies are being distributed to storm victims. Discovery Cruise Lines, operating out of Port Everglades, Fla., has provided the transportation for the relief supplies, and will be assisting Food for the Poor by shipping an additional 15 containers of food and water destined for Grand Bahama Island. Initial reports received from Grenada indicate that up to 90 percent of the homes on the island were either damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ivan. Building supplies will be required in addition to food, water and other emergency relief supplies. The ministry plans to ship 13 semi-trailer loads of relief supplies such as lumber, zinc sheets, food and medicines to St. George’s as soon as the port reopens. Preparations are also being made to respond to the expected needs in Jamaica following the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Ivan. (Assist News Service/Associated Press)

HURRICANES DAMAGE CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN FLORIDA Dr. Greg Hall, president of Warner Southern College, Lake Wales, Fla., says classes are set to resume on Monday, Sept. 20 — a month later than the original opening date — after two hurricanes recently swept through the area, severely damaging the campus. Some buildings were destroyed while others severely damaged by the unrelenting wind and rain. Hurricane Frances did not hit as hard as Charley, but it lasted a lot longer and covered a wider area. Hurricane Charley hit the campus from the southwest while Frances came in from the southeast. H.E.A.R.T., a missionary training institute located on land leased from the college, was also damaged in the storms. Executive Director Joe Mattox said that approximately 250 trees were destroyed and that many of them landed on buildings and other aspects of the village as they came down. He said that 14 of the institute’s 16 buildings were either destroyed or severely damaged. (Assist News Service)

ATHENS-AREA CHURCHES TO BEGIN SERVICES IN MODERN-DAY GREEK Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the Church of Greece, has instructed churches in the Athens area to start conducting New Testament readings in modern-day Greek later this month. Until now, the New Testament has been read in the original Hellenistic Koine Greek, an ancient version of the language spoken from the late fourth-century B.C. to fifth-century A.D. Christodoulos is concerned that the young especially do not understand this form of Greek and cannot follow the services, reported the daily newspaper, Eleftheros Typos. In a major step for a church that clings to its traditions, the archbishop received approval from the Holy Synod to start a pilot scheme in Athenian churches on Sunday, Sept. 19, which will see New Testament texts read in the original language before they are read again in modern Greek. (WorldWide Religious News/ Kathimerini)

* WORLD RADIO NETWORK STATION IN TEXAS GETS PERMIT TO BOOST POWER Nearly five years after submitting its initial application, World Radio Network station KBNL in Laredo, Texas, has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at full power, further increasing its potential impact on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. More than 200,000 Hispanics in Laredo and 800,000 across the border in Mexico are within hearing range of the station’s Christian Spanish broadcasts.

“On a rainy day in McAllen, Texas, a message arrived from our network’s lawyer, John Wilbur, saying that the FCC granted KBNL a construction permit . . . to operate at the 100-kw power level,” said WRN engineer Jim Heck on Thursday, Sept. 2. “Our application to do this change was made on Oct. 5, 1999. The grant comes just two months short of five years from that time.”

Since the station already operates with temporary FCC permission at 75 kw, the power boost “won’t have a huge impact” on the coverage area, Heck said. “But this moves us from a place of uncertainty to a place of certainty as we are able now to apply for a permanent license at our new tower location. That will also allow us to do some further development at the station such as licensing a standby transmitter for emergencies.” KBNL has up to three years to adjust its power level.

“I feel a sense of gratitude that the Lord in His mercy has moved the FCC to grant us the permit,” he said.

WRN Director Glenn Lafitte said he was the manager of KBNL nine years ago when he first heard that the station would have to move its antenna tower from a leased site. “It’s a wonderful feeling that the station now has full permission to operate at 100 kw from its own facilities.”

World Radio Network, a partner ministry of HCJB World Radio, has 23 Spanish and English FM outlets, most broadcasting along the U.S.-Mexico border. (HCJB World Radio)

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