2 KILLED AS MUSLIM MILITANTS ATTACK EVANGELISTS IN NIGERIA

THOUSANDS OF DUMP DWELLERS TO HEAR GOSPEL AT CHRISTMAS PARTIES

INDIA’S RELIGIOUS LEADERS LAUNCH FAITH-BASED CAMPAIGN AGAINST AIDS

‘GODLESS’ YOUNG GENERATION WORRIES KENYA’S PROTESTANT CHURCHES

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN RUSSIA KEY TO FILLING GREAT COMMISSION

* HCJB WORLD RADIO REPORTER IN QUITO WINS AWARD FOR MEDICAL STORY

Today’s News Stories:

2 KILLED AS MUSLIM MILITANTS ATTACK EVANGELISTS IN NIGERIA Police have arrested 10 Muslim militants in Dutse, the capital of northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state, for perpetrating an attack on a team of Christian evangelists on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The incident reportedly left two people dead — one of them a militant — and 20 others injured. Police reported that 10 heavily armed extremists attacked the New Life for All gospel team and members of the public during an open-air preaching event. Other Muslims reportedly joined in the fray, siding with the Christians against the extremist group, until police arrived to restore order and arrest the assailants. “This attack [is the] second in a year in which Christians are being attacked without provocation,” said Rev. Umaru Dutse of the Christian Association of Nigeria. “The situation is becoming more difficult for us.” (Compass)

THOUSANDS OF DUMP DWELLERS TO HEAR GOSPEL AT CHRISTMAS PARTIES More than 8,000 of the poorest residents in Quito, Ecuador will have the opportunity to share a Christmas meal and hear the gospel message this weekend through an outreach sponsored by the humanitarian organization Extreme Response. Forty-five people from the U.S. will join 200 local volunteers from mission organizations, churches and schools to share food, entertainment, carnival games and a gift for residents of two city dumps in Quito. Approximately 200 people from the dump La Bota (meaning “throwaway” in Spanish), and 6,000 people living or working in another dump called Zambiza will meet for the Christmas celebrations on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3-4. The annual outreach started nine years ago at Zambiza with about 300 people attending. Each year the number of attendees has increased sharply as the economic situation in Ecuador continues to deteriorate. “This year another dump has been added as another event to reach more people,” said the organization’s cofounder, HCJB World Radio missionary Jerry Carnill. “This has become an annual event where people from the U.S. get to really make a difference in the lives of the poorest of the poor. . . . considered throwaways in their own society. There’s an incredible impact when we bring them music, games, food and a gift.” (Extreme Response)

INDIA’S RELIGIOUS LEADERS LAUNCH FAITH-BASED CAMPAIGN AGAINST AIDS Religious leaders in India have launched a campaign using faith-based responses to fight the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus and the ignorance and stigma attached to the disease. Hindu, Christian, Islamic and Buddhist leaders said that in India’s tradition-bound society, religious leaders wield enormous influence in shaping people’s attitudes and prejudices and in helping them make conscious choices. A representative of the Church of North India said, “In a society which is so ruled by morals, religious leaders can play a big role in taking the message of AIDS prevention to the population.” His views were echoed by many of the leaders, who felt religious faith could deliver a powerful message. The leader of a New Delhi mosque said, “Medicine can cure a patient, but through religion we can cure society.” India, with more than 5 million cases of HIV/AIDS, is the country with the second-highest number of cases of the disease in the world. South Africa has the most cases. Medical workers fear ignorance and the stigma attached to the disease could push India into the top slot within a few years. (AgapePress/Associated Press)

‘GODLESS’ YOUNG GENERATION WORRIES KENYA’S PROTESTANT CHURCHES Protestant churches are worried about the rise of a “godless generation” (young people up to 24 years of age) who are Christians only in name only, a survey shows. Attendance at Kenya’s Protestant churches is plummeting as Kenyans flock toward cults or return to traditional religions. The study, carried out by evangelical church groups, warns that while Protestantism nominally accounts for 65 percent of Kenyan Christians, only 7 percent of the population attends a Protestant or evangelical church on a typical Sunday. The study identified rural communities, long assumed to be the bastion of Protestant worship, as those where the established church was losing most ground. In contrast, Nairobi — long regarded as a city of sin — was the center of religion and worship. Researchers also found that more than 100 years after the first missionaries arrived in Kenya, at least 20 rural ethnic communities, mainly in Rift Valley, the coast and the northeastern and eastern provinces, had never known Christianity. The survey was commissioned by the Africa Centre for Missions-Finish the Task and funded by Dawn Ministries. (WorldWide Religious News/East African Standard)

* Staff members at HCJB World Radio-Australia’s studios record Oromo language programs that air to 28 million speakers in Ethiopia and Kenya via FEBA Radio’s shortwave facilities.

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN RUSSIA KEY TO FILLING GREAT COMMISSION University students representing many of the unreached peoples in Russia are attending school in Irkutsk, and they’re the focus of outreach by Campus Crusade for Christ, says Eric Coe, the ministry’s director for Russia. “There are more than 100,000 students in the city, including students from Buddhist and Shamanist people groups,” he said. “I think Russia represents the most strategic opportunity for fulfillment of the Great Commission that’s out there today.” If the ministry is able to reach these young people for Christ, it could make a lasting impact, Coe said. “These students represent the very best of their people group. These are students who are from villages where they may be the only person who leaves that area to go to university. These are the future leaders of their community.” (Mission Network News)

* HCJB WORLD RADIO REPORTER IN QUITO WINS AWARD FOR MEDICAL STORY An Ecuadorian reporter in HCJB World Radio’s Radio Division in Quito, Ecuador, won a first-place award in a journalistic competition on the theme, “The Heart and Cardiovascular Circulation,” organized by international pharmaceutical giant Merck, Sharp and Dohme. Betty Gerra, who has worked at Radio Station HCJB in Quito for the past six years, received the award from the Ecuadorian Cardiological Association on Thursday, Nov. 18. Prizes were handed out in the categories of journalistic writing, television and radio. Gerra received a plaque of recognition and a certificate for her story, “Cardiovascular Risks and Their Consequences.” (HCJB World Radio)

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