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JIHAD TERRORISTS STRIKE VILLAGE IN EASTERN INDONESIA POLICE SEEKING KILLERS OF 6 PERSONS SHOT AT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CHRISTIAN AGENCIES LAUNCH NETWORK TO HELP PERSECUTED GROUPS REVIVAL FIRES KINDLED IN VANUATU NEW WEBSITE ENCOURAGES BELIEVERS TO GET BACK TO THE BIBLE SURVEY: ONE-THIRD OF ENGLISH CLERGY DOUBT JESUS’ RESURRECTION

Today’s News Stories:

JIHAD TERRORISTS STRIKE VILLAGE IN EASTERN INDONESIA In the early-morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 4, in the seaside village of Matako in eastern Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, jihad terrorists struck this Christian community. The attack began at 3:30 a.m. with cries of “Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!” as the sleepy night burst into a blaze of fire, bullets and bombs. The attack came from two directions. Some of the terrorists entered through the middle of the village having come down jungle pathways from the mountains while others landed on the beach in speedboats. An estimated 80 to 100 men took part in the onslaught. At least five persons were injured and seven are missing, a newspaper reported Monday. The terrorists also burned down a church and dozens of houses An officer at the military station in the nearest town of Poso, about 1,000 miles northeast of Jakarta, confirmed the attack but refused to provide details. He said the attack surprised local authorities because Muslims and Christians in Matako were living in peace even before the warring factions signed a peace agreement in December. (International Christian Concern/AP)

POLICE SEEKING KILLERS OF 6 PERSONS SHOT AT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Pakistani police are searching for masked men who shot six persons to death with AK-47 assault rifles and injured at least three others at a Christian school in Pakistan on Monday. Police said it’s too soon to say who was behind the shooting. At least four gunmen burst into the compound of a school for children of foreign missionaries near the town of Murree. Two security guards, a cook, a carpenter and a receptionist were among those killed in the attack at Murree Christian School, said Director Russell Morton. None of the 146 children of missionaries from countries including the U.S., Great Britain, Canada, Germany and New Zealand, were hurt, but a Filipino woman who was visiting her son was shot in the hand. The attack began around noon as at least four gunmen entered the school complex and opened fire indiscriminately. After shooting the security guards, they went past the main school office. The headmaster heard the shooting and went to investigate but was forced to retreat to the office and close the main door. However, one person was shot through the office window. The gunmen then crossed the main play area which normally would have been full of children, but it was raining so the children were in their classrooms. The school, founded in 1956 to provide education for the children of expatriate Christian workers, may have been seen as both a Western and Christian target. (Reuters/Barnabas Fund)

CHRISTIAN AGENCIES LAUNCH NETWORK TO HELP PERSECUTED GROUPS Religious persecution is on the increase worldwide, reports the latest edition of the World Christian Encyclopedia with more Christian martyrs in the 20th century than in the entire previous 19 centuries. Support for persecuted religious minorities around the world has received new impetus this month following the inauguration of a strategic new network of U.K. Christian agencies called the Christian Forum in Support of Persecuted Religious Minorities Worldwide. The group was launched at a London conference July 20 that attracted nearly 200 participants. Agencies backing the group come from a range of mission and human rights groups. For details visit http://www.sufferingandhope.org. (Assist News Service)

REVIVAL FIRES KINDLED IN VANUATU When evangelist Bill Newman and his associates, Darin Browne and Pat Morgan, returned to the southwestern Pacific island of Vanuatu last month after 10 years, they found an open acceptance, prepared hearts and God’s blessings. The meetings were held in Santo Unity Park, July 8-10, and Port Vila Independence Park, July 12-14. “Their commitment to evangelism challenged me to the core,” said Newman. “So many lives were transformed by the power of Christ.” When he issued an appeal to make the home and family life the basis of their community, it was the prime minister and his wife who led the congregation in responding, declaring openly their commitment and determination to put Christ first. “Night by night scores of men, women, young people and children committed their lives to the Lord. What a joy to see precious lives responding to the gospel,” he said. “Vanuatu is a nation won by blood. So many early missionaries sacrificed their lives to win this land for the Savior. I stood over the graves of four precious Samoan evangelists who first brought the gospel to Vanuatu.” (Bill Newman International)

NEW WEBSITE ENCOURAGES BELIEVERS TO GET BACK TO THE BIBLE A radio ministry has launched a website (BibleDiscoveryCenter.org)

designed to encourage people to read and study the Scriptures. Back to the Bible’s Woodrow Kroll says the website is helping people discover the Bible for themselves. “It is giving them the tools to know how to take God’s Word, open it every day like I do every day, and find what is in there. Mine the wealth of gold that comes out of His Word. . . . It’s probably the most exciting thing we’ve done in several years.” Barna research indicates that many people who claim to know Christ aren’t reading the Bible. Kroll says that’s why evangelism isn’t flourishing in American churches today. “Until we get our minds full of God’s Word, we really don’t have anything to tell as disciples.” (Mission Network News)

SURVEY: ONE-THIRD OF ENGLISH CLERGY DOUBT JESUS’ RESURRECTION One-third of Church of England clergy don’t believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, Reuters reports. Results from a recent survey were published in British newspapers last Wednesday. Only half of the 2,000 clergy questioned believed in the virgin birth, indicated the survey conducted by the British organization, Cost of Conscience. Seventy-five percent of those surveyed accepted the principle of the Trinity — the belief that God is a union of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. “There are clearly two churches operating in the Church of England: the believing church and the disbelieving church, and that is a scandal,” said Rev. Robbie Low of Cost of Conscience. (Religion Today)

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