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Poverty: Material-Spiritual-Civic – A Threat

By and others ⋅ July 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-137 (Apologetics and Social Issues) MATERIAL, SPIRITUAL AND CIVIC POVERTY ‘A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY ITSELF’, SAYS JIM WALLIS AT EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE’S TEMPLE ADDRESS 2002 ‘Faith communities offer a possible solution to the threefold poverty problem’ Poverty, expressed in terms of its material, spiritual and civic manifestations, is now such a debilitating issue […]

Latvia: Police Questioning Is Dangerous Precedent, Say Lutherans

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SOURCE: KESTON INSTITUTE http://www.keston.org Lutherans KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE: 20.00, 11 July 2002 Reporting on violations of religious liberty and on religion in communist and post-communist lands. ______________________________________ LATVIA: POLICE QUESTIONING IS “DANGEROUS PRECEDENT”, SAY LUTHERANS. The head of Latvia’s small Confessional Lutheran Church has criticised what he regards as the […]

Sudan – Must Peace Remain Elusive

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Sudan: Must Peace Remain Elusive? Once again the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is attempting to broker peace in Sudan. The five-week long talks commenced on Monday 17 June in Nairobi Kenya. The Government of Sudan’s determination to impose Shari’a (Islamic) law and its extremist interpretation of Islam on the whole nation, including the African […]

Indonesian Christians Fear Imminent Attacks

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[CAMN] Indonesian Christians Fear Imminent Attacks Christian Aid Mission News July 11, 2002 Indonesian Christians Fear Imminent Attacks (CAMN) Christian Aid Mission learned today that police searches in the village of Garua near Tobelo, a predominantly Christian city in North Maluku Province, reveal that Muslims are caching arms and munitions and a renewed attack against […]

Islamic Extremists Kill A Christian Policeman In Nigeria

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Radical Muslim Preacher Claimed the Officer Had Trampled a Quran by Obed Minchakpu Compass Direct KATSINA, Nigeria (Compass) — A Christian policeman was killed on June 6 by Muslim extremists in Katsina state in northern Nigeria after he warned an Islamic preacher to stop inciting Muslims against Christians. While preaching to a crowd at the […]

Pledge Of Allegiance

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July 9, 2002 ******************** BPNews — Witness the difference! http://www.bpnews.net BPSports — Sports with a spiritual attitude! http://www.bpsports.net ******************** Check out our feature cartoons at http://www.bpnews.net/bpcartoons.asp BPLife Lighter Side — “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” Proverbs 17:22 ******************** Click here to download today’s Baptist Press stories: http://www.bpnews.net/storydownloadall.asp?mo=7&da=9&yr02 ******************** Pledge plaintiff accused of […]

Ethiopia

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Here’s a response from a respected Net-friend and orthodox priest, ‘Father James’… unedited. > >”Chief_Sinner” wrote in message > . > >> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:15:46 +1000, “Rowland Croucher” > > > >> Orthodox Church > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >> politics are quite painful, especially in the big cities. > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > […]

Jews Only Law Sparks Firestorm In Israel

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As many of you will remember, decades ago American real estate developments adopted “covenants” which excluded Jews, Blacks, etc. from purchasing homes there. Though discrimination still exists here, such open quasi-legal discrimination has been abolished. Similar quasi-legal discrimination against non-Jews has long been the practice in Israel. Suppose, for example, a group of wealthy people […]

Turkish Police Close Iskenderun Protestant Church

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FLASH NEWS from COMPASS DIRECT Global News from the Frontlines ********** TURKISH POLICE CLOSE ISKENDERUN PROTESTANT CHURCH Congregation’s Activities Accused of ‘Offending Society’ by Barbara G. Baker ISTANBUL, July 9 (Compass) — Turkish security police ordered a Protestant Christian congregation meeting for 40 years in the southeastern port city of Iskenderun to close its doors […]

Buried With Chocolate In His Hand

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“Buried with chocolate in his hand” – Gideon Levy brings this tragedy to life on the pages of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz. The curfew was lifted. Three children had bought candy and were heading home. They ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. The result was the horrifying and appalling picture of […]

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