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India

INDIA MAIL, 28 March 2002 TAMIL VILLAGES GOSPEL MISSION: 10 people went to Orissa on the 20th February 2002 for the first `100-Village Ministry’. 100 volunteers helped in the ministry and each distributed 100 gospels in a day. 10,000 Luke gospels were distributed in a day. TVGM is planning to conduct their next `100-Village Ministry’ […]

Burma

CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY WORLDWIDE For immediate release March 28 2002 Burma: Life without Sanctuary Over 4,000 people have fled following attacks by the Burmese army on internally displaced settlements in Karen State this month. The attacks have taken place in Papun and Nyaunglebin, two northern districts of the state. Six light infantry battalions and one regular […]

Azerbaijan: Police Order Protestant’s Deportation

SOURCE: KESTON INSTITUTE http://www.keston.org KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE: 11.00, 1 April 2002. Reporting on violations of religious liberty and on religion in communist and post-communist lands. ______________________________________ AZERBAIJAN: POLICE ORDER PROTESTANT’S DEPORTATION. On the day Baku’s Protestant Greater Grace church was celebrating Easter, police in the city’s central Sabail district tried […]

Pakistan: Christians Targeted In Terror Attack

Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 160 – Wed 20 Mar 2002 ———————————————- PAKISTAN: CHRISTIANS TARGETED IN TERROR ATTACK ———————————————- When Pakistan’s President, General Pervez Musharraf, allied Pakistan with the USA-led war on terrorism, he lost the support of the hardline Islamists within his own nation. On Sunday 28 October, six militants gunned down 15 […]

Indonesia

1. DO NOT LET GO OF OUR HANDS 2. 3000 LASKAR JIHAD NOW IN PAPUA (IRIAN JAYA) 3. LAUNCH OF NEW WEBSITE: CRY INDONESIA DO NOT LET GO OUR HANDS The following letter was sent by Peter Scarborough (an Australian working in Manado, Nth Sulawesi), to an Australian member of parliament on March 20, 2002, […]

‘In A Couple Of Days’ (The Israel/Palestine Question)

IN A COUPLE OF DAYS… In John Lawing Jr’s wonderful ‘What If’ cartoon series in Christianity Today, one of Abraham’s friends is talking to him about the quarrel between Isaac and Ishmael. ‘Don’t worry, Abe,’ says the friend. ‘In a couple of days it will all be forgotten.’ It has been a long couple of […]

Israel And The Land

Senate Floor Statement by U.S. Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla) March 4, 2002 I was interested the other day when I heard that the de facto ruler, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah, made a statement which was received by many in this country as if it were a statement of fact, as if it were […]

India And Its Minorities

THE SIXTH NATIONAL-LEVEL DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE RSS AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS March 22, 2002. Bangalore The sixth national-level discussion between the RSS and Christian leaders was held at the United Theological College on 22 March,2002. Leaders and Heads of churches, para-church organisations and Christian institutions represented the Christian community, while the RSS was represented by a […]

Australian Christian Churches

FACT SHEET Australian Christian Churches is a coalition of charismatic and contemporary churches committed to communicating Christianity within Australian society through social action, community care, contemporary worship and relevant preaching. Attendance & Growth Figures Launched in February 2000, Australian Christian Churches has the second highest church attendance figures behind the Catholic Church. Approximately 200,000 people […]

Indonesian Jihad

International Christian Concern March 25, 2002 Indonesian ‘Jihad’ Ready to Combat Americans Responsible for acts of terrorism against the Christian minority in Indonesia, the militant Muslim organization Laskar Jihad has affirmed its commitment to carry out acts of violence against not only Indonesia’s Christians, but also against Americans as well. On March 29, 2002, in […]