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Persecution Highlights 2001
Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 107 – Thu 08 Mar 2001 ——————————————————– WORLD WATCH ON PERSECUTION HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF ISOLATED ——————————————————– In February, Open Doors released their World Watch List for the first half of 2001. The list rates persecution of Christians as ‘extreme’ in the worst ten countries. There, religious freedom is virtually […]
Egypt: ‘. . . The Life Of A Christian Has No Value’
Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 104 – Wed 14 Feb 2001 ————————————————— EGYPT: ‘. . . THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN HAS NO VALUE’ ————————————————— In August 1998, two Coptic Christian youths were murdered and their bodies dumped back into their home village of el-Kosheh. Coptic Bishop Wissa and others identified five Muslim youths […]
Rosh Hashanah
“The Meaning of Rosh Hashanah” Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. Rector, All Saints’ Church 9601 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19114 (215) 637-5225 Written 24 September 2000 “Rosh Hashana,” the Jewish New Year, begins this year on Friday, September 29. The name “Rosh Hashana” means the “head of the year.” Ten […]
2000 World Statistics
Figures for the year 2000 World population: 6,118,958,932 According to the US Census Office, the world population on 31 December 2000 was just under 6.12 billon. 63% of the world population – 3.8 billion people – are under 34 years old Yesterday’s youth culture is becoming mainstream, with similar values, a common language (English) and […]
Church Giving Statistics
Churchgoers are donating an increasingly smaller share of their incomes. The percentage of income Protestants give fell from 3.1 in 1968 to 2.5 in 1998, according to Empty Tomb (see link #1 below), a research group in Champaign, Ill. That means church members gave $4 billion less in 1998 than they would have if they […]
Churches Favour Palestinian Authority
CHURCHES IN JERUSALEM NOW FAVOUR PALESTINIAN SOVEREIGNTY The leading Christian churches in Jerusalem have shifted their position and now favor Palestinian sovereignty in the city, according to The New York Times. The past three months of violence have caused the churches to back Palestinian demands for sovereignty over Jerusalem’s Old City and its Christian and […]
Options For The Poor
A Village Transformed Steve Bradbury Discussions and debates about lifestyle only have relevance for those of us in a position to exercise choice. They are one of the many perks of wealth. Lifestyle options for the poor – that’s almost an oxymoron. Poverty means few or no options. Where we live, what we eat, what […]
Let Justice Roll
Bible Study A. Introduction. “Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like the waters, And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Can you imagine how utterly appalled Amos’ audience would have been when he uttered these shocking words? How […]
How Then Do We Live?
Introduction. We all struggle with the distance between what we believe and how we behave. For example, we believe in a forgiving and gracious God, but find forgiveness and graciousness does not come easy to us. We may believe that Jesus is Lord, but it is really difficult for us to obey his commandments. A […]
Global Poverty
Global Poverty, the Local Church and God’s Word “It is impossible to really know Jesus and be indifferent to the plight of the poor.” Dewi Hughes, God of the Poor. I want you to imagine this place. It’s a tumble down jumble of small shacks and huts, all crowded on top of one another. Most […]
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