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The Starving Of Sudan

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Subj: The Starving of Sudan On Friday 27 September the Government of Sudan (GoS) suspended all humanitarian flights into Eastern and Western Equatoria regions of war-ravaged Southern Sudan, at least for the next nine days. This is an appalling crime against humanity but it has long been a standard GoS strategy whenever it has desired […]

New Trial Ordered For South China Church

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NEWS RELEASE The Voice of the Martyrs, Inc. http://www.persecution.com NEW TRIAL ORDERED FOR SOUTH CHINA CHURCH 17 Court gives defense only one day to prepare A Chinese court has thrown out the criminal conviction of 17 members of the unregistered South China Church. The Supreme Court of Hubei Province has ordered a new trial for […]

Jungle Trek Leads Missionaries To Safety After Congo Massacre

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massacre Note #7433 from PCUSA NEWS to PRESBYNEWS: Title: Jungle trek leads missionaries to safety after Congo massacre 23-September-2002 02359 Jungle trek leads missionaries to safety after Congo massacre by Cedric Pulford Ecumenical News International LONDON – More than 700 people who took to the jungle after a massacre at their medical compound in the […]

International Day Of Prayer

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Subj: IDOP – The Church United in Prayer for the Persecuted The International Day of Prayer (IDOP) for the persecuted church is approaching. The IDOP website at http://www.idop.org is laden with freely available, downloadable information and resources. But just in case some people were still wondering, “What is IDOP and why should we pray for […]

Religious Freedom Challenged In Azerbaijan

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BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE Wendy Ryan, Director Communications Division Denton Lotz General Secretary October 4, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CHALLENGED IN AZERBAIJAN BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (BWA) – A Baptist pastor still cannot conduct services in the local church and Bibles sent to the Baptist church are yet on the wharves because the government refuses to […]

News From Pakistan

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NEW CHURCH ATTACKS THREATENED PAKISTAN 17 September 2002 Islamic militants in Pakistan are threatening further attacks against Christian targets. Meanwhile, detained extremists reveal they had targeted a series of churches. Abdullah Mazhar of the Islamic militant group Jaish-i-Muhammad has warned that his Islamic warriors will join in further attacks against Christian and Western targets in […]

Report Details Child Sex Abuse In Congo

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Note #7454 from PCUSA NEWS to PRESBYNEWS: Title: Report details child sex abuse in Congo 01-October-2002 02379 Report details child sex abuse in Congo Preventive measures recommended; survivors’ courage lauded by Jerry L. Van Marter LOUISVILLE – Officers of the Presbyterian Church (USA) should be required to report any knowledge of physical or sexual abuse […]

Ufilas: Devising Ways To Save

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-199 (Devotional) DEVISING WAYS TO SAVE (Also: Ufilas, the first missionary to translate the Scriptures into an unwritten language.) by Peter Kennedy “Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so that a banished person […]

News From Indonesia

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CHURCHES CLOSED DOWN IN WEST JAVA INDONESIA 20 September 2002 Police have ordered the closure of two churches in Cikarang Barat, West Java. The buildings of the two churches were sealed by the authorities on Friday 6 September. The reason given for the closures was that local people objected to the church buildings and activities […]

Evangelism Must Not Aim At Making Up For Membership Loss

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Evangelism Must not Aim at Making Up for Membership Loss German Professor Warns: Mission is not a Means of Re-Conquering Lost Territory Altenkirchen, October 1 (idea) – Evangelism misses the point if it aims just at making up for church membership losses. Evangelical theologians gathering at Altenkirchen, Germany, agreed that its main objective must be […]

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