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Worst Attack On Christians In Indonesia Since Peace Agreement

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WORST ATTACK ON CHRISTIANS IN POSO SINCE PEACE AGREEMENT INDONESIA 7 August 2002 At least seven people were shot and wounded and four others are missing after an attack on Christians in the village of Matako near Poso in Central Sulawesi in the early hours of Sunday 4 August. Two churches and twenty-seven houses were […]

Getting Over Bad Impressions

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-143 (Evangelism) GETTING OVER BAD IMPRESSIONS: INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO CHRIST BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #020621 – 21 Jun 2002 We live in a time when Christians receive a lot of attention in the media — unfortunately, not always favorable. In fact, favorable portrayals of Christians today in film and television are […]

Africa

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World Council of Churches 22 July 02 WCC visit to Horn of Africa: Delegation pinpoints root causes of conflict, says real peace needs the people Just back from an intense 16-day ecumenical visit to the Greater Horn of Africa and Tanzania, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser notes the complexity […]

Lausanne 2004

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For immediate release Lausanne Hosts Forum for World Evangelization in 2004 (Jackson, Mississippi, July 2002) The biennial meeting of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE) held at Belhaven College here gave the final approval of plans for a 2004 Forum for World Evangelization in Southeast Asia starting 29 September and ending 5 October of […]

Of Strange Things And Afghanistan And Pipelines

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Isn’t that strange??? Here’s an interesting article that Joseph Clifford recently contributed to Media Monitors Network Did you know that … we supported Bin Laden and the Taliban for years, and viewed them as freedom fighters against the Russians? Isn’t that strange? As late as 1998, the US was paying the salary of every single […]

Nepal

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:::: GOSPEL FOR ASIA UPDATE for July 16, 2002 :::: Sponsor a native missionary: http://www.gfa.org/sponsor Schedule a GFA speaker: http://www.gfa.org/speaker Hello Friend in Christ, When I read the story below about Brother S. being persecuted in Nepal, I was amazed by his interrogator’s question: “If Jesus couldn’t save Himself on the cross, how can He […]

Detained Vietnamese Church Leader Released After Sit Down Protest By Church

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by Church CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY WORLDWIDE For immediate release July 23 2002 DETAINED VIETNAMESE CHURCH LEADER RELEASED AFTER SIT DOWN PROTEST BY CHURCH A Vietnamese church leader arrested for his religious activities, was released after a sit down protest in a police station by members of his church. Pastor Nguyen Dang Chi, 39, who leads a […]

Turkey – Tension And Harrassment

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Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 177 – Wed 17 July 2002 ———————————————— TURKEY: TENSION AND HARRASSMENT ———————————————— While Turkey is 99.64 percent Muslim, it is strongly committed to the concept of a secular state. Only 3 percent of Turkey is located in Europe, and 97 percent in Asia, yet socially and politically Turkey leans […]

News From Malaysia

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State Passes Islamic Law MALAYSIA The State Government of Terengganu approved a bill to introduce hudud, the criminal code based on Shari’ah Islamic law on Monday 8 July. The bill would apply Shari’ah penalties to a range of offences. These would include death by stoning for adultery and cutting off hands and feet for theft. […]

The History Of Anti-Palestinian Bias From Wilson To Bush

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Kathleen Christison worked for 16 years as a political analyst with the CIA, dealing first with Vietnam. Then, for her last seven years with the CIA, before resigning in 1979, she dealt with the Middle East. Since leaving the CIA, she has been a free-lance writer, dealing primarily with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her book, “Perceptions […]

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