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Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

12 January 2006 Update From HCJB World Radio

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 16, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Today’s Headlines: MUSLIM MAN DROPS ‘BLASPHEMY’ CHARGE AGAINST PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS IN PAKISTAN BRACE FOR BLAST OF WINTER COLD CHURCH IN IRAN GROWS AMID INCREASING PERSECUTION GERMAN YOUTH CONFERENCE CONFIRMS HIGH INTEREST IN MISSIONS HUNDREDS OF CHURCHES JOIN INITIATIVE TO END HOMELESSNESS IN DENVER Today’s Top Stories: MUSLIM MAN DROPS ‘BLASPHEMY’ CHARGE AGAINST PAKISTANI […]

Belarus; Uzbekistan

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 16, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

F18News Summary: Belarus; Uzbekistan; FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief 13 January 2006 BELARUS: WHY WERE CATHOLIC PRIESTS EXPELLED? http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=715 Fr Robert Krzywicki, one of two Catholic priests expelled […]

10 January 2006 Update From HCJB World Radio

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 13, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Today’s Headlines: NEW CUBAN LEGISLATION LEADS TO CLOSURE OF 3 HOUSE CHURCHES DEM. REP. OF CONGO HOME TO ‘WORLD’S DEADLIEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS’ SEMINARY IN RUSSIA FEARS LOSS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS Today’s Top Stories: NEW CUBAN LEGISLATION LEADS TO CLOSURE OF 3 HOUSE CHURCHES At least three Protestant churches have been forcibly closed down in Cuba […]

Religious Liberty: from 2005 into 2006

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 11, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

—————————————- RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: FROM 2005 INTO 2006 —————————————- THE CENTRALITY OF LIBERTY Just as the industrial revolution brought changes that made the world a smaller place, the changes being brought by the revolution in communications and information technology are making the world a more open place. But change rarely comes easily. Change can generate tension […]

9 January 2006 Update From HCJB World Radio

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 11, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Today’s Headlines: STATE GOVERNMENT IN EASTERN INDIA CONSIDERS ANTI-CONVERSION LAW BELARUSIAN OFFICIAL DEFENDS SERIES OF FINES ON HOUSE CHURCH REPORT RECONFIRMS SHIFT OF CHRISTIANITY BEYOND WESTERN WORLD Today’s Top Stories: STATE GOVERNMENT IN EASTERN INDIA CONSIDERS ANTI-CONVERSION LAW The government of eastern India’s Jharkhand state is considering an anti-conversion bill aimed at protecting the tribal […]

6 January 2006 Update From HCJB World Radio

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 9, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Today’s Headlines: DEADLY BOMBING IN INDONESIA MAY HAVE TARGETED CHRISTIANS ERITREAN SECURITY POLICE ARREST LEADERS FROM 5 ‘BANNED’ CHURCHES MOB ATTACKS CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE IN SRI LANKA, INJURING 4 PEOPLE VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS DETAIN, DEPORT PASTOR VISITING FROM U.S. INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF PORNOGRAPHY POSES THREAT TO CHURCHES Today’s Top Stories: DEADLY BOMBING IN INDONESIA MAY HAVE […]

Belarus; Turkmenistan

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 9, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

F18News Summary: Belarus; Turkmenistan; FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief 22 December 2005 BELARUS: YEAR-END EXPULSIONS FOR TWO CATHOLIC PRIESTS http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=710 Two Catholic priests from Poland who have served […]

Waiting Has Taken on a Whole New Meaning

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ January 3, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Advent Reflection ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ‘Waiting has taken on a whole new meaning’ by Rose Marie Berger Living in Baghdad outside the Green Zone, Christian peacemaker Maxine Nash talks about what Advent means while four of her team members are held hostage. WEB EXCLUSIVE When Maxine Nash volunteered to go to Iraq, she didn’t go with weapons […]

23 December 2005 Update From HCJB World Radio

By Rowland Croucher and others ⋅ December 24, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Today’s Headlines: RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO EXONERATE 400,000 SHOEBOX GIFTS TURKEY’S BID TO JOIN EUROPEAN UNION BOOSTS RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS WORLD VISION NAMED TOP PROVIDER OF EMERGENCY RELIEF AFTER TSUNAMI SURVEY: ONE-THIRD OF SCOTTISH CLERGY BELIEVE IN LITERAL HELL AMERICANS OVERCOME ‘COMPASSION EXHAUSTION,’ CONTINUE TO GIVE Today’s Top Stories: RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO EXONERATE 400,000 SHOEBOX […]

22 December 2005 Update From HCJB World Radio