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Mission Network News – Nov 8, 2002

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News headlines for November 8th 2002 (Ecuador)–Headlining today’s news a volcanic eruption in Ecuador has had a significant impact on a missionary radio outreach there. HCJB World Radio’s[1] Jim Ferrier says the Reventador volcano began erupting November 3rd layering Quito with ash. Ferrier tells us how it affected them. “Our hydro-electric plants had to be […]

Azerbaijan: Baptist Church Threatened With Demolition

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KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE, 20.00, 8 November 2002. Reporting on violations of religious liberty and on religion in communist and post-communist lands. ______________________________________ AZERBAIJAN: BAPTIST CHURCH THREATENED WITH DEMOLITION. An Interior Ministry colonel has threatened an unregistered Baptist church in Baku with demolition if the church refuses to register with the […]

8 November 2002 Update From H C J B

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A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today’s News Headlines: PERSECUTION INCREASES IN SRI LANKA AS BUDDHIST NATIONALISM EXPANDS DOZENS OF LISTENERS CALL IN TO FEBC STATION IN MOSCOW CHRISTIANS WORLDWIDE FOCUS ON MUSLIMS DURING ISLAMIC HOLY MONTH CHRISTMAS STOCKING PROJECT TO REACH NEEDY CHILDREN IN RUSSIA MINISTRY AIMS TO DISTRIBUTE 250,000 SOLAR-POWERED RADIOS IN HAITI […]

Moluccas Report

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CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 325 1. FURTHER NEWS ON THE CAPSIZED MOTOR VESSEL – At 8.00 p.m. on November 3, the motorboat “Masohi Star”left from Ambon on its routine voyage to Masohi. However, after twenty minutes it capsized and sunk. Five people were found drowned: […]

Sri Lanka – Escalating Buddhist Nationalism

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Subj: Sri Lanka: Escalating Buddhist Nationalism. In recent years, Sri Lanka has seen the rise of an increasingly aggressive Buddhist nationalism, complete with disinformation, discrimination and violent persecution. The movement gained considerable momentum during 2001, especially after Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake suggested there was a conspiracy against Buddhism in Sri Lanka, and urged young men […]

A Dark Day For Pro-Abortionists

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CRISIS Magazine – e-Letter November 8, 2002 ********************************************** Dear Friend, First things first: In our special report on Voice of the Faithful (VOTF), we described Andrea Johnson — a steering committee member for the group — as a member of the Women’s Ordination Conference. Ms. Johnson wrote us a very charitable email and told us […]

Sudan: And Now Some Good News!

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This info causes me to wonder about why some missioners are martyred, or just expelled, and others not. ~~~ Catholic Missionary Gets Award from Sudan’s Islamic Government Sister Callista Has Spent Over 50 Years in Maternity Care KHARTOUM, Sudan, NOV. 8, 2002 (Zenit.org).- A Comboni missionary nun has received an awarded from one of the […]

Killing Christians

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The Weekly Standard (November 11, 2002) p. 20. by Amitai Etzioni http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps/B407.html On October 17, bombs killed 6 people and wounded 143 in Zamboanga, the Philippines. While press accounts mentioned in passing that the victims were Christians, few conveyed to the reader that these were people assaulted by Muslim extremists because of their religion. On […]

Terror In Indonesia

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Who are the real terrorists in Indonesia? from John Barr Indonesia is a dangerous place these days. While the tragic bomb blast in Bali on 12th October provides the focus for much discussion, there are lower profile but equally sinister forms of terror taking place throughout the archipelago. The western half of New Guinea is […]

Persecution

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From an informed netfriend: In fairness to Islam, it’s not just Muslims that are persecuting and discriminating against Christians: In Sri Lanka, Buddhists are persecuting Christians. In India, Tamil Nadu State has recently pased an ordinance banning religious conversion, due to Hindu pressure. In Mexico, evangelicals are being persecuted by syncretists. In Belarus, evangelicals face […]

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