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15 June Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: KEY STUDENT MISSIONS ANNIVERSARIES COINCIDE WITH ‘URBANA YEAR’ TAIWAN’S WORKING CLASS PRACTICALLY UNREACHED WITH GOSPEL CHRISTIANS ENCOURAGED TO VISIT HOLY LAND AS VIOLENCE DECLINES BUSINESSMAN CONTINUES EVANGELISM FROM INDONESIAN PRISON Today’s Top Stories: KEY STUDENT MISSIONS ANNIVERSARIES COINCIDE WITH ‘URBANA YEAR’ This year is an “Urbana year,” referring to InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s student […]

13 June Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: ST. PIXELS ‘VIRTUAL CHURCH’ OPENS WITH METHODIST SUPPORT LIVING BREAD CHURCH IN JERICHO AGAIN SET ON FIRE BY NEIGHBORS MORE THAN 16 MILLION CHINESE CHRISTIANS RECOGNIZED IN CHINA Today’s Top Stories: ST. PIXELS ‘VIRTUAL CHURCH’ OPENS WITH METHODIST SUPPORT An earlier trial run of a virtual, online church by the U.K. Christian webzine […]

9 June 2006 Update from HCJB Word Radio

Today’s Headlines: UZBEK COURT BANS EDUCATIONAL GROUP FOR ‘MISSIONARY WORK’ U.S. CHRISTIANS URGED TO BOOST SUPPORT FOR INDONESIAN BELIEVERS GREATER EUROPE MISSION PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN AFTER 14 YEARS TEARFUND CELEBRATES PROJECT AMONG BOLIVIAN QUECHUA Today’s Top Stories: UZBEK COURT BANS EDUCATIONAL GROUP FOR ‘MISSIONARY WORK’ A court in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has ordered Global Involvement through […]

12 June 2006 Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: INDIAN MAN COERCED TO ADMIT NEIGHBOR PRESSURED HIM BAPTISTS CONTINUE TO RESIST CHURCH REGISTRATION IN KAZAKHSTAN DRAFT LAW COULD THREATEN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN ROMANIA 2 BHUTAN CHRISTIANS RECEIVE JAIL SENTENCES FOR WITNESSING Today’s Top Stories: INDIAN MAN COERCED TO ADMIT NEIGHBOR PRESSURED HIM Police in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state coerced a statement […]

8 June 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: IRANIAN PRESSURE FAILS TO STOP GROWTH OF CHRISTIANITY RESTRICTIVE RELIGION LAW POSTPONED IN TAJIKISTAN VIETNAMESE FOREST MINISTRY ATTACK MONTAGNARD DEGARS FOR LAND 28 CHRISTIANS ARRESTED IN CHINESE HOUSE CHURCH RAID AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY HONORS BILLY GRAHAM Today’s Top Stories: IRANIAN PRESSURE FAILS TO STOP GROWTH OF CHRISTIANITY Christians around the world remain concerned […]

Kazakhstan; Russia; Tajikistan

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 9 June 2006 KAZAKHSTAN: INTRUSIVE STATE REGISTRATION AND MASSIVE FINE http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=797 A Baptist Pastor in Kazakhstan has been fined more than three times […]

7 June 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: CHURCHES CATERING TO WORLD CUP SOCCER FANS IN GERMANY COURT ACQUITS 16 CHRISTIANS FALSELY CHARGED WITH MURDER IN INDIA STUDY SHOWS ORTHODOX CHURCH GAINING STATUS AMONG RUSSIAN YOUTH MILITARY FORCES TARGET CHRISTIANS IN MYANMAR’S KAREN STATE 8,300 ‘MILLION-DOLLAR BILL’ TRACTS SEIZED FROM MINISTRY IN TEXAS Today’s Top Stories: CHURCHES CATERING TO WORLD CUP […]

6 June 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio

Today’s Headlines: MAF RELEASES 5-YEAR GLOBAL STUDY IDENTIFYING NEEDIEST AREAS ‘HOSTILE TV FOOTAGE’ ADDS TO CHURCHES’ WOES IN KAZAKHSTAN Today’s Top Stories: MAF RELEASES 5-YEAR GLOBAL STUDY IDENTIFYING NEEDIEST AREAS Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) released a five-year global research project today called “Operation ACCESS” intended to help design mission strategy for the next 20 years. […]

Burma

CHRISTIAN PEOPLE GROUP FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM IN BURMA Burma’s military dictatorship has recently launched a new wave of attacks against predominantly Christian Karenvillages, says Christian Freedom International (CFI). “In Burma this time of year is known locally as the ‘killing season’ and this year is no exception,” said CFI. “During the dry season soldiers can […]

Indonesian Earthquake Update: Barnabas Funds eyewitness report

Yogyakarta 6 June 2006 A Barnabas Fund representative visiting the earthquake-devastated area around Yogyakarta, central Java, reports. The devastation here is horrific. Houses, government buildings, shopping centres and, I estimate, many hundreds (if not thousands) of churches have been completely destroyed. The churches, like other buildings, are just piles of bricks, mortar and other rubble […]