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General
Secy's. Messege:
Dear Readers,
 Warm greetings to you from the Church of North India.
It is my pleasure to communicate with you once more through our e-news.
We have been always encouraged by your continual support and
prayers for the mission we are engaged here in this part of the world.
Through ups and downs we were able to witness Christ meaningfully
in the past in many areas of our mission concerns.
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CNI
Mission Statement
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"The Church of North India as a
United and Uniting together is committed to announce the Good News of the
reign of God inaugurated through death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in
proclamation and to demonstrate in actions to restore the integrity of God's
creation through continuous struggle against the demonic powers by breaking
down the barriers of caste, class, gender, economic inequality and
exploitation of the nature."
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Sharing
of Grassroots Mission Concerns:
CNI and ECC Initiative
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The
Church of North India and the Ecumenical Christian Centre, Bangalore
jointly organized a seminar on “Sharing of grassroots mission
concerns in India” from 16th to 18th
February 2007 at the ECC, Whitefield, Bangalore. ...more |
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CNI Joins CISRS in Celebrating its Golden Jubilee
The Christian Institute for
Study of Religion and Society (CISRS) celebrated its Golden Jubilee
during 12th to 15th February 2007 at Indian
Social Institute, Bangalore. Using
the slogan ‘Moving forward in search of Truth and Justice’,
CISRS had a challenging journey over the years, ...more |
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CNI Grieves the National Issues and Appeals for Justice
The members of the Executive
Committee of the Church of North India Synod in their 79th
meeting held in New Delhi from 21st to 23rd
February, 2007 expressed grievances on the following recent
happenings in India. In
appeal to the Government for accelerating process of justice, the
Executive Committee issued the following statements....more |
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Youth Envisioning Ecumenism
To widen the scope of
ecumenical movement, a four days seminar on ‘Youth Envisioning
Ecumenism’ was organized by the Ecumenical Asia Pacific Students
and Youth network – India at SCM House and ECC Centre, Bangalore
from 14th to 18th February 2007.
Bringing youth from different churches and church related
organizations the seminar...more |
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CNI Youth,
Vaibhav Pannalal, Raised to National Political Leadership
 Mr.
Vaibhav Pannalal, a member of
St. Paul
’s Church,
Raipur
, Diocese of Jabalpur,
Church of North
India
has been appointed as the National Secretary of National Students
Union of India (NSUI), the Students wing of Indian National Congress
Party which is ruling
India
at present in alliance with other secular parties.
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Annual Youth Festival of Diocese of Eastern Himalaya
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The scenic beauty of Tindharia,
a village in the hills of Eastern Himalaya, was intriguing and local
church was euphoric with the gathering of 120 young people as they
met there for their Diocesan Annual Youth Convention...more
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News
from Far and Near
Conversions banned in Himachal Pradesh
The
Evangelical Fellowship of India expresses deep regret over Shri Justice
Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje, the Hon’ble governor of Himachal Pradesh’s
decision to assent to the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2006.
Though the Act seemingly bans conversion by coercion or allurement,
similar Acts have been misused in other states to harass Christian workers
and at times, even hinder genuine conversions. ...more
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45%
of Indian girls married off before 18
NEW
DELHI: It’s a social ill that continues to shame India. Nearly 45% of
women in the country, aged between 20 and 24, are married off before they
reach 18, the legal age to marry. What’s worse, the number is over 50%
in eight states. While 61% of
women in Jharkhand were married off before 18, the number stood at 60% in
Bihar, 57% in Rajasthan, 55% in Andhra Pradesh, 53% each in Madhya Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and 52% in Chhattisgarh. ...more
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Churches
get tough on child marriages
The
Catholic Church in West Bengal has realized that the only way to crack
down on social evils like child marriages is by brandishing the stick. The
Krishnanagar Diocese, about 130 kilometers away from Kolkata, is the first
one to have cracked the whip by penalising families who got their children
married off. The punishment ranges from a fine of Rs 3,000 to
excommunication.
Bishop
Joseph Gomes said the diocese has decided that every body has to follow
the law and anyone found flouting it would be suitably punished. “We
will not baptize children of guilty families and prevent them from
attending church functions. Girls have to be 18 and men 21 and everyone
has to follow that," he said. Gomes said priests in the diocese have
imposed a fine of Rs 3,000 each on 12 families who flouted the law. ....more
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12
more farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha
There is no sign of suicides
abating in the killing fields of Vidarbha. Twelve more farmers have
ended their lives in last 48 hours, according to reports reaching in
Nagpur on Tuesday.
With the deaths of 12 more
farmers the toll has now reach 79 this month while the figure touched 149
this year. Three suicides were reported in Amravati, two each from
Yavatmal, Akola and Washim while one each in Buldhana and Wardha district....more |
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Stories
from the Field
CREATING A JUST SOCIETY BY RESTORING THE DIGNITY OF THE TRAFFICKED AND
THE AFFECTED
“I know what I have gone through, with dreams of a better
life shattered, being subject to humiliation, harassment and deceit, I have come
back. I am strengthened by the support from CNI and women leaders of my village.
We will together protect other women and girls from going through what I have
gone through”, says Jyotsna*...more |
Daily
Reading 
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Future
Events
Training
on Information Technology and
e-Communication
The
fourth batch of web designing course is planned to be organized
during 17th to 28th March 2007 at
CNI CHPD, Nagpur to educate existing staff of our Dioceses on
Information Technology and e-Communication.
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| Congregational
Renewal for Effective Engagement in
Mission
We have been affirming in
Church of North
India
since inception that we are a missionary church with a lot of
mission activities and movements.
We have piled volumes of reports that speak high of
different mission activities programmed by our Dioceses over the
years. But somehow,
as it seems, congregations as grassroots units have been
outmaneuvered in being effectively engaged in those mission
interventions.
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Editorial
Team
Rev.
Dr. Enos Das Pradhan
Editor-in-Chief
Sudipta
Singh
Sushma
Ramaswami
Editors
Sanjana
Das
Rachael
Pradhan
Kasta
Dip
Associate Editors
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