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General
Secy's. Messege:
Dear Readers,
 Greetings
in the precious name of our Risen Lord.
It is again a joy and privilege for me to reach you with some inspiring
news of programmes conducted by the
Church
of
North India
at different places. We have
held a national consultation on “Congregational Renewal for Effective
Engagement in Mission” (CREEM) at YMCA Programme Centre, Greater Noida
where bishops and key leaders from all our Dioceses came together to
reflect upon and deliberate on the praxis-oriented process of CREEM at
grassroots.
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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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NATIONAL CONSULTATION ON CREEM HELD
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“Mission
is the mediation of God’s grace in God’s world to God’s
creation initiated by God’s love.
It is corporate and thus it is the divine mandate given
to the whole Church through a manifestation in local
congregations.” ...more |
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CNI IN SOLIDARITY WITH
“SANGHARSH 2007”
The
Church
of
North India
itself believes in people’s movement and has always been proactive
in responding to the outcry of struggling people.
As consultation for CREEM was underway in Greater Noida, not
too far from New Delhi, simultaneous on the streets outside the
Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, a group of people from different
movements, voluntary organizations and concerned citizens came
together in a collective struggle naming it “Sangharsh 2007”
(Struggle 2007) ...more |
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4TH BATCH OF TRAINING ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONCLUDED
Communication
has always played a vital role in the process of development.
Therefore, church being an agent of
transformation/development need to equip people for effective and
efficient communication....more |
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MODERATOR
OF
CHURCH
OF
SCOTLAND
VISITS CNI
 The
Most Rev. Alan McDonald accompanied by his wife Dr. Judith McDonald,
Ms. Alison Twaddle, Moderator’s Chaplain and Mr. Sandy Sneddon,
Asia Secretary, Church of Scotland visited the Church of North India...more |
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Future
Events
National Convention for Christian Women
The
Synodical Women’s Fellowship for Christian Service of Church of
North India is organizing a National Convention for Christian Women...
more
Workshop on Media Education and
Documentation for Youth
A
five days long workshop on Media Education and Documentation is
scheduled to be organized for the Diocesan youth of CNI... more
Sunday School Curriculum Development
Workshop
A
workshop on the development of Sunday School Curriculum for
Church of North
India
will be held at Kolkata from 22nd to 24th June
2007... more
Certificate Course on Youth Leadership
Development
A
Certificate Course on Youth Leadership Development will be organized
at the Centre for Human Potential Development,
Nagpur... more
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News
from Far and Near
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The
Faith
Island
Women walk along
silently, their heads covered in gossamer veils, clutching their
copy of the Bible to the newly built Church of North India (CNI)
worship centre at Perka village in Car Nicobar. Two-and-a-half years
after the tsunami, the only concrete structures standing in the
village are the four new churches and four schools. ...more
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Church
of North
India
to ban corporal punishment in schools
Kolkata:
Many modern-day teachers, like teachers
in their own childhood, still believe sparing the rod only spoils the
child. The Churches of North India (CNI) is changing all that. It will ban
corporal punishment in its schools and make its teachers
‘'child-friendly’
The
rules being drafted for the accent-shift will take effect in July and
protect children from punishments like
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With no conviction,
foeticide continues
Sex-selective
abortions are banned under law, but 24-year-old Asha was told the gender
of her unborn child at a state government-run hospital for Rs 50. “The
nurse who assisted the doctor doing my ultrasound at
Care
Hospital
in
Mysore
offered to tell me the gender of the baby for Rs 50. She said later she
had charged less because it was a girl,” says Asha. Luckily for the
unborn child, Asha wanted a girl child so did not get the baby aborted. As
it happened, the nurse was wrong. “I had a son and now villagers are
wary of what these greedy doctors tell them,” she says.
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Every
4th child is
victim of sex abuse
Every
second child in India
has suffered some form of abuse, according to the world’s
largest-ever study on child abuse. Conducted by Prayaas, an NGO,
with support from UNICEF and the Department of Women and Child
Development, the study, which interviewed 17,000 children and such
stakeholders as teachers and NGOs, reports that over 50 per cent
children interviewed reported some form of physical, sexual or
economic abuse. .....more |
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Stories
from the fields
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 Families
in Talbagan were used to the men leaving the village early in the
morning, make that short walk to the naali, take their dingy and
head for sea. They would come back with a decent catch of fish,
not just to feed the family, but also to sell in order to make a
small profit.
The tsunami changed their
lives- the naali no longer fills with water. It is difficult to go
into the sea as frequently as before. In this small island, this
means loss of a regular source of income.
more..
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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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