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General
Secretary's Messege:
Dear Readers,
 Season's
greetings to you from the
Church
of
North India
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This
is the first e-newsletter of 2008.
Your prayers, support and solidarity in our mission engagement are
highly appreciated.
God's grace has been more than sufficient for us as we passed
through 2007 taking new initiatives to revive and revitalize our agenda to
enable people to know Christ and his mission of salvation.
As many of you are already aware of the situation in Kandhamal
District in Orissa
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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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CNI
Churches Burnt and Believers Killed by Fundamentalists in Kandhamal
 The
festive mood of Christians living in Kandhamal district of Orissa,
earlier undivided Phulbani, turned sour when their churches and
houses were burnt, vandalized, and desecrated by the Hindu
fundamentalists on the eve of Christmas.
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Youth
and Ethics of New Communication Technologies
 Youth
are the largest single constituency who get extensively exposed to
New Media for information, entertainment, networking and the like.
But being uncritical to New Media will make them unaware of
the potential of exercising the critical autonomy as a consumer.
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Child
Rights are Human Rights
Jesus
loved children and spent time with them and there by taught us that
children are innocent, trusting and full of hope. Their childhood
should be happy and loving. Their lives should mature gradually, as
they gain new experiences. ....more
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Hislop
College Celebrating 125 years of excellence
Hislop
College
, one of the oldest colleges in
Nagpur
run by the
Church
of
North India
, is euphoric about its quasquicentennial celebration in 2008.
The year long celebration was set on the runway with its
inaugural function held on Tuesday, 11th December 2007
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News
from Far and Near
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Riots in Orissa
Seven
churches, Catholic, Protestant, Pentecostal, and Independent ...
burned in Barakhamba village, Kandhamal district, central Orissa.
December 23, 2007: Hindutva (Hindu supremacist ideology) affiliated
Adivasi (tribal) organizations organized a march, rallying, “Stop
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PM
promises to protect Christians
Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh has promised to protect India's Christians
in a letter to the widow of an Australian missionary killed nine
years ago in a sectarian attack in the east of the country. Graham
Staines...more
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More Christians Killed as Orissa Violence Spreads
The
violence that began in the Indian state of Orissa on Christmas Eve
continued through Friday, with arson attacks killing at least nine more
Christians. Furthermore, at least 50 churches and institutions have been
destroyed ...more
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Atrocities
against Dalits on rise
A
fifty-five-year-old Dalit belonging to Fattepur Chaurasi village in Unnao
district had, on December 20 last, lost his life while trying to save his
two daughters-in-law modesty from being outraged by a few upper caste
goons of the same village. The brave man lost his life but saved izzat of
his daughters-in-law. The horrific incident is not an isolated case as
atrocities against Dalits are unabated even after their 'czarina' Mayawati
took over as the state chief minister nine months back. Busy
with her iconisation as champion of Dalits across India,..more
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