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General
Secretary's Message:
Dear Readers,
 Season's
greetings to you from the
Church
of
North India.
It is again a pleasure to
communicate with you through this e-newsletter.
We had sent this e-newsletter earlier but lately we found out that it
didn't get sent due to some technical problems that our server
encountered. Your prayers, support and solidarity in our
mission engagement are highly appreciated.
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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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Consultation
on Tackling Newer Emerging Vulnerabilities Leading to Trafficking in
Children and Women in
Bihar
 In
its crusade against trafficking in women and children in Bihar the
Church of North India organized a Consultation to tackle the newer
emerging vulnerabilities leading to human trafficking during
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Workshop
on Re-reading Bible for CNI Presbyters
 A
group of 70 Presbyters from across the CNI Dioceses gathered at CNI
Centre for Human Potential Development, Nagpur from 22nd
to 25th January 2008 for a workshop on ‘Re-reading of
the Bible'
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General
Secretary Visits PCUSA and Sermonizes Unity, Witness and Service
The
General Secretary of the Church of North India Rev. Dr. Enos Das
Pradhan visited the Presbyterian Church of USA to attend its
Consultation on Worldwide Mission from 15th to 18th
January 2008 in Dallas, Texas.
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General
Secretary Spends Time with the Nicobarese Youth
 After
the devastating tsunami on 26th December 2004 thousands
of people lost their lives and homes living behind some remnants.
The beauty of Car Nicobar which was earlier intriguing is
just a dream too hard to be realized. ....more
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Dr.
Asish Bhelwa, Principal of Hislop College, Nagpur Passes Away
Dr.
Ashish Peter Bhelwa, Principal of Hislop College, Nagpur passed away
in the morning on 23rd January 2008 after a brief illness
at Get-well Hospital, Dhantoli in Nagpur.
He was 48 years old and his death came as a blasting shock
not only to his family and the
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Dr.
Mrs. Margaret Kishan, Medical Superintendant of Christian Hospital,
Indore Passes Away
Dr.
Mrs. Margaret Kishan, wife of Dr. Samuel Kishan, Chief Functionary and
Secretary of our Synodical Board of Health Services (SBHS) died at her
residence in Indore this morning after a brief illness.
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News
from Far and Near
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Minority
Commission’s Reports on Kandhamal Clashes
The CNN-IBN has learnt that the Minority Commission report
on the Kandhamal violence severely indicts the Orissa government for
not doing enough to prevent the communal conflagration that gripped
the state late in December.
The Commission went all the way to Phulbani, although it
stopped short of visiting Kandhamal.
The Commission says that it is convinced of what Christian
groups have
been alleging that they were the targets of attacks; that the Naveen
Patnaik government had prior information that there would be trouble
around Christmas and, therefore, could have prevented the attacks;
and right-wing organisations like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad,
actively involved in anti-conversions, spear-headed the attacks.
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Dalits
and Christians are targets of a sophisticated hate campaign in
Orissa
Anger is growing among the tribal people in
Orissa against the state government's indifference towards their
problems and sufferings. As such the tribals are at war with the
government over displacement issues in different parts of the state
and what has enraged them now is the fact that hundreds of non-tribals
have cornered advantages and privileges that should have come to
them. The issue is no longer limited to Kandhmal district which saw
a massive ethnic conflict last month, now it is spreading to other
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Christians attacked in Karnataka
On
the morning of 3rd February, around 30 Hindu extremists attacked the
Shalom Full Gospel Church at Kumbara Halli village, under Hosadurga police
station of Chitradurga district in Karnataka. The activists assaulted
Pastor Priya Darshan and the congregation of around 300 believers present
at the time for the Sunday worship service. The extremists later dragged
Pastor Priya Darshan to Hosadurga police station & accused him of
forceful conversions. Three believers of the congregation were grievously
injured and they are undergoing treatment in Hosadurga government
hospital.
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Government in favor of Dalit
Converts Quota
The
issue of reservation benefits to dalit converts has taken a dramatic turn
after a significant move made by the Congress led UPA Government
advocating that bringing such segments under the quota bracket would be a
way of ensuring social justice.
"If a Dalit loses reservation benefits after conversion to
Islam or Christianity, that is unjustified," said party general
secretary Digvijay Singh.,..more
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