CNI NEWS

E-Newsletter of The Church of North India  

Volume # 0808

 General Secretary's Message: 

Dear Readers,

Greetings to you from the Synod of the Church of North India.

The goodness and the faithfulness of God is sufficient for us.  Thanks for your prayer and concern for Church of North India.  ....

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 CNI Mission Statement : 

"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."

CNI Reaffirms Its Commitment to Uplift the Marginalized Children on Its 38th Anniversary

The 29th of November 2008 marked the 38th Anniversary of Church of North India, an organic unity of six  ....more

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'Ebenezer' was exclaimed at the Quasquicentennial Celebration of Hislop College

Hislop College, one of the oldest colleges in the orange city of Nagpur run by the Church of North India, ...more

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CNI Condemns the Terror Attacks in Mumbai

The financial and entertainment Capital of India, Mumbai, was targeted once again by terrorists last week which ...more

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South Asian Women’s Capacity Enhancement Training

Organized by the South Asia Ecumenical Partnership Programme ....more

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CNI Policy on Education Adopted at the Synod

The Church of North India affirms that education not only builds character but also a nation.   ...more

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Right to Information: Minutes of Synod Meetings Go Online

The Right to Information Act 2005 passed by the Indian Parliament two years back is one of the most progressive legislations   ...more

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Release of Sermon Resource Book for Year “B” Readings

Over the past few years, the Church of North India had been demanded of different resources for lectionary sermon .more

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Pre-launching of Un-graded Curriculum for Sunday Schools

The Church of North India envisions that every congregation has a functional and vibrant Sunday School. ..more

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Youth for Anti-trafficking Crusade

In a youth leadership development programme organized by the Diocese of Patna, Church of North India, at Diocesanr  ....more

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Empowered Youth to Work for Human Rights

The Diocese of Amritsar, Church of North India organized a youth leadership development programme at Alexandra . ....more

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 News from Far and Near 

The Mumbai Attacks: More Than Meets The Eye

Details have emerged regarding who was responsible for the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, with the evidence pointing to the Pakistani-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). But the trail doesn't end there.  

Indications of a coming attack were reportedly received by intelligence agencies well in advance. US signals intelligence (SIGINT) picked up a spike in . ...more

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Kandhamal violence: 10,000 people named in 746 cases

An estimated 10,000 people have been named in 746 cases lodged during Kandhamal violence this year with 598 accused put behind the bars, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed the Assembly.

All these cases were being investigated and those arrested had been forwarded to court, Patnaik told the House on Monday replying to a question. ...more

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Statement made to the Press by Sister Meena

On 24th August, around 4:30pm, hearing the shouting of a large crowd, at the gate of Divyajyoti Pastoral Centre, I ran out through the back door and escaped to the forest along with others. We saw our house . ...more

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AIDWA Report Orissa November 2008

(The following is the report of the delegation of the All India Democratic Women’s Association, the Women’s wing of the Communist Party of India Marxist, which visited Orissa including Kandhamal earlier in November 2008, met with the victims and later also met with the Orissa Chief Minister, .more

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Orissa Bishops' letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

1.The Exodus of Christians from Kandhamal District: There is considerable reduction of refugees in Relief Camps (from 24,000 to
11,000). The claim that those who leave the relief camps are going back to their own villages and settling down in their homes is not
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Global Christian Forum Consultation

November 7, 2008: Evangelical Fellowship of India is privileged to host the Global Christian Forum (GCF) Consultation from  Nov. 8th to 11th, 2008 at New Delhi.

The GCF is about bringing into conversation with one another Christians and churches from very different traditions
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 Editorial Team 

Rev. Dr. Enos Das Pradhan
Editor-in-Chief  

Sudipta Singh,   Sushma Ramaswami
Editors  

Kasta Dip,  Rachael Pradhan,  Pradip Bansrior
Associate Editors  

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