CNI NEWS

E-Newsletter of The Church of North India  

Volume # 0905

 General Secretary's Message: 

Dear Readers,

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

Our Nation went to polls in five phases to elect 15th Lok Sabha and by the time the copy of this journal for this month reaches your hand there will be a new Government at the Centre. We have prayed for the secular Government....more

 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."

The Car Nicobar: An Island of Unswerving Spirituality

The island of Car Nicobar in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands is rapidly limping back to normalcy of life after it was devastated by the tsunami waves on 26th.,.more  

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St. Peter’s Girls Hostel In Sunderban Celebrates Golden Jubilee

The St. Peter’s Girls Hostel under the Diocese of Barrackpore, Church of North India celebrated its golden jubilee on April 25, 2009. ,  .more  

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St. Stephen’s School Dum Dum Dedicate New Block

Yet another cap has been added to the St Stephens School, Dum Dum. A new block was dedicated by The Rev. Dr. Enos Das Pradhan, General Secretary,  .  .more

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Leonard Theological College Graduation Service Held

"Leadership is not Lordship", challenged The Rev. Dr. Enos Das Pradhan, General Secretary, Church of North India. He was addressing the graduating  ..more

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A PROTEST FAST UNTO JUSTICE

The Ecumenical Christian Forum for Human Rights (ECFoHR) along with the Churches in India and Tamilnadu Theological College organized a dharna ..more

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His Holiness Dalai Lama Visits Cathedral Church of Redemption

His Holiness The Dalai Lama recently visited the Cathedral Church of Redemption, New Delhi, under the Diocese of Delhi, Church of North India.  .more  

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St. Thomas Children Present Alibaba and the 40 Thieves

Six hundred tiny tots of the St. Thomas School, Junior Section, presented Ali Baba and the forty thieves, as their annual musical extravaganza ..more  

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SADHU SUNDER SINGH SABHA GRIHA DEDICATED

“We are just 38 years old, very young comparing to the 2,000 years history of Christianity, yet our God shows us signs of his presence, goodness, , .more  

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 News from Far and Near 

Indian Christians wary at arrest of 'inflammatory' poll candidate

Church leaders have said they are wary about the motives given by authorities for the arrest of a candidate for scheduled parliamentary elections from a "Hindu nationalist group" in the troubled Kandhamal district of India's Orissa state.

Ashok Sahu, candidate of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party for the Kandhamal parliamentary constituency was arrested on 14 April on a charge of making an "inflammatory speech" said aimed at fanning communal passion against Christians.

Indians began voting on 16 April in polls to elect members of parliament, who will elect a new prime minister in the country dubbed the world's biggest democracy of 1.2 billion people.

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Mass cry from Whole NE Community on Gruesome rape and murder of minor girl

NE communities leaders went to Delhi Police Head Office, ITO, New Delhi and demanded justice for innocent minor girl who was raped and murdered by unknown neighbors yesterday at Mahipalpur, New Delhi. The delegation demanded Delhi police to arrest the culprits and absconding suspects immediately.
 
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Church Vandalized in Maharashtra

A mob of about 25 Hindu extremists from the Bajrang Dal disrupted a Sunday worship meeting and vandalized a church on April 19 in eastern Maharashtra’s state Nagpur. According to an EFI correspondent, Tehmina Arora, at about 10:40 a.m., Hindu extremists armed with sticks, swords and knives barged into Douglas Memorial Church shouting slogans, “Jai Shri Ram”, “Jai Hanuman” when the Sunday morning service was in progress and attacked the Christians.  .more

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Act to Combat Trafficking

A US$2.5 Billion business worldwide, human trafficking is a huge nuisance as well as a matter of great concern for every nation and community in this   ...more

 

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April 2009 Newsletter
from the Derbyshire Churches and the Church of North India Partnership.

Story for History

The story of Sulochana Mahato

Six year old and she is already encouraging her fellow classmates to study harder and even helps them sometimes when they get stuck in their studies. But this is an entire different Sulochana Mahato who came to the centre a year and half ago. One normally does not expect children to be clean, behaved and study prone when living in a typical Indian slum in a mud house ...more  

 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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