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General
Secretary's. Messege:
Dear Readers,
 Warm
greetings to you from the Synod of the Church of North India.
It
is again a pleasure to communicate with you through this e-newsletter.
God has been good and gracious to us in our mission engagement in
CNI.
Past few months have been months of new leadership and new
initiatives in different places of CNI
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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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THE
REV. SUNIL SINGH IS THE BISHOP OF DIOCESE OF DELHI
 At
the full Episcopal Electoral Body for the Diocese of Delhi held on
August 22, 2007, The Rev. Sunil Singh was duly elected as the Bishop
elect of the Diocese of Delhi. ...more
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THE
REV. MADHUKAR UTTAM RAO KASAB IS THE BISHOP OF DIOCESE OF MARATHWADA
 At
the full Episcopal Electoral Body for the Diocese of Marathwada held
on August 24, 2007, The Rev. Madhukar Uttamrao Kasab was duly
elected as the Bishop elect of the Diocese of Marathwada....more
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MOST
REV. DR. JOSEPH MAR IRENAEUS IS THE METROPOLITAN, MAR THOMA CHURCH
 The
Most Rev Dr Philipose Mar Chrysostom has laid down office as
the Mar Thoma Metropolitan on October 2, 2007. ....more
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DIOCESAN
EVANGELISM PROGRAMME INAUGURATED
As part of the implementation of the CREEM Programme of the
Church of North India, the Synod has selected the Diocese of North
East India as a pilot Diocese
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TRAINING
PROGRAMME ON GENDER JUSTICE HELD
 A
Training Programme on Gender Justice was organized by the
Church of North India Synodical Women's Fellowship for Christian
Service from the 20th - 25th of August, 2007 at the CNI-CHPD, Nagpur. ...more
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REV.
DR. SUNIL M. CALEB- NEW PRINCIPAL OF
BISHOP'S COLLEGE, CALCUTTA
 The
Bishop College Society at their Annual General Meeting held on
August 28, 2007, appointed The Rev. Dr. Sunil Caleb, as Principal of
Bishop's College with immediate effect....more
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DR.
VINITA EUSEBIUS REELECTED CHAIRPERSON, SCMI
Dr.
Vinita Eusebius has been re-elected as the Chairperson, Student
Christian Movement of India for a second term in the General
Committee of the SCMI ....more |
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NCCI
DELEGATION MEETS DEFENCE MINISTER REGARDING FCR
BILL, 2006
A
NCCI delegation met the senior Congress leader and Defence Minister
in the UPA government at the centre Mr A. K. Antony on Friday 3rd
August 2007 regarding the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Bill,
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BRICK
LAYING CEREMONY OF THE EXTENSION OF CNI BHAVAN HELD
The
Most Rev. Joel V. Mal, Moderator, Church of North India, was joined
by the members of the CNI Executive Committee, the CNI Diocesan
Bishops and the members of the Synod staff and others in the
Brick-laying ceremony....more |
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News
from Far and Near
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Prime
Minister's new 15-point programme for the welfare of minorities
(A)
Enhancing
opportunities for Education. (B)
Equitable Share in Economic Activities and Employment.
(
C)
Improving
the conditions of living of minorities.....more |
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Registration
of Marriage made compulsory
On
the recommendations of National Human rights Commission and National
commission for Women and as per the judgment of the Supreme Court,
the proposal to enact a suitable legislation relating to Compulsory
registration of Marriages under consideration with the government. ...more
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Practices
to abolish child labour discussed
"Every
child has the right to good quality education; every child has the right
to play," said 12-year-old Amarlal, a former bonded child labourer from
Rajasthan, at the regional consultation....more
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Girls
trafficked to Punjab for bearing male child
Girls
and women from West Bengal and Assam are being increasingly trafficked to
states like Punjab and Haryana where they are sexually exploited until
they bear a male child....more
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Four
lakh children slogging in cotton fields
About
four lakh Indian children are engaged in hybrid cotton fields in
four cotton growing states, says a report by the India Committee of
the (ICN). ICN's director Gerard Oonk said,
"The report
makes it chillingly clear that our cotton products are tainted with
massive bonded child labour.....more
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Dalit
Christians plan stir for Scheduled Caste status
The
National Council of Dalit Christians on Tuesday stepped up their
demand for granting Scheduled Caste status to all dalits
irrespective of religion, and deletion of Para 3 of the Presidential
Order of 1950.
Constituents of the Council are also planning to resort to
agitation to mount pressure on the Government.....more
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Drive
to empower tribal women on cards
Jamshedpur:
To empower tribal women across the state, Campaign for Right to
Education in Jharkhand (CREJ) has identified 1,000 villages. The
move aims at social activists, educationists and senior members of
CREJ would hold a series of mass meetings with women, including
senior citizens, to advocate their role in the effective functioning
of gram sabhas at the grassroots level. ....more
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