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THOUSANDS of Dalit Christians rallied in Delhi on July 21 for a
special status that would grant them the same special provisions in
education and employment as Dalit Hindus.
They condemned what they termed as the repeated failure of the
Government in extending Scheduled Caste status to include them.
The status is given to Dalit Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists to ensure that
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Christians and Muslims are, however, excluded from receiving special
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K o t a
B a n g u n
Kutai of
Indonesia
SPEAKER
S of the Kota
B a n g u i n
dialect of the
M a l a y
language
reside in the
c e n t r a l
Mahakam
River basin of
S o u t h
Kalimantan, in
the Kutai
region. The first Roman Catholic mission was
established in this locality in 1907. In the
beginning of the 20th century the economy of
Kutai flourished as a result of the establishment
of the Borneo-Sumatra Trade Co.
Ministry obstacles
This community lives in a remote region of
Indonesia, and has little knowledge of who Jesus
is.
Outreach ideas
Christian workers can take the Gospel into this
region via films and recordings, and also use
stories from scripture.
Pray for the followers of Christ
There may well be no followers of Jesus
among this Muslim people group, but pray for
those that will soon emerge. Pray that the Lord
will provide good pastors and teachers for them,
and that they will follow the Lord with total
commitment.
Pray for the entire people group
Pray for the Kota Banguin Malay, that they
will soon come to a more correct understanding
of who Isa (Jesus) truly is, and understand the
significance of His death on the cross.
“All nations you have made will come and
worship before you, O Lord, they will bring
glory to your name.” Psalm 86:9 (Source:
Bethany World Prayer Centre)
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Dalit Christians rally for equal status
Continued from page 1
The Christians called for the immediate
implementation of recent recommendations
made by the Commission for Religious and
Linguistic Minorities (NCLRM).
The NCLRM issued a report urging the
Government to eradicate discrimination by
extending Scheduled Caste status to Christians
and Muslims. It denounced as ‘biased’
paragraph 3 of the 1950 Constitution Order,
which accords economic, educational and
social benefits to Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists
only. The rally was organised by the National
Council of Dalit Christians (NCDC) and
brought together Christians from across India.
“This injustice against our Dalit brothers and
sisters has been going on for six decades and
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more. Without justice, there is no peace. We
are going to press on till we get peace and
justice,” said the Archbishop of Delhi,
Vincent Concessao.
Sam Paul of the All India Christian Council
urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to be
evenhanded and move quickly to undo the
injustice being meted out to the Christian
community. “We have been demanding this
for the last 10 years in various forums, rallies
and campaigns,” he said. In a statement, Rev
Dr Richard Howell, general secretary of the
Evangelical Fellowship of India, said the
Government was ‘grossly’ discriminating
against Dalit Christians and Muslims by
denying their reservation guarantees
enshrined in the Constitution.
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Gay Lutheran pastors set to join church roster What to look for in a pastor!
transgendered lesbian, was BY BILLY GRAHAM In other words, is Christ the
ordained by four congregations in center and foundation of that
San Francisco in 2006 but could person's life, and is their desire to
not join the ELCA roster until the serve Him above all? Do they have
d e n o m i n a t i o n ’s G e n e r a l a clear sense of calling - a deep
Assembly approved the new conviction that God has called
policy in August. “I didn’t really them into their ministry? Do they
believe the policy was going to exhibit the qualities of a Christ-
change as quickly as it did,” she like character - the Spirit’s fruit of
said. “love, joy, peace, patience,
Ms. Rohrer hailed the new kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
policy as a “symbol” to young gentleness and self-control”
people that the Lutheran church is (Galatians 5:22-23)? Ask God to
working toward becoming more help you discover this, both from
welcoming of people of all them and from others who know
different backgrounds. them.
The Rev. Jeff Johnson, another In addition, pray for your
one of the pastors who will be congregation as your new pastor
added to the roster, said the I've been asked to be on the comes. It's easy to be critical of a
HAPPY GAY LUCKY: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America search committee for a new pastor new pastor because “he doesn’t do
voting members (from left) Orinda Hawkins-Brinkley, Diane Yeager, ELCA’s position for years of not
accepting the choice of some for our church. What should we be things the way our old pastor did.”
Marj Ellis and Steven Schnittke, along with others, pray during the looking for? We want someone Don’t let this happen in your
church’s General Assembly in Minneapolis in 2009, at which the congregations to ordain gay clergy
was painful and disappointing. who’s friendly and preaches well, church, but urge people to
denomination approved resolutions in support of gays. (File photo) but what else should we be encourage and pray for your new
SEVEN pastors working in the committed relationships. Gunman slays concerned about? - Mrs. K.D. pastor every day.
God has given your committee a Affectionately known as the
San Francisco Bay area of the US “It’s going to be an extremely Pentecostal very important responsibility, and ‘World’s Preacher’ for more than
who were barred from serving in glorious and festive ceremony
the nation’s largest Lutheran group because it’s the culmination of pastor in Russia your primary goal should be to 60 years, the Rev. Billy Graham is
because of a policy that required decades of work to welcome seek His will in this matter. one of the most influential and
BISHOP Artur Suleimanov and Therefore pray constantly in your respected spiritual leaders of the
gay clergy to be celibate are being LGBT people into the ELCA,” his wife Zinaida pastored the
welcomed into the denomination. said Amalia Vagts, executive committee for God’s wisdom and 20th century.
largest Pentecostal church in guidance - and urge your He has been a friend and
The Evangelical Lutheran director of the Extraordinary D a g e s t a n ’ s c a p i t a l c i t y,
Church in America also decided to Lutheran Ministries, a nonprofit congregation to do the same. spiritual adviser to 10 American
Makhachkala. Bishop Arthur was It's natural to seek someone who presidents and has preached the
add six of the pastors to its clergy that credentials openly gay, shot in the head by an assailant on
roster at a service at St. Mark’s lesbian, bisexual and transgender is outgoing and preaches well - Gospel to more people in live
July 15. He died from his wounds a and that isn't wrong. But the most audiences than anyone else in
Lutheran Church in San Francisco. people for ministry. few hours later at a hospital.
The group is among the first The Rev. Megan Rohrer grew important characteristic of any history - nearly 215 million people
Suleimanov led Hosanna House pastor should be a heart for God - a in more than 185 countries and
gay, bisexual or transgender up in South Dakota and attended a of Prayer - a church of 1,000
Lutheran pastors to be reinstated Lutheran college, where she said deep desire to live for Christ, and territories - through various
believers - from rented facilities to see others come to know Him meetings. Hundreds of millions
or added to the rolls of the ELCA students tried to exorcise her “gay into a permanent home six years
since the organization voted last demons” by throwing holy water and serve Him. God appointed more have been reached through
ago. According to reports, David as king over His people television, video, film, and
year to lift the policy requiring on her. Some of those people are Suleimanov had just met with area
celibacy. now Lutheran pastors in South because, He said, “I have found webcasts.
pastors in which he revealed a new David son of Jesse a man after my Visit the web site for the Billy
Churches now can hire Dakota, she said. plan to reach the area with
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Catholic church blasts gay priests
leading ‘double life’
The Catholic Church in Italy, still reeling
from the clerical sex abuse scandal, lashed
out recently at gay priests who are leading a
double life, urging them to come out of the
closet and leave the priesthood.
The Diocese of Rome issued the strongly
worded statement after the conservative
Panorama newsweekly said in a cover story
and accompanying video that it had
interviewed three gay priests in Rome and
accompanied them to gay clubs and bars
and to sexual encounters with strangers,
including one in a church building.
One of the priests, a Frenchman
identified only as Paul, celebrated Mass in
the morning before driving the two escorts
he had hired to attend a party the night
before to the airport, Panorama said.
In a recent statement, the Rome diocese
denounced those priests who were leading a
“double life,” said they shouldn’t have been
ordained and promised that the church
would rigorously pursue anyone who is
behaving in a way that wasn’t dignified for a
Argentina legalizes gay marriage
ARGENTINA on July 15 became the first
nation in Latin America to legalize same-
sex marriage, turning aside protests from the
Roman Catholic Church to give gay couples
the same rights as their heterosexual
counterparts. The Argentine Senate
approved the measure in a hard-fought 33-
27 vote, with three abstentions. President
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has
indicated that she will sign it into law
quickly.
The 4:05 am vote came after an
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than 14 hours. Hundreds of supporters of the
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No one knows the exact number of gays Tamil Nadu and Government of India.
in the priesthood. Estimates of the number
of gays in US seminaries and the priesthood
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Worship the Lord in liberty, with uplifted hands!
BY ROBIN SAM
YEARS ago when I was a
newbie in our church, I remember
how restless and uptight I felt
when praise and worship was on. I
disliked being asked to stand up to
sing during worship session. I
didn’t know what the worship
leader meant when he often said
‘Worship the Lord with liberty.’
Coming from a traditional church
background, to me liberty just
didn’t seem to fit in with the
concept of worship. But all that
changed over time when the Spirit
of God ministered to me, broke my
misgivings, molded me and took
me through various experiences –
some sweet, others bitter but
mostly uplifting.
Recently, I was rereading a book
and I stumbled upon some
delightful insight on the
importance of worshiping God
with liberty. And lifting up of
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why lifting up of hands means a lot
in praise and worship.
King David understood that to
worship God is to seek an intimate
encounter with Him. When he was
in the wilderness of Judah, he
longed to see God’s power and
glory. His soul and flesh yearned
for God’s loving kindness while
his lips were full of praises.
Naturally, David lifted up his
hands towards heaven. ‘Thus will I
bless thee while I live: I will lift up
my hands in thy name.’ (Psalms
63:4).
Lifting up your hands is more
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than a mere physical activity when
it is done in Jesus’ name.
The psalmist who wrote Psalm
134 knew the power of lifting up
his hands in God’s presence. ‘Lift
up your hands in the sanctuary, and
bless the Lord. The Lord that made
heaven and earth bless thee out of
Zion,’ he wrote in verses 2 and 3.
In the book of Lamentations,
during a time of great peril to
Israel, Jeremiah sought the nation
to intercede for itself in the only
way it knew: ‘Arise, cry out in the
night: in the beginning of the
watches pour out thine heart like
water before the face of the Lord:
lift up thy hands toward him for the
life of thy young children, that
faint for hunger in the top of every
street.’
A grief-laden heart had to be
spent and a helpless pair of hands
needed to be lifted up to God in
prayer for Israel’s turnaround.
Things have not changed much
since. When misfortunes strike us,
when the future seems bleak and
when there seems to be no fresh
revelation from God, that’s when
we need to worship the Lord. And
be sure to lift up your hands to
God.
Lifting up our hands signifies
complete surrender on our part; we
acknowledge the sovereignty of
God and His supreme power over
us and our situations.
Further, in Lamentations 3:41
Jeremiah said: ‘Let us lift up our
heart with [our] hands unto God in
the heavens.’ Lifting up of hands
along with the heart also implies
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The Creator and only the A criminal case has been filed against a Church of South India bishop
Creator deserves our worship. The and 12 others in Salem on charges of misappropriation of some three
24 elders mentioned in crores of church funds.
Revelations 4 understood this. The case charged against Bishop Manickam Dorai, his wife and 10
That’s why they prostrated others, includes cheating, Inspector Kennedy said.
themselves before Him who sits The police is already investigating the alleged misappropriation of
on the throne and said: ‘Thou art funds against the accused in Coimbatore, Udhagamandalam and Erode,
worthy, O Lord, to receive glory English daily Hindustan Times reported. The Bishop and his wife had
and honor and power: for thou hast already obtained anticipatory bail from the Madras High Court in the
created all things, and for thy Coimbatore case. Following the alleged irregularities, Bishop Paul
pleasure they are and were Vasanthakumar of Tiruchi and Thanjavur diocese has taken over the
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If you doubt that uplifted hands
and a heart full of praise can bring
deliverance in your situation, may
Christian woman ‘critical’
I urge you to look up Exodus after being attacked for her faith
17:11-13 in your Bible? In the
A Christian woman is said to be in a critical condition in hospital after
battle against Amalekites, as long
being attacked by a knife-wielding mob who accused her of forcible
as Moses’ hands were held up, the
conversion. The 40-year-old woman, named only as Amodini, was at her
Israelites had the upper hand.
home in Karnataka, on July 6 when 15 men burst in and started accusing
When his hands relaxed, the
her of forcing people to become Christians. They then launched a brutal
Amalekites gained the lead.
attack on her. “Amodini’s clothes were removed in public and she was
Finally, Aaron and Hur stood on
attacked with knives,” a witness said, describing the scene as ‘horrific’.
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‘Holiness and truth important in every believer’s life’

BY MATHEW VICTOR Stanly, an evangelist, showed me unified Europe. At this, my The lobbying for one religion that
DURING his college days, how prophecies had become part interpreter smiled at me will usher world peace will
Robert Simon almost became a and parcel of history over the sarcastically. After my preaching become stronger. Three power
rationalist. As a child, he had years. He told me in particular was over, he asked me how blocs namely the eastern power
accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord about the re-gathering of the Jews countries under Communist bloc, the northern power bloc and
and Savior. Yet, as a youth he and how various Biblical regimes and pro-US nations could the southwest power bloc will
found comfort in rationalistic prophecies were being fulfilled. come together. I told him it would emerge clearly. The United States
This provided me the impetus to
beliefs. “That rationalistic attitude happen. A month later, the Warsaw of America will continue to
helped me not become an atheist,” study prophecies in detail. pact was dissolved. It was quite become weaker as a world power
he quipped. “A true rationalist is a One such prediction was related startling. while the European Union will
true Christian. Hallelujah!” A to the coming together of NATO Similarly in 1990, I was leading emerge as a new power centre.
post-graduate in English countries and the Warsaw pact. In a special Bible study on Involvement of Europe in the
Literature, Simon had a personal those days, that was unimaginable. 'Prophecies and USSR' in middle-east crisis between Israel
encounter with Jesus Christ that Similarly, the unification of the Chennai. In my message, I said and Palestine will be more
led to his salvation experience in East and West Germany, the although the Bible did not mention s t r i d e n t . To t a l f a i l u r e o f
1972 when he was barely 23. Soon, disintegration of the USSR the USSR, it talked about Russia. democracy and an urgent need to
he was baptized and took to (erstwhile Soviet Union) were also For prophecies concerning Russia cobble up a new form of
preaching the good news. “My part of my preaching in those days to be fulfilled, the USSR would be government will be noticed. There
first preaching was in a moving even before those prophecies dissolved and Russia would will also be a proposal to divide
train,” he told THE CHRISTIAN could hit history's newsstands. emerge as a powerful nation from Jerusalem.
MESSENGER in an interview. When I saw these predictions Pastor Robert Simon, among the federation. The
Pastor Robert Simon is the founder come true quite literally, I began a founder of Carmel Ministries following week, the USSR broke What are the qualities one
of Carmel Ministries and is known serious study of the Book of Daniel up into several communist needs to have to be raptured?
for his teachings on the book of in the Bible. The question that “For the church, Christ is countries and Russia emerged as a The qualities of the Philadelphia
Revelations. “The central theme of weighed Nebuchadnezzar was more than savior, redeemer powerful nation. Church will be the criteria for
heavy in my mind too – 'What shall
all my ministries is this: 'You shall and lover. Jesus Christ is On another occasion, during the rapture. For the church, Christ is
know the Truth and the Truth sets be hereafter?' Based on these the Holy One and course of a regular church service, more than savior, redeemer and
you free,” he said. Excerpts: studies, I prepared a series of He is the Truth.” I said Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, the lover. Jesus Christ is the Holy One
sermons entitled 'What is then British prime minister, would and He is the Truth. In Isaiah we
How did you get interested in tomorrow?' That gave me a real cards and smart cards became a be thrown out of power as she was read the righteous people will keep
the book of Revelations? kick to dwell more into history and reality. not for the European Union and the truth. Holiness and truth are
I c o m e f r o m t h e C S I Bible studies. In November, 1989, I was someone who was pro-EU would very important in every believer's
background and was saved in preaching at the Apostolic be sworn in as the leader of the life. We should keep the Truth and
1972. From then on, I have heard What were some of the Christian Assembly (ACA) in United Kingdom. The same the Truth will set us free. So, keep
several preachers' sermons on the predictions that you made then? Chennai, at their Sunday evening evening, Mrs. Thatcher was the Truth.
second coming of our Lord Jesus One of the important predictions service. During my message, I removed from power in absentia. Pastor Robert Simon can be
Christ. That spurred me to study in my teaching was about a said a unified Europe will soon be reached at 103 Brickkiln Road,
the Books on Apocalypse and cashless society. I had always a reality. I said countries under the What are some of your future Purasaiwalkam, Chennai, Tamil
Eschatology more intensely. A talked about SDR (special drawing Warsaw pact and NATO nations predictions? Nadu 600 007.
year later, I started preaching in rate). Remember, this was many will come together to form a In the coming days, the cry for Phone: 044-26622198. E Mail:
conventions. In 1974, Bro. Simon years ago even before credit / debit one global leader will increase. pastorrobertsimon@gmail.com

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