CLB-1-002 Bulletin: In Recess; Six Popular Myths to be Dispelled; plus three more items

From: "Clergy Mail List"

Sat, 28 Apr 2001

Clergy/Leaders' Mail-list Bulletin No. 1-002 -- Fri 27 Apr 2001 Items: 1 In Recess 2 Six Popular Myths to be Dispelled 3 Violent Easter 2001 for Christians in Khartoum 4 4.1 Billion View 'Jesus' Film in 636 Languages 5 Every Moment -------------------------------------------------------------------- IN RECESS After two or three more CLM messages, your Clergy/Leaders' Mail- list will go into recess for approximately two weeks. I (Ron Clough - CLM moderator) will be away from my usual facilities when I attend the World Evangelical Fellowship (quadrenniel) General Assembly, this time in Kuala Lumpur. Over 500 hundred participants from 100+ nations have registered. As a commissioner of the WEF Religious Liberty Commission, I will also be involved in a meeting of the Commission prior to the Assembly. (The next few CLM messages sent will include two of the Psalms on Sundays series, so that they will remain up to date during the 'recess'.) ------------------------------ SIX POPULAR MYTHS TO BE DISPELLED The Rod Benson sermons we send from time to time are well received. (Rod is pastor of Blakehurst Baptist Church, Sydney, Australia.) So we think you'll like a series we will start soon which Rod preached to counter six popular myths: * It doesn't matter what you believe, as long as you're sincere. * God is unreasonable / unreliable / unconcerned / unpleasable. * If I ignore my pain / problems, they will go away. * I can make changes in my life quickly and painlessly. * Other people cause my stress. * I can control things by worrying about them. Rod's series is heavily adapted (with permission) from a series preached by Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Valley Community Church, California www.saddleback.com. ------------------------------ VIOLENT EASTER 2001 FOR CHRISTIANS IN KHARTOUM During Easter 2000, the German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke visited Khartoum, Sudan. Unprecedented numbers turned out to hear the gospel in the central Green Square, with some 210,000 on the final night. This year Bonnke returned to Sudan at the invitation of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC), with official permission for another Easter Campaign in Green Square. However on 10 April, the Government, citing 'security concerns', suddenly withdrew permission and violently attempted to move the people to an outer suburban church. Several believers were beaten and shot. On the advice of the SCC, Bonnke left Sudan at once. As believers met for prayer in All Saints Cathedral, police broke up the gathering with tear gas, arresting 105 and summarily sentencing 53 to be immediately flogged and imprisoned. Evidence is suggesting the involvement of both local and international Islamic militant bodies in the cancellation of the Reinhard Bonnke Easter event. They branded him as a 'witchcraft atheist and blasphemous Christian'. The Government of Sudan (GoS) has accused Christian critics in the West of being 'religious right wingers' intent on fomenting discontent in Sudan. A spokesman for the GoS wishes to inform us that 'Sudan respects the right of all people to practise their religion' and that Article 24 of Sudan's 1998 Constitution provides for freedom of religion and creed and religious co-existence. It is hard to see the GoS on that basis conducting the 'impartial and independent investigation' that Amnesty International is calling for. Please pray for the Christians in Sudan. [The above item is a summary of a recent WEF Religious Liberty Prayer weekly bulletin. To receive the full 2-page bulletin each week, send a blank e-mail to .] ------------------------------ 4.1 BILLION VIEW 'JESUS' FILM IN 636 LANGUAGES The "Jesus" film continues to break records in its desire to lead people to Christ. Ministry officials say that 4.1 billion people have seen the film. That's up from 3.9 billion in October. The "Jesus" Film has been translated into 636 languages, leading some 128 million people to Christ. Another 280 translations are in production. More than 2,800 teams are showing the film in 106 countries. (Mission Network News) ------------------------------ EVERY MOMENT In God, we live every commonplace as well as the most exalted moment of our being. To trust in Him when no need is pressing, when things seem going right of themselves, may be harder than when things seem going wrong. ... George Macdonald (1824-1905), "What's Mine's Mine" Christian Quotation of the Day - http://www.gospelcom.net/cqod CQOD Compilation Copyright 2001, Robert McAnally Adams, Curator ------------------------------ End of Clergy/Leaders' Mail-list Bulletin No. 1-002 ********************************************************* ____________________________ Clergy/Leaders' Mailing List (Moderated) This mailing list is open to all Christians via Internet e-mail. Submissions welcome: (in DOS ASCII Text format please if 'attached' or 'imported') To subscribe, e-mail to: clergy-request@pastornet.net.au with SUBJECT reading SUBSCRIBE To unsubscribe, e-mail to: clergy-request@pastornet.net.au with SUBJECT reading UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright: Postings may be re-sent ONLY with all copyright notifications intact.

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