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The presence of Malawi President, Joyce Banda at SCOAN became a source of relief on the rumour spreading around that she will only be president for another two years after the 2014 election. TB Jousha welcomed Banda at a service held at SCOAN in Lagos, Nigeria which was beamed at Emmanuel T.V.Read more:   www.nyasatimes.com

via bcnn news Christmas is different things to different people it seems, and that's no surprise. For most, if recent surveys are correct, it's just a wonderful time to reconnect with family and friends, exchange presents, and, perhaps, consume too many calories. This week, the District-based Public Religion Research Institute reported "more than one-quarter (26 percent) of Americans celebrating Christmas this year will do so largely as a non-religious holiday."For those who do believe, Christmas is first an occasion to commemorate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the long-promised Messiah of Israel (Isaiah 7:14) and the savior of the world. While the actual birth of Christ most likely did not take place on Dec. 25 -- differing scholars have said either the spring or the early autumn -- the date has become a time when the majority of Christians mark the occasion. It won't be a "Merry Christmas" for many Christians, however, and not solely tho...

via pciniraj.wordpress.com According to  Paul Ciniraj Ministries , which concentrates on evangelizing India and the Third World and winning souls unto Jesus Christ through preaching, teaching and doing charitable works. They donate Bibles in all different Indian languages and distribute the Scriptures to the sick, poor, needy and gentiles, also share the Good News with Muslims who form an underground church in India and the Third World Nations. Here is a story of Rashid, who was a commander of a fanatic movement, who were planning either convert back or wipe out Muslim converts to Christianity in India and other Asian countries. Some of their ooperations were great success. Their organization found out about Pastor Paul Ciniraj, a former Muslim and the group of his ministries boldly evangelising people, specially Muslims. So they wanted to give him a big shock by destroying his family and wanted to bring him back to Islam as a good weapon against christianity. And Rashid voluntaril...

source; blackchristiannews.com A Satanic group is looking to counterbalance the presence of a Ten Commandments display outside the Oklahoma state capitol with a monument of its own -- a so called "homage" to Satan. The Satanic Temple, a New York City-based religious group, officially offered a monument to the Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission, a committee that manages the capitol's grounds, according to a press release put out by the religious group.It is unclear what messages or symbols The Satanic Temple's display would include. Spokesperson Lucien Greaves told Friendly Atheist blogger Hemant Mehta this week that the commission has already responded to the proposal, which the government received on Nov. 21."I can happily report that we have very recently heard back from the commission," Greaves said. "The representative was extremely polite and friendly and sent us the form needed to accompany the design for our proposed monument....

via cbn news Twenty-two years of war between North and South Sudan ended when southerners gained independence in July 2011. But fighting in disputed areas of Sudan has continued as Khartoum attempts to control and Islamize non-Arabs by waging jihad on regions like Sudan's Nuba Mountains. A prominent Sudanese bishop is in Washington this week asking Americans to help alleviate the suffering. Macram Gassis, bishop of Sudan's El-Obeid Diocese, said Christians and others in the Nubas are still suffering at the hands of the Islamist regime."They are on the cross in a special way because bombing is daily, the Khartoum government has sealed all the entrances into the Nuba Mountains," Gassis explained. "So, there is no food, no medicine, no fuel, no nothing."Not far from the Nuba Mountains, near the border between Sudan and South Sudan, is the disputed region of Abiye. During recent referendum, the people of Abiye voted to join South Sudan, something Sudan...

via cbn news As Jews and Christians worldwide face a growing wave of persecution, one Jewish leader is saying the two groups must stand together to confront increasing violence."I will not be silent and we will not be silent," Ron Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress told Christians recently about Jewish support for persecuted Christians. In September, Lauder spoke at the annual International Christian Embassy Jerusalem's Feast of Tabernacles celebration where thousands of Christians were in attendance."Silence is the biggest help to anti-Semitism, or anti-Christian. One of the things we are seeing over and over again is that when you talk out, you fight back, people react," Lauder told CBN News. Historians blame public apathy for helping lead to the horrors of World War II. The World Jewish Congress, founded in 1936, became the diplomatic arm for Jewish people worldwide."We see the same recurrence we saw in the 1930s and it's very...

source;blackchristiannews.com A push by activists to ease the 30-year-old blanket ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men faces a key test this week as a federal panel hears results of the latest research. The findings will be released amid growing pressure from politicians and advocates, including college students, to change the policy. Critics say the ban is a hangover from the early, fear-filled days of AIDS, stigmatizing gay men and ignoring advances in treatment and detection in the decades since.Supporters of the policy say politics, not science, is driving the proposed change, which would heighten the risk of spreading HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, when the medical demand for blood donations is decreasing.Under Food and Drug Administration rules, men who have had sex with men (MSM) since 1977 are ineligible to donate blood. An acknowledgment of having male homosexual relations at any time in one's life is enough to disqualify a potential donor. "This policy ...