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June 30 Laos relaxed restriction on Christians in Attapeu province of southern Laos following years of persecution, the local government now recognizes Christianity as a legitimate religion. Only five years ago local authorities ordered believers to renounce their faith or be exiled from their villages. Christians were prohibited from using common wells, rice mills and other public facilities. At the beginning of 2002, 73 people professed faith in Christ. But by the end of the year, after heavy persecution, only 30 believers remained steadfast. Persecution continued in subsequent years as Christians were denied basic resources and forced to walk two hours to buy food. Local officials attached posters to the front doors of Christians to identify them. Persecutors poisoned the believers' animals and threw rocks at their homes. In 2004 several missionaries were arrested and imprisoned for one year. Now, however, for the first time, Christians are able to legally worship in churches. Today 336 believers gather for worship in the province with a sharp increase expected because of the new freedoms.
Source: Intercessors Network

June 27 John Bond's Sonlife Burma Cyclone Ministry Appeal now top $30,000 since the appeal was first made immediately after the cyclone that hit Burma in early May. John Bond happened to be in Burma when the cyclone hit the nation. "It struck about 11.30 pm in our hotel and lasted for the next 14+ hours. Our final day of training was cancelled and we were all locked inside. The rain was horizontal for more than 10 hours and seeing roofs lift off and crash back down, sheets of corrugated iron fly through the air like tissues paper and big wooden beams fly about like match sticks will forever be etched in my memory." Regarding the fund he adds, "I have several businessmen who will self fund their trips and we will go back into Burma (targeted July 29th) to deliver the funds in person." To participate in the Appeal please deposit your contribution to Sonlife Ministries Inc.: BSB Number – 086-455 Account Number – 03976 – 8551

June 24 WA Family First has notified of their Annual General Meeting on Sat June 28 and also of their new website, wafamilyfirst.com. Also in the news is the new frontman for the Party, Mike Keating, snr pastor of Southside Christian Assembly and Secretary of the AOG movement in WA. "We are absolutely delighted to announce a significant restructure designed to launch the party as a future mainstream political force in WA", Keating writes in the notice of the AGM. To keep the Party contemporary he further adds, "As part of the new direction, Family First will now be known as WAFAMILYFIRST.COM." WA Family had successfully recruited Dan Sullivan, indendent MLA for Leschenault and former deputy leader of the Liberal Party, as Parliamentary Spokesman for WAFAMILYFIRST.COM.

June 22 Christians The Best Friends of Israel, one of the miracles of the 20th century. Likud opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu has publicly declared that Israel "has no better friends in the world" than Christians who love and support Israel. "This is a friendship of the heart, a friendship of common roots, and a friendship of common civilization," he told a conference in Jerusalem, organized by Christians United for Israel. At the same Conference Efrat Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin described the burgeoning ties between Israel and the evangelical Christian world "one of the most important things," after close to 2,000 years of enmity and persecution. He said the increasingly close relationship between Christians and Jews was "one of the miracles of the 20th century."
source: Jerusalem Post / A'lia Prayer Network

June 20 Former deputy head of Indonesian Intelligence charged with murder of Munir Thalib, a leading human rights activist who had exposed gross human rights violation and corruption in Papua and Aceh. The arrest is likely to send a shockwave through Indonesia's corridors of power but will be applauded by human rights organisations, which have described the killing and subsequent cover-ups as one of the blackest marks on Indonesia's reputation. <Fairfax Digital>

June 18 Muslim Extremists Forcing Indonesian Government to compromise on Pancasila, the freedom of religion guiding principle for Indonesia since the 60s; giving rise to the possibility of Australia's biggest neighbour becoming an Islamic state as reported by ABC Radio. "Not just an Islamic state, but a Taliban state" warns Anand, a Balinese Hindu leader. He further , being interviewed by Steven Crittenden. Anand again on why the authorities are losing control, "I have just one reservation which, and my sole concern is the Islamic moderates in my country, they're not into the grassroots. The radicals are the grassroots. They can address the grassroots, they can use their language, they can use their idioms and whatnot, and our moderates, they're intellectuals." <listen to ABC podcast>

June 16 Phil Baker's Building Business Leaders program scaled down due to "amount of time and effort to put into an increasingly high quality presentation, together with all my other jobs has necessitated us running these events in a slightly different way", according to his update on the web. The popular BBL breakfast has been used by Christian marketplace ministers as a platform for reaching out to the their non-believing business associates and colleagues. The next BBL breakfast in Perth will be held on March 19, 2009.

June 10 'God loves him', referring to the driver that killed her daughter are the brave words uttered by Deborah Worts outside the Supreme Court after the conclusion of the court sentencing on a car crash that took the life of Fiona Wort on Kwinana Freeway. "If he’s really repented I’ll have to forgive him" says Mrs Worts believing that her daughter, Fiona, too would want the family to do. (source: The West June 11, 2008)

June 10 Perth holds onto the 21st spot on Mercer's Most Liveable Cities in the world using a Quality of Living index which includes public transport accessibility and personal safety. Sydney dropped from 9th to 10th position and Melbourne holding on at 17th stood above Perth amongst Australian cities. Singapore at 34th is the leading Asia based city just a notch above Tokyo. Not surprisingly Baghdad remains the least leveable.

May 17 Myanmar cyclone aftermath deepens as the Burmese authorities dragged their feets in response to world aids reposts World Vision Tim Costello. "The scale of this disaster would be beyond the capacity of authorities and local organizations in any country. There will be longer-term structural problems for the country as well. The Irrawaddy Delta area was the rice bowl of the nation. It is now a devastated wasteland. With every day I spend here, my sense of urgency increases." <more>
May 16 Willow Creek church underwent a mega-shift by focusing on discipleship-making than seeker-friendliness. Through their own survey of congregants at Willow Creek and six other churches suggested that evangelistic impact was greater from those who self-reported as "close to Christ" or "Christ-centered" than from new church attendees. In addition, a quarter of the "close to Christ" and "Christcentered" crowd described themselves as spiritually "stalled" or "dissatisfied" with the role of the church in their spiritual growth. Even more alarming to Willow Creek: About a quarter of the "stalled" segment and 63 percent of the "dissatisfied" segment contemplated leaving the church. <more>

May 7 WA Human Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill 2007 was defeated in the WA Upper House last night by 18 votes to 15 budging the trend set in other Australian states. This has been an historic win for those who value life and is also a victory for ethical research – with the latest scientific breakthroughs providing a far better research alternative which does not involve cloning and killing a human embryo, says ACL's Jim Wallace . <more>

Apr 24 Bold plans for new Church building
New Creation Church in Singapore (snr pastor Joseph Prince) has proceeded to build a A$230M multipurpose building incorporating meeting halls, prime shop outlets, cinemas and restaurants. The One-North project is the solution to their current rental arrangement that is beginning to put pressure on the continued growth of this mega-church. The new facility will seat 8,000. <more>
Hillsong's New Church premise in inner Sydney received wider community support despite protest from local residents at Rosebery. The proposed $78.4M development with seating capacity for 2700 and seven-storey of office space has drawn opposition from local residents due to the noise and traffic congestion that it may posed. Support for the project has come from politicians, businessmen and associations and clubs on the ground that the church will have an overall positive impact on the community. <more>


Apr 22 JI organisation Indonesian court now ruled illegal. Top JI's ambitious plan for a pan-Islamic archipelago just north of Australia has been dealt a major blow when their two top leaders were arrested in Malaysia with help from Australian authorities. The court found JI guilty of being an organisation that permits terrorism as it jailed for 15 years each JI's military commander, Abu Dujana, and its acting leader, Zarkasih. Also arrested was Purwanto, a doctor who led JI's violent campaign against Christians in the Sulawesi district of Poso, could possibly had treated Bali bombings mastermind, Noordin Top, and know his whereabout. <more>

Apr 17 Pope praised America as a nation where strong religious belief can coexist with secular society.
He gave warning of the “subtle influence of secularism” that can co-opt religious people and lead even Catholics to accept abortion, divorce and co-habitation outside of marriage. “Is it consistent to profess our beliefs in church on Sunday and then during the week to promote business practices or medical procedures contrary to those beliefs?” he asked. “Is it consistent for practicing Catholics to ignore or exploit the poor and the marginalized, to promote sexual behavior contrary to Catholic moral teaching or to adopt positions that contradict the right to life of every human being from conception to natural death? Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted” <more>

Apr 11 Hillsong's New Church premise in inner Sydney received wider community support despite protest from local residents at Rosebery. The proposed $78.4M development with seating capacity for 2700 and seven-storey of office space has drawn opposition from local residents due to the noise and traffic congestion that it may posed. Support for the project has come from politicians, businessmen and associations and clubs on the ground that the church will have an overall positive impact on the community. <more>

Apr 9 Abortion in WA 8328 in 2006, 19.1 per 1000 women (18.2 in 2005). AMA president Rosanna Capolingua said the latest figures showed that making the socalled morning after pill Postinor-2 available without a doctor’s prescription had not reduced the number of abortions. The pill became available direct from pharmacists in January 2004. "We’re now seeing this explosion in sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia and women are not getting all the necessary advice when they buy a pill in a pharmacy. Given the relatively high level of contraceptive use and knowledge in Australia, many unintended pregnancies are thought to be due to method failure or inconsistent use." (source: The West 9/4/08)

Apr 1 WA Prostitution bill passed in Parliament after a descending MP decided to cast her vote for it. The West Australian Government originally hoped to have the prostitution bill passed quickly last year, knowing that they had the numbers to do this and refusing to allow a conscience vote for Labor MPs. The fact that this did not happen but that the passage of the legislation was delayed again and again, and in the end came down to one vote in the Upper House, is a testament to God’s hand at work and the way in which so many Christians have actively been involved in opposing the legislation. (source: Australian Christian Lobby)
No one is happy, even a leading brothel owner:
"The laws would fuel the explosion of suburban “quasibrothels”, expose children to sex work in the home, put women and children at risk of violence, increase the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and see more migrant women working illegally and being held against their will as “sex slaves”. How are they going to enforce these laws? There’s a lot more work to do. I don’t think they’ve consulted enough with the industry.”
Beverly Clarke, owner Langtrees brothels

Mar 28 New rift in WA Anglican Church with reports from The West today that senior Anglican bishops are voicing their objections over WA Anglican Archbishop Roger Herft and Dean of Perth John Shepherd views that Jesus' resurrection and ascension to heaven may not be interpreted as both physical and spiritual. "If God cannot phsically raise Jesus from the dead then he can't raise us from the dead and there is no hope of heaven," says North-West Australia Anglican Bishop David Mulready. Bunbury Bishop David McCall joined in the objection, "Jesus was not resuscitated, he was resurrected. His resurrection body was different. It was in some way transformed and was no longer subject to the normal boundaries that our bodies are bound to.