“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” [Ephesians 6:12]
Presbyterians Week Headlines
[1] Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Investment Committee Recommends Divestment of Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions, and Hewlett-Packard for Violations of International Law
[2] Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal Rules State Trust Law Must Be Followed in The Presbytery of South Louisiana of the Presbyterian Church(USA) vs. Carrollton Presbyterian Church
[3] Illinois Christian Foster Care Group Loses State Contract
[4] California City Files Couple $300 for Holding Bible Study in Home
[5] Christians in Mexico Forced from Village
[6] Somali Christian Beheaded by Al-Shabaab Terrorist; Christian Family of Fourteen in Nigeria Murdered in Bed by Muslim Terrorists
[7] Council on American-Islamic Relations Condemns Orange, California, Councilman’s Tribute to 9 September 2001 Victims
[8] U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley of Illinois Apologizes to Muslim Conference for U.S. Discrimination against Muslim Faith
[9] Jihad Update from the Religion of Peace Website
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[1] Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Investment Committee Recommends Divestment of Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions, and Hewlett-Packard for Violations of International Law
An 18 September 2011 article by Peter Smith in The Courier-Journal titled “Divestment Urged by Louisville-Based Presbyterian Church” reports that the investment committee of the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) is recommending that the PCUSA divest itself of all investments in Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions, and Hewlett-Packard, because the PCUSA committee contends that the three corporations are in violation of international law because they do business with the Israeli military and thus facilitate Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands.
+ The Courier-Journal, 525 West Broadway, Post Office Box 740031, Louisville, Kentucky, 40201-7431, 502-582-4011, publisher@courier-journal.com
+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005
[2] Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal Rules State Trust Law Must Be Followed in The Presbytery of South Louisiana of the Presbyterian Church(USA) vs. Carrollton Presbyterian Church
A15 September 2011 article in The Layman Online titled “Court Rules Trust Clause Negated and State Trust Laws Must Be Followed” reports that the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal issued a 14 September 2011 opinion in The Presbytery of South Louisiana of the Presbyterian Church(USA) vs. Carrollton Presbyterian Church, ruling that Carrollton Presbyterian Church of New Orleans, Louisiana’s timely vote on the application of the PCUS 6-8 negates the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) and the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) trust clauses, and that in a separate issue from PCUS 6-8, state trust law must be followed in order to create an enforceable trust.
Mary Koss, Carrollton's clerk of session, commented that, “Carrollton is very pleased with what we believe is the right decision in this case. We are anxious to have this case behind us and move forward with the business of being the church. This has preoccupied our time and talent and resources for far too long, but we recognized that staying the course was not only for us, but for lots of other churches for whom our case sets a precedent. We wanted to do whatever we could to help them.”
+ Presbyterian Lay Committee, Post Office Box 2210, Lenoir, North Carolina 28645, 828-758-8716, Fax: 828-758-0920, laymanletters@layman.org
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[3] Illinois Christian Foster Care Group Loses State Contract
A 14 September 2011 article by Karla Dial of Focus on the Family titled “Illinois Christian Foster Care Group Loses State Contract” reports that during the week of 4 September 2011, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services informed the Evangelical Child and Family Agency, a sixty-one-year-old group that has been contracting with the state to place foster children in homes since 1965, that its contract will not be renewed in the new fiscal year, since the agency won’t place kids with same-sex couples.
+ Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80995, 800-232-6459
+ Evangelical Child and Family Agency, 1530 North Main Street, Wheaton, Illinois 60187, 630-653-6400, Fax: 630-653-6490, mail@evancfa.org
+ Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, 406 East Monroe Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701, 217-524-2029, CFS.Webmaster@illinois.gov
[4] California City Files Couple $300 for Holding Bible Study in Home
A 19 September 2011 article by Madeleine Morgenstern in The Blaze titled “California City Fines Couple for Holding Bible Study in Their Home” reports that the city of San Juan Capistrano, California, fined Mr. And Mrs. Chuck and Stephanie Fromm US$300 for holding Christian Bible study sessions in their home, and have threatened additional fines of US$500 for each additional gathering.
The Frommes hold a Wednesday Bible study for twenty people and a Sunday service for fifty people. All attendees park on the Frommes large property, and there is no noise generated by the gatherings.
The city of San Juan Capistrano requires that regular gatherings of three or more people require a conditional use permit, which can be costly and difficult to obtain.
Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, commented: “Imposing a heavy-handed permit requirement on a home Bible study is outrageous. An informal gathering in a home cannot be treated with suspicion by the government, or worse than any other gathering of friends, just because it is religious. We cannot allow this to happen in America, and we will fight as long and as hard as it takes to restore this group’s religious freedom.”
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+ Pacific Justice Institute, Post Office Box 276600, Sacramento, California 95827, 916-857-6900 Fax: 916-857-6902, pji@pacificjustice.org
[5] Christians in Mexico Forced from Village
MEXICO CITY, 16 September 2011 (Compass Direct News) – About seventy Protestant Christians lived in the village of San Rafael Tlanalapan, Puebla state, until Monday (12 September 2011), when they faced a frightening ultimatum – leave immediately or be “crucified or lynched.” Traditionalist Catholics in the village, near the municipality of San Martín Texmelucan about sixty miles from Mexico City, reportedly threatened to burn down or otherwise destroy their homes. The Protestants left. The traditionalist Catholics, who practice a blend of indigenous and Catholic rituals, reportedly asserted that twenty years ago an assistant village president had vowed that no temple of any non-Catholic faith would ever be permitted in San Rafael Tlanalapan. On 7 September 2011, the village assistant president, Antonio Garcia Ovalle, reportedly met with the Protestants. The evangelicals promised to leave, though the 200 traditionalist Catholics present sought to beat them and expel them right then. The evangelicals’ departure date was set for Monday (12 September 2011). In a newscast two days later on TV Azteca of Puebla, area traditionalist Catholic Irma Diaz Perez rejoiced, saying, “They will never return, because we have drawn up a document wherein they have no permission to come back now or ever.”
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[6] Somali Christian Beheaded by Al-Shabaab Terrorist; Christian Family of Fourteen in Nigeria Murdered in Bed by Muslim Terrorists
Elizabeth Kendal of ASSIST News Service in a 14 September 2011 dispatch reports that on 2 September 2011, the decapitated body of Somali Christian Juma Nuradin Kamil was found on the outskirts of Hudur City in southwestern Somalia. Kamil had been kidnapped on 21 August 2011 by three Muslim terrorists thought to be members of Al-Shabaab, an Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist organization.
Kamil is at least the 25th Somali Christian murdered by Al Shabaab terrorists since September 2008.
Al-Shabaab includes large numbers of veterans of the Afghan jihad, and wants to turn Somalia into the next Afghanistan: a base and training center for international jihad.
Ms. Kendal additionally reports that on 9 September 2011, all fourteen members of the Christian Mallam Danboyi family of Vwang Fwil Village in Jos South Local Government Area were massacred in their beds by a mob of Fulani Muslim herdsmen wearing military uniforms. The dead ranged in age from nine months to seventy years, and included a pregnant woman. Another twelve Christians were massacred in several other villages. Approximately 100 Nigerian Christians were murdered by Muslim terrorists in the month prior to the publishing date of the article.
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[7] Council on American-Islamic Relations Condemns Orange, California, Councilman’s Tribute to 9 September 2001 Victims
During the days leading up to the tenth anniversary of the 11 September 201 Muslim terrorist attacks on the U.S., Orange, California, Councilman Jon Dumitru published his strong feelings about Islam on his own computer by displaying a picture of the burning Twin Towers on his official Facebook page, and writing underneath:
“It was 10 years ago today that most Americans learned first-hand of the teachings of Islam and the Koran being filled with messages of peace....as they killed thousands of our fellow Americans! Today I remember those lost, left behind, and those across the world searching for these pure evil terrorists and dispatching them from this world! WE WILL NEVER FORGET, WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE!”
Subsequently, the Los Angeles, California, chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an organization with links to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood, responded to Councilman Dumitru’s statement, saying:
"Your hateful statement in which you falsely insinuate that the teachings of Islam and the Quran would allow the terrorist attacks of 9/11 is deeply troubling to all Muslims, including many who live in your city. Muslims across the world, especially those here in the United States have unequivocally condemned the 9/11 attacks and all forms of terrorism. Using the tragedy of 9/11 as an opportunity to spread misinformed views about Islam and the Quran is a failure of leadership. At a time when our entire nation was mourning that tragic day and emphasizing unity among all Americans, you unfortunately decided to falsely blame an entire faith community. We have learned from history that such smears and stereotypes have only led to scapegoating of entire communities.”
Dr. Gary Cass of DefendChristians.Org commented:
“Councilman Jon Dumitru, one of our brave first responders, has every right to say what he wants. CAIR is an organization with known links to the vicious Muslim Brotherhood. They seem angry that Islamic propaganda and intimidation doesn't work on all Americans….Can anyone blame Dumitru for his feeling after seeing hundreds of his fellow first responders killed in the name of Allah? CAIR wants us to think Muslims were the victims. This is just another ploy to keep Americans off balance when confronting the threat of encroaching Islam….Poppycock and tommyrot. We know what Islam is all about and some Americans will not be silenced or intimidated.”
+ DefendChristians.org, Post Office Box 1115, Vista, California 92085, 866-508-2232, Fax: 760-630-2232, contact@christianadc.org
+ Council on American-Islamic Relations, 453 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington DC 20003, 202-488-8787, Fax: 202-488-0833, info@cair.com
[8] U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley of Illinois Apologizes to Muslim Conference for U.S. Discrimination against Muslim Faith
Speaking before the American Islamic College Conference “Islam and Muslims in America” in Chicago, Illinois, on 17 September 2011, U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley of Illinois, on behalf of the U.S., apologized to the assembled Muslims for America’s discrimination against the Muslim faith.
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[9] Jihad Update from the Religion of Peace Website
The Religion of Peace website as of 9:00 p.m. EDT 20 September 2011 records that Islamic terrorists, since 11 September 2001, have carried out 17,766 deadly terror attacks.
Occurring since 22 July 2011, the Religion of Peace website lists 333 separate Islamic terror attacks which killed 1381 persons and injured 2810.
+ Religion of Peace Website
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
21 September 2011
