31 October 2012

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Happy Reformation Day plus 495 Years

[2] Confiscation of St. George’s Tron Church in Glasgow, Scotland, Property by the Church of Scotland Liable to Wreck Established Ministry to Glasgow’s Needy

[3] Church of Scotland Criticized over Ownership of Luxury Hotel in Tiberias, Israel

[4] Headlines from Christian Concern

[5] Headlines from The Christian Institute

[6] Articles from LifesiteNews.com

[7] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

[8] The Religion of Peace

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[1] Happy Reformation Day plus 495 Years

31 October 2012 marks the 495^th anniversary of the posting by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther of the ninety-five theses upon the door of the cathedral in Wittenberg, Germany, beginning the Protestant Reformation. Dr. Luther’s posted theses were posted as an invitation to his seminary students to debate the biblical fidelity or not of issues related to the sale of indulgences by the Roman Catholic Church. Luther had no idea of the firestorm to be kindled by this action that shook the foundations of the church and called her back to God after centuries of darkness.

Today additionally marks the fourth anniversary of the rebirth of the Christian Observer on 31 October 2008 as an Internet publication after the now 199-year-old publication had ceased printed publication in mid-2007 due to the increasing costs of printing and postage. The Christian Observer staff too pauses to remember the passing of the Rev. Dr. Edwin P. Elliott Jr., Publisher, Editor Emeritus and Edwin’s mother Mrs. Ellen L.B. Elliott, Edwin’s wife Anne Elliott, and Anne’s mother Mrs. Lucy Brisbois who, beginning with Edwin in October 2009, have all left this fallen world and are now in the arms of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

May God send his Holy Spirit upon this crooked and perverse nation and world, to fill his elect and call them to repentance, revival, and a new spirit of Full Bible Reformation, and that Jesus Christ will be proclaimed by all nations and peoples as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.


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[2] Confiscation of Property of St. George’s Tron Church in Glasgow, Scotland, by the Church of Scotland Liable to Wreck Established Ministry to Glasgow’s Needy

A 26 October 2012 The Herald article by Brian Donnelly titled “Those In Need Will Suffer if We Are Evicted” reports that the members of St. George's Tron Church in Glasgow [Editor’s Note: Not Edinburgh as was reported in an earlier PW issue. Thank you, as always, J.M.], Scotland, are concerned that the church’s ministry to addicts, alcoholics, asylum seekers and immigrants from all over the world may be destroyed if the Church of Scotland prevails in the Kirk’s efforts to confiscate the church buildings and monetary assets of the church and evict the congregation.

The St. George's Tron Church congregation recently quit the Church of Scotland over the issue of the ordination of homosexuals. The Kirk has already rejected an offer of UK£1 million in exchange for letting the congregation keep their church property.


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[3] Church of Scotland Criticized over Ownership of Luxury Hotel in Tiberias, Israel

A 27 October 2012 The Herald article by Angus Roxburgh titled “Controversy over the Kirk's [UK]£13 Million Luxury Hotel in the Holy Land” reports that the Church of Scotland is being criticized for its ownership of the luxurious The Scots Hotel in Tiberias, Israel, for which the Kirk has invested about UK£13 million over the past thirteen years.


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[4] Headlines from Christian Concern

Headlines of the past week from Christian Concern:

-- University of Sussex Students Block Abort67 Display

-- London, England Mayor Boris Johnson Pledges UK£650,000 for London Gay Pride

-- Victory in Maidsone Lap Dancing Case


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[5] Headlines from The Christian Institute

Headlines of the past week from The Christian Institute:

-- France: Gay Marriage Must Include ‘Assisted Procreation’

-- Brighton, England Council May Ban ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’

-- Explicit Sex Education Website and App Aimed at Thirteen Year Olds

-- Court ‘Forces’ Gay Adoption on Northern Ireland

-- Bill To Curb Sharia Courts Debated in the House of Lords


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[6] Articles from LifesiteNews.com

Articles from the past week from LifesiteNews.com:

-- Ugandan Parliamentarian Blasts Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister over Gay ‘Marriage’ Remark

-- Alberta Homeschoolers ‘Thank God’ After Proposed Education Act Significantly Revised

-- Chinese Officials Violently Force Abortion on Nearly Six-Months Pregnant Woman

-- Door Smashed, Cans of Black Paint Thrown into Vienna, Austria ,Pro-Life Office during World Prayer Congress for Life

-- Pornography is The Silent ‘Cancer’ of Our Time

-- Federal Courts Force Indiana, Arizona To Keep Funding Planned Parenthood

-- New York Court of Appeals Slams the Door on Challenge to Same-Sex 'Marriage' Law

-- Parents Sue Doctors for Declaring Eight-Year-Old ‘Dead’ Despite Life Signs

-- UK Mother Fails in Court of Appeal Bid To Halt Her Children’s Adoption by Homosexuals

-- Canadian NDP Threatens Family Coalition Party with Legal Action for 'Hate Literature' Mail Drop

-- French National Assembly Votes for Full Funding of Abortion and Free Contraception for Girls Fifteen and Older

-- U.S. National Security Agency Says They Will Illegally Spy on Citizens Only When Absolutely Necessary

-- ‘Polyamory’: the Next Civil Rights Movement?

-- Republican Homosexual Group Endorses Romney: Cites Possible Support for Nondiscrimination Bill


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[7] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:

-- DHS Removing Naked Body Scanners, Replacing with ‘Gumby’ Scanners

-- For DHS, Cybersecurity Education Begins in Kindergarten

-- Woman Says TSA Agent Stole Jewels at Boston, Massachusetts’ Logan Airport

-- Obama Executive Order Expands Homeland Security Reach into Local Law Enforcement

-- Michelle Obama Lobbied for Partial Birth Abortions

-- Secret Service Asks Americans to Report Tweets That ‘Concern You’

-- Military Forces Chaplains to Perform 'Gay' Marriage

-- Regarding Abortion: What Both Obama and Romney Want Us To Forget

-- Obama’s ‘Kill List’ Becomes Permanent ‘War on Terror’ Centerpiece

-- Former Obama Press Secretary Says Sixteen Year Old American Killed In Drone Strike Should Have Had “More Responsible Father”

-- Obama Campaign Releases Ad Comparing First Time Vote to First Time Having Sex

-- Romney: God Did Not Create Life if Conceived in Rape?

-- Obama Backs Gay Marriage Measures in Three States

-- U.S. Federal Government Won’t Allow Dairy Farmer to Sell Milk Cheaper


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[8] The Religion of Peace

Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:

-- White House Knew Islamist Terrorist Connection to Embassy Attack in Two Hours

-- Obama Was in the Room Watching Benghazi Attack Happen

-- Obama Rebuilds Mosques while Churches Burn

-- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Asked For More Security in Benghazi, Obama Said No

-- Tanzania: Christians Threatened by Islamisation

-- Car Bomb Explodes in the New Assyrian [Christian] Quarter in Aleppo, Syria

-- Car Bomb Kills Ten in Christian Quarter of Damascus, Syria

-- Obama's Chamberlain Moment toward Iran

-- Afghan Police Say Man Killed Wife for Wanting Job

-- Pierce County, Washington Forced To Make Special Accommodations for Muslim Inmates after Settlement

-- Israeli Imam Says Muslim Demography Will Free USA and Europe from Zionist Slavery

-- The Poisonous Fruit of a Pro-Jihad President

-- Yemeni Woman Sentenced To Death for Killing Male Relative Who Tried To Rape Her

-- More Violent Muslim Rampages in Burma

-- Jihadists in UK Plotted To Fit Blades on Front of Truck and Use It for Mass Murder, Building 'Ultimate Mowing Machine' To Kill and Maim

-- Obama Administration Denied Request for Help during 11 September 2012 Benghazi Jihadist Attack despite Three Urgent Requests

-- CIA Team Was Ordered Not to Help U.S. Embassy Staff in Benghazi

-- Darkness Descending in England

-- Greek Orthodox Priest Abducted in Syria is Found Dead

-- Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa Decries Endorsement of Girl Child Marriage by Sudan's State-Controlled Clerics

-- Muhammad, the Sexual Superman

-- Defending Sudan's Christians from Islamist Terror

-- Indonesia Arrests Eleven Muslims in Terror Attack Plot against U.S. Embassy

-- Sunni Militiamen Murder Syrian Pastors

-- Al-Qaeda Leader Calls for Muslims to Kidnap Westerners in Exchange for Imprisoned Jihadists

-- Muslim U.S. Congressman Promotes Sharia Compliant Transaction Tax?

-- Kaduna Catholic Church Hit in Nigeria Suicide Bomb Attack

-- Saudi King Urges UN Action against Religious Insults

-- Minnesota Schools Close So Teachers Can Play with Dolls, Learn About Teaching Islam

-- Secret U.S., Iranian Meetings to Continue

-- New York University Terrorism Class Asks Students to Plot a Deadly Jihadist Attack

-- Chinese Muslim Groups Active in Syria, Says China

-- Muslim Cleric Condemns Christianity for Teaching Gender Equality

-- Obama’s “Strategic Partnership” with Radical Islam


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24 October 2012

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Mitt Romney's Great Lie the Media and Christians are Ignoring

[2] Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective Published by P&R Publishing

[3] First Annual B.B. Warfield Lectures Announced for 2-3 November 2012 at First Presbyterian Church of Colombia, South Carolina

[4] Headlines from Christian Concern

[5] Headlines from The Christian Institute

[6] Articles from LifesiteNews.com

[7] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

[8] The Religion of Peace

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[1] Mitt Romney's Great Lie the Media and Christians are Ignoring

Bill Keller, Internet Evangelist and the founder of Liveprayer.com, on 22 October 2012 wrote:

“Mitt Romney lies every time he calls himself a Christian and the media and true Christians ignore it!

“Up front, this is in no way an endorsement for President Obama since I don't tell people who to or not to vote for. I was one of the first in the media in 2007 to warn people who then, Senator Obama was, and shared that if he was elected President in 2008 it would be a form of God's judgment on this nation for our sins. According to the Book of James, Chapter 4 Verse 4, President Obama is an enemy of God in every sense of the word. As I warned and has come to pass, he has been the most pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, pro-enemy of Israel president in history. President Obama opposes God on every major spiritual issue of the day.

“This is also not about politics. This is about spiritual issues, which are the real problems our nation faces. Mitt Romney and those in his cult like Glenn Back, LIE every time they call themselves Christian. Mormon doctrine is clearly 100 percent inconsistent with Biblical Christianity. While they claim they are Christians because the name of their cult is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, that doesn't make them Christians any more than if they called themselves giraffes would make them giraffes!

“Mitt Romney and all Mormon men believe that if they follow the beliefs of their cult during this life, upon death they will become the "god" of their own planet. That is why when Romney and Mormons speak of "god," it is NOT the God of the Bible Christians believe in, but a "god" who was once a man and ascended to become "god" of this planet.

“Mitt Romney and those in his cult talk about having faith in Jesus, but the "jesus" they believe in is NOT a deity as the Bible teaches. Their jesus is also the brother of Lucifer who will return one day to Independence, Missouri, instead of the Mount of Olives as the Bible teaches. As for true Biblical Christians, Romney and those in their cult believe that they are lost and inferior.

“In regards to the Bible, those in the Mormon cult supersede God's Word which true Christians believe represents Absolute Truth and cannot be added or taken away from, with the writings of their cult's documented con artist, pedophile, polygamist, racist, and murdering founder Joseph Smith. Those writings include The Book of Mormon, The Pearl of Great Price, and the Doctrines and Covenants. These writings and NOT the Bible that they believe is flawed, form the authority Mormons put their faith in.

“Regarding women, Romney and those in the Mormon cult believe like Muslims, that women are inferior to men. Mormon women have ZERO spiritual authority. As a matter of fact, an eleven-year-old male in the Mormon cult has more spiritual authority than a mature woman. Mitt Romney and men in the Mormon cult have a special name for their wife/wives that only the two of them know. That is because upon death, a Mormon woman can only get into the Mormon version of heaven by their husband calling them by that special name.

“Once in their version of heaven, a woman will be one of many wives since Mormons still believe in polygamy, even though most have abandoned the practice to become more acceptable by the culture. In the Mormon version of the afterlife, women will all be eternal incubators, creating "spirit babies" that Mormons believe will populate their "planet" that they have been given to rule as "god."

“The reason the media can't figure out why Mitt Romney seems like someone living in the '50s, why he seems a bit "off," is because they don't understand the beliefs that guide Romney and those in their cult. Since his college days at [Brigham Young University], Romney was called by close friends "the chosen one." This is a reference to the White Horse Prophecy he and all Mormons believe in, that says the nation will be in a state of chaos. During that time of chaos, they believe a Mormon will be elected President, set aside the [U.S.] Constitution, and enact a Mormon theocracy.

“Of course, if you challenge a Mormon about their beliefs, they will LIE that this is not what they believe. In Mormonism, it is called "lying for the Lord," which teaches them that it is okay to lie about their true beliefs in order to advance the agenda of their cult. This is why when asked about their secretive "temple rituals" their founder Smith plagiarized from the [Masons], Mormons will tell you they are sacred and not secret, to keep people from knowing about their blood oaths to the Mormon cult above everything else, or the role playing that includes worshipping Satan.

“Mitt Romney, Glenn Beck, and those in the Mormon cult LIE every time they claim to be a Christian. The fact is, because of their beliefs that they will deny if confronted with them, a Mormon is no more a Christian than a Muslim is. Why won't the media challenge Mitt Romney on this issue? Worse, why do true Biblical Christians allow him and those in his cult to get away with such a LIE???”


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[2] Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective Published by P&R Publishing

P&R Publishing Company has published Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective, by Ryan C. McIlhenny, in which Neo-Calvinist scholars address issues on which they differ with Two Kingdoms supporters, such as the nature and extent of Christ's kingdom, the idea of Christian culture, cosmic redemption, the cultural mandate, natural law, and common grace.

Michael A. Milton of Reformed Theological Seminary says of this book: “I have prayed for wise and courageous scholars to step up—and step into—this fraternal debate within the Reformed Christian community concerning Two Kingdoms. I am praising God, therefore, for . . . Kingdoms Apart.”


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[3] First Annual B.B. Warfield Lectures Announced for 2-3 November 2012 at First Presbyterian Church of Colombia, South Carolina

The first annual B.B. Warfield Lectures are scheduled for 2-3 November 2012 at Jackson Hall of First Presbyterian Church (Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church) of Columbia, South Carolina. The theme of the lectures is “WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?” - Confessing Jesus Christ—Yesterday and Today. The lectures will be presented by Dr. Mark E. Ross, Professor of Systematic Theology at Erskine Theological Seminary.


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[4] Headlines from Christian Concern

Headlines of the past week from Christian Concern:

-- Demoted Christian in Court over Same-Sex 'Marriage' Comments

-- Northern Ireland Attorney General Seeks Inquiry into Belfast Marie Stopes Abortion Clinic

-- French Government Ready to Redefine Marriage


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[5] Headlines from The Christian Institute

Headlines of the past week from The Christian Institute:

-- Christian Bed and Breakfast Loses Court Case Brought by Homosexual Couple

-- Scots Teen Abortion Percentage Second Highest In World

-- Scots Girls of Thirteen Given Morning-After Pill without Parents’ Knowledge


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[6] Articles from LifesiteNews.com

Articles from the past week from LifesiteNews.com:

-- Inmate Tells Arrested Pro-Lifer: ‘Your Arrest in the Abortion Clinic Saved My Baby’

-- New Romney Ad: 'Abortion Should Be an Option'

-- How Planned Parenthood Targets Blacks and Hispanics

-- United Nations Human Rights Council Attempts to Create Abortion ‘Right’

-- Pro-life Activists - One in Jail - Receive Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for Fighting for Pre-Born

-- Department Store Nordstrom Supports Redefining Marriage

-- Ex-Gay Families Ask U.S. Government Take Down Links to Websites Demeaning Ex-Gays

-- Billboard Company Lamar Refuses to Post Pro-Life Ads in Indiana

-- Film on Teen Who Awoke From Coma before Having Organs Harvested Stirs 'Brain Death' Debate

-- Children to Be Taught 'Heterosexuality Not the Norm' in Australian Schools Project

-- Yale Study: Only One-Third of Adolescent Pregnancies 'Unwanted'


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[7] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:

-- Military Forces Chaplains to Perform 'Gay' Marriage

-- Romney Swing State Ads: ‘Abortion Should Be an Option’

-- Billy Graham Site Removes Mormon 'Cult' Reference after Romney Meeting

-- Daughter of LDS Bishop Warns Against Mormonism and Romney Presidency

-- Franklin Graham Questions Obama’s Christianity, But Not Mormon Romney’s

-- Parents and Students Ignore Atheist Threats and Pray at High School Football Game

-- Los Angeles Woman Arrested for Selling Raw Milk Jailed and Had Bond Set at US$60,000

-- Abortion Clinic in Northern Ireland Draws Outrage

-- U.S. Navy Lieutenant’s Husband Put on No Fly List, Stranded on Island

-- Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act

-- Lesbian Soldier Begins Sex-Change Process during Deployment to Afghanistan

-- State of Georgia Bans Firearms in Houses of Worship

-- Blind Man in U.K. Tasered after Police Mistake White Cane for Samurai Sword

-- Glendale, Arizona Woman Ticketed for Giving Free Food to Hungry

-- Burma Land Grabs Force Spike in Human Trafficking

-- Free Online Classes Banned in Minnesota without Explicit Government Approval

-- Atheists Recruit College Students to Photograph Pastors’ Homes

-- FEMA Corps Youth Program Draws “Hitler Youth” Comparisons

-- U.S. Federal Government Actively Fighting Christian and Gay-to-Straight Counseling

-- University Dean Says Creationists Should Not Be Allowed to Graduate


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[8] The Religion of Peace

Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:

-- A Red Carpet for Radicals at the White House

-- Victims Outraged as Feds Refuse to Call Fort Hood Attack Terrorism

-- Shiite Muslims Quietly Establish a Foothold in U.S.

-- Muslim Gang Attempts to Kidnap Egyptian Christian Mother, Four Dead

-- FBI Arrests Muslim Terrorist with 1,000 Lb Bomb in Plot to Blow Up New York City Federal Reserve Building

-- Mass Arrests of New Christian Converts in Shiraz, Iran

-- Obama Administration Approves up to US$300 Million for Infrastructure Projects in the Islamic Republic of Iran

-- Residents Flee Potiskum, Nigeria As Death Toll Hits Thirty-One

-- The Rape and Murder of Pakistan’s Christian Children

-- Jordan Disrupts Major Al-Qaeda Terrorist Plot

-- Virginia Teacher Charged With Assault: Girl’s Hand Cut in Forced ‘Islamic Hand Sign’ Drill

-- Afghan Girl 'Beheaded for Refusing Prostitution'

-- Taliban Unrepentant After Attack on Pakistani Teen, Vow to Kill Her

-- New Jersey Assembly Passes Pro-Jihad Bill: Dismantles Counter Terror Measures to Appease Muslim Brotherhood Organizations

-- Muslims Bombard National Geographic Channel with Jihad Terror Threats over Bin Laden Raid Movie

-- American Christians Raise Voices against Boko Haram

-- Church Buildings across Tanzania Attacked by Islamists

-- Assassinated U.S. Libyan Ambassador May Have Been Linked to Jihadist Rebels in Syria

-- Egyptian Constitution Promises Equal Rights for Women — So Long As It Doesn’t ‘Conflict With the Rulings of Islamic Shariah’

-- New Report Documents Government of Sudan’s Starvation Warfare against Its Own People

-- CIA Chiefs Face Arrest over Horrific Evidence of Bloody 'Video-Game' Sorties by Drone Pilots

-- Rimsha Masih's Case Extended

-- Another Christian Teenager Held for Blasphemy in Pakistan

-- Authorities Close Down Churches in Aceh, Indonesia

-- Islam Loves American Prisons


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17 October 2012

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Church of Scotland Begins Seizing Edinburgh, Scotland’s St. George's Tron Property from Minister and Congregation that Exited Kirk over Homosexual Ordination

[2] Korean Association of Women Theologians wins Swiss prize

[3] Former Employee of First Presbyterian Church of Charleston, West Virginia Sues Church for Termination for Reporting Theft by Another Employee

[4] Headlines from The Christian Institute

[5] Articles from LifesiteNews.com

[6] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

[7] The Religion of Peace


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[1] Church of Scotland Begins Seizing Edinburgh, Scotland’s St. George's Tron Property from Minister and Congregation that Exited Kirk over Homosexual Ordination

An 11 October 2012 The Herald article titled “Kirk to Seize Back City Church in Gay Clergy Row” reports that the Glasgow Presbytery of the Church of Scotland (CoS) has begun the process of seizing the church buildings, manse, and money of the former St. George’s Tron (CoS) in Edinburgh, Scotland, whose 500-member congregation in June 2012 became the first entire congregation in Scotland to leave the CoS over the CoS decision to allow an openly homosexual minister to be installed as a church pastor.


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[2] Korean Association of Women Theologians wins Swiss prize

An association of feminist Korean theologians has been selected to receive an international prize awarded by women of the Swiss Reformed Churches to organizations or individuals who promote the role of women as church leaders.

The Korean Association of Women Theologians (KAWT) was chosen to receive the Sylvia Michel Prize granted by the women presidents of the Reformed Churches in Switzerland in cooperation with the World Communion of Reformed Churches. The prize is named after the first woman president of a European church executive and is awarded biennially.

The award for 2013 goes to KAWT in recognition of its support for the study of theology from a feminist perspective and its promotion of the full participation of women in churches in South Korea. The association has roots in initiatives for peace, reunification, and human rights on the Korean peninsula.

KAWT’s 350 members and 150 associate members include ordained pastors, academics and church-based women who serve the practical needs of women. The association promotes the full participation of women in church structures and encourages the study and recognition of feminist theology in the church.

The association was founded in 1980 by pioneering Reformed church theologian Soon Kyung Park (89). Park served as a professor at Korea’s Ewha Women’s University for twenty-two years while overseeing the work of KAWT. Her work focuses on liberation theology – an approach to Christian doctrine that favours the needs and protection of the most vulnerable people in society – and its connection to Korean concepts of suffering (Minjung) and of national self-determination (Minjok). Park is known for her support of reunification of the Korean peninsula, a stance for which she was jailed for over three months in 1991.

KAWT will use the US$5000 prize money to publish an English-language version of the history of the organization in time for the publication to be launched at the assembly of the World Council of Churches scheduled to be held in Busan, South Korea from 30 October to 8 November, 2013.

Park will travel to Geneva, Switzerland to receive the award on behalf of the association on 10 March 2013.


+ World Alliance of Reformed Churches, 150 route de Ferney, Post Office Box 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland, 41-22-791-6240, Fax: 41-22-791-6505, warc@warc.ch


[3] Former Employee of First Presbyterian Church of Charleston, West Virginia Sues Church for Termination for Reporting Theft by Another Employee

A 16 October 2012 article by Kyla Asbury in The West Virginia Record titled “Former Employee Says Church Wrongly Fired Him” reports that Ricky Edward Jordan, who was employed by the First Presbyterian Church of Charleston, West Virginia between August 2011 and June 2012, is suing the church for wrongful termination because Mr. Jordan had reported that his supervisor was stealing items from the church storeroom and hiding them under a blanket in the supervisor’s car.

Mr. Jordan says that he had been told by other employees before his firing not to report the thefts, and that after his firing another employee told Jordan that the church business manager told other church employees not to speak to Mr. Jordan or that they too would be fired.

Mr. Jordan is seeking compensatory and punitive damages from the suit, which is being processed in the Kanawha County (West Virginia) Circuit Court.


+ The West Virginia Record, 218 Dickinson Street, Charleston, West Virginia 25301, 304-249-8678, Fax: 757-257-0146, chris@wvrecord.com


[4] Headlines from The Christian Institute

Headlines of the past week from The Christian Institute:

-- Hundreds Gather to Support Marriage at Fringe Event

-- Organs Taken after Donor Group ‘Plays God’ with Patients’ Lives

-- Gallaudet University Diversity Officer Suspended over Gay Marriage Petition


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[5] Articles from LifesiteNews.com

Articles from the past week from LifesiteNews.com:

-- Twelve-Year-Old Gunshot Victim Declared in ‘Vegetative State’ Now Talking: Will Make Full Recovery

-- Quebec Government Reveals Plan to Legalize Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

-- Busting the Myth: Christians and Divorce

-- Washington Post Faith Reporter Asks, ‘Why Is Polygamy So Problematic?’

-- Canadian Advertising Standards Council Slams Pro-Life Commercial, Penalizes Pro-Life Organization

-- Marie Stopes International Opens Illegal Abortion Facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland

-- The Three Deadliest Words: ‘It’s a Girl’

-- Pro-abortion Protesters Storm Quebec Church Chanting, ‘If Mary Had Aborted, We Wouldn’t Have This Nonsense’


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[6] Raging Heathen and Vain Imagining

Articles from the past week regarding kings and rulers setting themselves against the LORD and against his anointed:

-- DHS to Start Testing Drones Over US for ‘Public Safety’

-- Coming Next: TSA Electric Shock Bracelets?

-- New Jersey Police Charge Six Christians for Evangelizing in Public Park

-- New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance

-- North Carolina’s Elon University Votes to Ban Chick-Fil-A from Campus


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+ Fox News, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, 888-369-4762, Fax: 212-462-6127, yourquestions@foxnews.com


[7] The Religion of Peace

Articles from the past week about the religion of peace:

-- Unelected Muslims Dictate U.S. Training Policy on Islam

-- Muslim Children's Comic Book Publishes Detailed Step-By-Step Instruction of How to Make a Molotov Cocktail

-- Paris Police Find Explosives and Guns in Jihad Probe, Dozens of Muslims Arrested

-- Taliban Shoot Fourteen-Year Old Human Rights Activist

-- U.S. Man Suspected of Links to Al-Qaeda Arrested in Yemen

-- Obama Family in Kenya Busted in Shariah Scheme

-- Another Attack: U.S. Embassy Security Official Killed in Yemen

-- Obama’s Latest Executive Order Pushes U.S. Closer to the Brink of War

-- Five Iranian Christian Converts Receive Trial Date

-- Sudanese Military Kills Christian Mother in Bombing

-- Seven Iranian Christians Detained Following Raid on Prayer Meeting

-- Al Qaeda Leader Urges Jihad over Prophet Film

-- 110 injured as Islamic supremacists crush secular dissent in Cairo, Egypt

-- Muslim Mob Riots, Attacks Churches, Seeks to Behead Fourteen-Year-Old over 'Defiled' Qur'an

-- New York Review of Books Calls for Criminalizing of Criticism of Islam

-- Thousands of Muslims Protest Free Speech at Google Headquarters

-- Dearborn, Michigan Cops Harass Man for Flying Israeli Flags

-- Christians Flee Bosnia amid Discrimination, Islamization

-- Scores of Rockets Target Innocent Civilians in Israel


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+ Assyrian International News Agency

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