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  All Delighted People
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  The Ghost Writer
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  Christianity Alongside Islam
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• “Ethics” tussle continues. Major submission by Scripture lessons supporters
• Whose Land
• Blackstump cancelled
• Election myths busted

• The Mystery of Suffering
• Floods in Pakistan and Paddington: Who’s to Blame?
• Living the Dream - Inception (2010)
• God’s Revelation

• Hipster Faith
• Stuff Christian Hipsters Like
• Spotlight: Before We Were Hipsters
• The Tricky H-Word
• And Glenn Beck Shall Lead Them

World Whirl

1:00am Thursday, 25th February 2010  

USA Over 20,000 students and student ministry leaders attended the Urbana 2009 conference in St Louis, Missouri. The conference, held over 5 days at the end of December, is run by Intervarsity and encourages students to consider their futures as disciple’s of Christ in this world. Paul Borthwick challenged those attending to examine the changing face of our world recognising there are enormous inequalities across the world. Students were challenged to consider how they will be involved in reaching the one third of the world’s population (2 billion people) who have never heard who Jesus is. This will be a major theme picked up at the Lausanne Third World Congress to be held in Cape Town in October 2010. 250 students were counselled in response to a call to follow Jesus. 2,600 students committed to serve for 2 years or more in cross-cultural mission.

Hungary Mario who had attended a number of evangelistic training events over the past eighteen months helped to co-ordinate a mission in Budapest, on 8 different university campuses. Lectures were given on topics such as Faith and Science and nightly concerts featuring student testimonies and gospel presentations were held. Hundreds attended the outreaches and as a result many Bible Studies have started all over Budapest. It’s the first university mission in Budapest that we are aware of in the last 100 years!

Nepal Bible Society has purchased its first property to secure Bible work in Nepal, a country of 27 million people. It was once the only Hindu Kingdom in the world and became a federal democratic republic in 2008 The first president was elected in July  that year and the first coalition government was formed in August by the Communist Party Nepal-Maoists. Nine months later this government resigned and a Communist Marxist Leninist leader was appointed as Prime Minister. Christian organisations must be registered by the government to be able to conduct their mission.

Peru Flooding in Peru has washed away 7,000 houses and 40,000 hectares of cultivated fields have been destroyed leaving 13,000 families destitute and homeless. Whole communities have been destroyed and displaced and are now living in tents. People are queuing for food and clothing. Christians in the affected communities have shown great solidarity. It will take a long time to rehabilitate them and at this stage the aid is not enough.