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The Palestinian president has signed an order guaranteeing Christians parliamentary seats
Amman: Mahmoud Abbas signed a presidential decree Sunday guaranteeing a minimum of seven parliamentary seats to Palestinians of the Christian faith. Palestinians in the occupied territories are expected to choose 132 legislators based on proportional representation.
Former Bethlehem Mayor Vera Baboun told Arab News that the new legislative council needs to mirror Palestinian society’s diversity so as to include a plurality of Palestinians, saying: “The upcoming elected council needs to reflect the widest national experience and representation of all of our society including women and Palestinian Christians.”
Ramzi Khoury, head of the Presidential Higher Committee for Churches Affairs, welcomed the decision, saying this is the first time the quota is open-ended.
“The fact that the decree calls for a minimum of seven members are welcomed because it gives opportunities for Palestinians of all walks of life to compete with the opportunity of more individuals being elected than the minimum quota,” he told Arab News.
Jerusalem’s Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia Atallah Hanna told Arab News that Palestinians welcome this decision.
“We wish generally for the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Council to bring in new blood and we hope that they are chosen based on qualifications and abilities.”
Nashat Filmon, director of the Palestinian Bible Society, said it is good to have a guaranteed representation that reflects the Palestinian Christian presence in the cradle of Christianity.
“I would like the representatives to the Palestinian Legislative Council to focus on the living stones, the Christians of Palestine, and not just the physical stones that represent the history of Christianity in Palestine,” he told Arab News.
Ibrahim Daebes, a former Christian school principal and a leading columnist for Al Quds daily, told Arab News that it is imperative that the new representatives act to curtail hate speech.
“Palestinian Christians are facing personal and religious persecution from all corners and it is important for the newly-elected council to draft legislation that can put a stop to radical elements within our society who spew hate speech and religious bigotry at fellow Palestinians,” he said.
Bernard Sabella, former member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, welcomed the decision of the President. “This is an excellent decision because our experience is that the Palestinian electorate votes on the basis of geography, not nationality,” he said.
Sabella added that previous experience which was not successful “requires us to have a new vision and a holistic plan that addresses our needs. We need our representatives to represent their nation and not a religion.”
He added: “We are at a political crossroads and we can’t live with the mindset of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. While I respect ideologies, we need to revive international support for the Palestinian cause and to stop the rhetoric that fails to face the local and international realities. What we need instead is to look to improve our steadfastness on the ground and to work for a state that will help us in this effort to stay put on our land.”
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‘Get Into Their World’: How Can the Church Reach Gen Alpha for Jesus?
Imagine growing up as the most digitally connected generation in human history.
“Generation Alpha has been completely formed by technology and screens and social media, meaning they’ve been on screens most of their life,” said Shane Pruitt author of the book Reaching Generation Alpha: A Ministry Guide for Discipling the Church Beyond the Screen.”
Pruitt points to research showing just how early digital tech enters the lives of today’s young people. “Even before their teen years, a majority have had regular access to devices like tablets and smartphones,” he said.
Fourteen-year-old Kaileb Lewis said he first got a smartphone at the age of five.
Tyiana Johnson, also 14, said she was seven or eight.
And for many in this generation, screen time adds up to multiple hours each day.
“Eight to 12 hours,” said 11-year-old Dallas Clark.
Sixteen-year-old Lela Clayton admitted to being on her phone five or six hours a day.
Pruitt said that much time online goes beyond entertainment. It can shape how young people think, what they value, and even who they become.
“I would even call it a discipleship war,” Pruitt told CBN News. “Meaning if they have a screen, if they have a tablet, if they have a smartphone, they’re being discipled by something or someone — an algorithm, entertainer, a cultural agenda.”
There is also growing concern about what impact this digital environment has on the mental health of today’s generation.
A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that spending four or more hours daily on non-school screen time made teenagers more likely to report symptoms of anxiety and depression.
“A lot of young people struggle with just a lot of mental issues and just being depressed,” said Clayton. “And it’s really sad because sometimes there’s no one there to really help them.”
“I feel like my phone is my everything,” Johnson admitted. “I come to that when I feel depressed, down, anything.”
So how can churches reach this generation growing up in a world of smartphones, social media, and artificial intelligence? For Generation Alpha, it’s more than just getting their attention. It’s about building genuine relationships.
“I feel like building relationship is everything because you don’t know what somebody else going through,” said Johnson.
Fifteen-year-old Sophie Knox became a Christian at age seven. She said for young people to truly hear the gospel, they first need to know they can trust who’s sharing it.
“You have to build a relationship with a student as you’re preaching the gospel to them because you have to trust a person,” said Knox.
Sources:CBN News
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ഐപിസി ഫാമിലി കോൺഫറൻസ്- നാഷണൽ കമ്മറ്റി ഒക്ടോബർ 17 ന് ഒർലാന്റോയിൽ
ഫ്ളോറിഡ: ഇരുപത്തി ഒന്നാമത് ഐ.പി.സി ഫാമിലി കോൺഫ്രൻസിന്റെ നാഷണൽ ഭാരവാഹികളുടെയും വിവിധ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുമുള്ള പ്രതിനിധികളുടെയും യോഗം ഒർലാന്റോ ലേക്ക് ബ്യൂണ വിസ്റ്റ ഹിൽട്ടൺ ഹോട്ടൽ സമുച്ചയത്തിൽ ഒക്ടോബർ 17 ന് ശനിയാഴ്ച രാവിലെ 10.30 ന് നടത്തപ്പെടും. വിപുലമായ കോൺഫറൻസിന്റെ സുഗമമായ നടത്തിപ്പിനു വേണ്ടി ഭാരവാഹികൾ യോഗത്തിൽ രൂപരേഖകൾ തയ്യാറാക്കും.
തുടർന്ന് 12.30 ന് അമേരിക്കയുടെ വിവിധ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും കാനഡയിൽ നിന്നും കടന്നുവന്ന് സംബദ്ധിക്കുന്ന നാഷണൽ പ്രതിനിധികൾക്ക് ലോക്കൽ കമ്മറ്റിയുടെ നേതൃത്വത്തിൽ ഒർലാന്റോ ഐ.പി.സി സഭാ ഹാളിൽ പ്രാദേശിക ഭാരവാഹികൾ ഊഷ്മള സ്വീകരണം നൽകും .
നാഷണൽ ചെയർമാൻ പാസ്റ്റർ റോയി വാകത്താനം ദേശീയ കമ്മറ്റിയിൽ അധ്യക്ഷത വഹിക്കും. നാഷണൽ സെക്രട്ടറി രാജൻ ആര്യപ്പള്ളിൽ, നാഷണൽ ട്രഷറർ സാക് ചെറിയാൻ, നാഷണൽ യൂത്ത് കോർഡിനേറ്റർ ജോമി ജോർജ്, നാഷണൽ ലേഡീസ് കോർഡിനേറ്റർ കൊച്ചുമോൾ ജെയിംസ്, നാഷണൽ പ്രയർ കോർഡിനേറ്റർ പാസ്റ്റർ ഏബ്രഹാം മാത്യൂ, നാഷണൽ മീഡിയ കോർഡിനേറ്റർ നിബു വെള്ളവന്താനം തുടങ്ങിയവർ ദേശീയതലത്തിൽ ചെയ്തിട്ടുള്ള ക്രമീകരണങ്ങളുടെ വിലയിരുത്തലുകൾ നടത്തും. ലോക്കൽ കൺവീനേഴ്സായി പാസ്റ്റർ പി.എ കുര്യൻ, രാജു പൊന്നോലിൽ എന്നിവർ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നു.
ഈവന്റ് കോർഡിനേറ്ററായി ബ്രദർ അലക്സാണ്ടർ ജോർജ്, ലോക്കൽ സെക്രട്ടറി റെജി വർഗീസ്, ട്രഷറർ ബിനു ലൂക്കോസ്, യൂത്ത് കോർഡിനേറ്റർ ജെഫ്രി മാത്യു, പ്രയർ കോർഡിനേറ്റർ പാസ്റ്റർ കെ.സി തോമസ്, യങ്ങ് അഡൽറ്റ് കോർഡിനേറ്റർ പാസ്റ്റർ ഫ്രാങ്ക്ളിൻ ഏബ്രഹാം, ലോക്കൽ ലേഡീസ് കോർഡിനേറ്റേഴ്സ് നാൻസി ഏബ്രഹാം, സുനി ജോൺസൺ, ബീന മത്തായി തുടങ്ങിയവർ പ്രാദേശിക കമ്മറ്റികളിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നു. ഇവരെ കൂടാതെ 50 പേരടങ്ങുന്ന വിശാലമായ കമ്മറ്റിയാണ് ദേശീയ കോൺഫ്രൻസ് വിജയകരമാക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾക്ക് നേതൃത്വം നൽകുന്നത്.
ലോകോത്തര പ്രാസംഗികരായിരിക്കും 21-മത് കോൺഫറൻസിൽ മുഖ്യപ്രഭാഷണങ്ങൾ നടത്തുന്നത്. പ്രസിദ്ധ ക്രൈസ്തവ ഗായകർ ശുശ്രൂഷകളിൽ സംബന്ധിക്കും. “ആത്മ നിറവിൻ ജീവിതം” എന്നതാണ് കോൺഫറൻസിന്റെ മുഖ്യ ചിന്താവിഷയം.
സുവിശേഷീകരണത്തിനും പ്രാർത്ഥനക്കും ആണ് ഈ കോൺഫ്രൻസ് മുൻതൂക്കം കൊടുക്കുന്നത്. എന്തുകൊണ്ടും ശ്രദ്ധേയമായ കോൺഫ്രൻസായിരിക്കും 21 -മത് നോർത്ത് അമേരിക്കൻ ഇന്ത്യാ പെന്തക്കോസ്ത് ദൈവസഭ ഫാമിലി കോൺഫ്രൻസ് എന്ന് ഭാരവാഹികൾ പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നു.
എല്ലാ മാസവും 3-ാമത്തെ വ്യാഴാഴ്ച 9 PM EST / 8 PM CST സമയം സൂമിൽ (ID: 405 209 4084) “IP C” എന്ന പാസ് വേഡ് ഉപയോഗിച്ച് പ്രയർ ലൈനിൽ പ്രവേശിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്.
ipcfamilyconference.org എന്ന ഔദ്യോഗിക വെബ്സൈറ്റ് വഴി രജിസ്ട്രേഷൻ, സ്പോൺസർഷിപ്പ് തുടങ്ങിയവ സ്വീകരിക്കുന്നതാണെന്ന് ഭാരവാഹികൾ അറിയിച്ചു.
The 21st IPC Family Conference
The India Pentecostal Church of God gathers families from across North America for the 21st IPC Family Conference, held July 1st – 4th, 2027 at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista in Orlando, Florida.
The programme spans family and marriage seminars, dedicated tracks for youth, women and children, and sports and fellowship throughout the four days.
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Ex-Muslim Leads 100,000 to Jesus: ‘There Is Hunger in the Muslim World to Hear About Christ’
Harun Ibrahim was born in Israel to Arab-Muslim parents, studied in a Jewish school, and married a devout Christian woman. After years of examining these religions, he was faced with a choice: Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.
Ibrahim ultimately made a decision to follow Christ, thanks to his praying wife and a timely encounter with a random man on the street.
Ibrahim recalled the conversation during an appearance on The 700 Club. The man told him, “‘Well, you are not going to be in the kingdom of God because Jesus said that no one will come to the Father except through Him.'”
“And I really didn’t like that,” he recounted. “I said, ‘You are rude.'”
The man began to share the Gospel with the young Muslim and challenged him to actually read the Bible.
“He challenged me to read this Bible verse, and it was in the Gospel of John. And I read the Gospel of John seven times in a row. I just like really loved the person called Jesus. I couldn’t resist. I just had to accept him as my redeemer, as my Savior,” he shared.
Ibrahim began to burn with a desire to share the Gospel with Muslims and served many years as a missionary reaching Muslims in the Arab nations. He later started Al Hayat Ministries in 2003 to boldly preach the Gospel and challenge Islam. Since then, the ministry has seen more than 100,000 come to faith in Jesus Christ.
“Our vision extends to equipping believers who come from Muslim backgrounds with the necessary tools and knowledge to fulfill the Great Commission,” reads a statement on their website.
Ibrahim serves as the Director of Al Hayat Ministries, and recently told the Keeping It Real Israel podcast that they have reached millions of people with the Gospel in a short time.
“Just an example that [in] 2023 we received 109 million viewer reactions or responses and thousands of people accepting Christ,” he shared. “This means that there is hunger in the Muslim world to hear about Christ.”
Ibrahim explained that what makes his programming unique is that he is speaking to Muslims in the culture and language they understand.
“When Christian TV was first brought into the Arab world, it was programs that were made by Christians for Christians in the Christian language in the hopes that Muslims would watch the shows,” he told the 700 Club. ” When I started to produce TV programs, I was not happy to see that the whole year could be, maybe, 15 to 20 Muslims accepting Christ.”
His unique approach is giving many more people the opportunity to meet Jesus.
“I think that media, TV, internet are here to help us fulfill the Great Commission, and the Muslim world was [once] isolated. It was closed, and now through the satellite channels, internet, [and] social media, we can reach the Muslims.
“Many of them are finding the truth,” Ibrahim continued. “I do believe that a great revival is very soon to come to every single Muslim country.”
For many Muslims, accepting Christ means being rejected by family and potentially endangering their lives.
“Islam is a religion that does not allow people to change it, and if you reject Islam, you will be punished. You will be given three days as a chance to get back. If not, then you can be persecuted,” he told CBN News in 2020.
“In many of the countries, they don’t kill them, but in some of the countries, they do. Many people would lose their jobs, their families, their children, their wives, and then their families. Unfortunately, we can say that in some cases, they lose their lives,” Ibrahim explained.
He encouraged Christians who have a desire to reach Muslims to begin praying first.
“When you start praying for the Muslim world, God will guide you [in] what to do,” he explained.
Sources:CBN News
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