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Pastor lauds students fighting cross necklace ban as Christian symbol deemed ‘offensive’
Students in Victoria, Australia, are challenging their Methodist school’s ban on cross necklaces deemed “offensive,” receiving praise from a local pastor.
At Methodist Ladies’ College, a prestigious girls’ school in Melbourne, students have been asked to remove cross necklaces because they might offend others, the Herald Sun reported.
“My friend was wearing a cross and there was another girl in our class who said she found the cross really offensive and so the teacher told her to take it off,” an anonymous student was quoted as saying. “My friend’s parents, who are very religious, tried to get answers from the school and were told ‘it’s not a good look for the school.’”
MLC was founded by the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1882 and charges around $39,000 a year in fees for Year 12 students, Premier Christian News noted, adding that the school has a strict dress code policy regarding makeup, jewelry and long hair.
“This is supposed to be a religious school but they are listening to minority opinion rather than mainstream religious students,” another student was quoted as saying.
Pastor Murray Campbell criticized the school’s actions in a blog post, noted Sky News.
Well done to the girls who are standing up to the bullish behavior of the school. Well done to the students who are defending their fellow students, whether they are of Christian faith or not,” the pastor was quoted as saying.
Stephen Chavura, a history lecturer and author, told Sky News, “We know now that the word inclusivity means exclusivity, and the word diversity means uniformity, but I want to praise these girls for standing up to woke bullying.”
He encouraged students, stating, “Wear your crosses, if you have a cross turn up to school and wear it, send a message to other students and teachers and to the school in general, that this is a Christian school, it is not a Marxist woke school.”
According to reports, while some students were asked to remove crosses, others were allegedly allowed to wear furry ears, tails and rainbow-themed items.
In response to the allegations, Principal Julia Shea stated, “We aim to apply a consistent uniform policy that prohibits visible jewelry. We do not have any students attending school wearing furry tails and ears.”
She added, “This policy applies equally to all students and is not related to religion or any individual’s beliefs. It ensures that every student adheres to the same standard of presentation, fostering unity within our diverse community.”
MLC acknowledges that many students are there for the education rather than religious reasons.
My Christian News noted that at $39,000 per year, the school’s client base is the elite of Melbourne, “and not Christian parents, and hence not wanting to offend the majority of parents and their children who are there for the education, not religious reasons.”
Sources:Christian Post
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Nearly 400 People Choose Christ at Mississippi State Fair
Thousands of people flock to the Mississippi State Fair each year to eat fun food, hear live music, and enjoy time with loved ones. This year, fairgoers also got the opportunity to hear the Gospel preached, and nearly 400 people gave their lives to the Lord as a result.
Churches like First Baptist Church in Senotobia make Mississippi Baptist fair evangelism effort possible.
“One of FBC’s members, who is named Mae, began praying that she would be able to tell someone about Jesus,” First Baptist Senotobia Pastor David Haynes told the Baptist Press. “Mae was able to talk and pray with a young man as he placed faith in Jesus. During our four-hour session at the state fair, we had 160 Gospel conversations and 15 of those resulted in salvation.”
Mae was one of 195 volunteers with the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB) who attended the multi-day state fair earlier this month.
Last year, the MBCB had 2,524 recorded gospel conversations, and 269 people made a profession of faith in Jesus at the Mississippi Fairgrounds.
This year at the 165th Mississippi State Fair, volunteers had 2,824 Gospel conversations, resulting in 373 decisions for Christ, BP reports. But not all conversions were immediate.
“We had a young lady come in the tent with her family,” Don Lum, MBCB director of evangelism, told BP. “There were three teenagers and a mom and dad. This young lady was holding back. She was kind of not really engaged. I was talking to the guy that had shared with them, and he came back in the tent the next day and said, ‘Look, you’ll never guess what happened last night. At 1 a.m. this morning, the young lady got up, went into her mom and dad’s bedroom and said, ‘I need Jesus.'”
MBCB spokesperson Linda Burris recently shared that the experience also has an impact on the volunteers who gain confidence in sharing their faith.
“They discover that they can do it and it’s not that hard,” she told the Christian Post. “It is rewarding to hear the stories of other believers at the fair and to share with someone hungry to hear the good news of hope.”
Haynes shares how the experience often encourages the volunteers to grow in confidence in their faith.
“Once a person gains confidence in their ability to rely upon the Holy Spirit to guide them in Gospel conversations, then he or she will be more confident when talking with friends and family members about Jesus,” he said.
Burris says although people have made the decision to follow Christ in the tent at the fair, the work of ministry is far from over.
“Our volunteers are assigned a number that they put on the cards of those they share with. A copy of the cards of the ones who received Christ are mailed back to the volunteer who shared with them. They are then able to make contact with them,” she explained. “We sort the cards according to city and town and mail the information to a local pastor so that they can be contacted by a church in their area.”
Lum says the effort is bearing much fruit and that even for those who reject the Gospel a seed is planted.
“You’ve sowed the seed,” said Lum. “You told him about Jesus Christ, and then you’ve given him the opportunity to make the decision. And the decision’s always a personal one. We all get to make the choice to follow Him or not. And so I can’t feel bad about that because we did our part. I tell folks when they come to work, I said, you can’t miss. You can’t lose.”
Sources:CBN News
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വൈ എം ഇ എഫ് ഡാളസ് ഒരുക്കുന്ന ഗാനസന്ധ്യ നവംബർ മൂന്നിന്
കാരോൾട്ടൻ (ഡാളസ്): വൈ എം ഇ എഫ് ഒരുക്കുന്ന ഗാനസന്ധ്യ നവംബർ മൂന്നാം തീയതി ഞായറാഴ്ച ആറുമണിക്ക് കാരോൾട്ടൻ ബിലീവേഴ്സ് ബൈബിൾ ചാപ്പൽ വെച്ച് നടത്തപ്പെടുന്നു
ഭക്ത കവി റ്റി കെ ശാമുവൽ ഗാനങ്ങളും ഗാന പശ്ചാത്തലവും വിവരണം ആയുള്ള ഒരു അതുല്യ സംഗീത അനുഭവം ഗാനാസ്വാദകരിലേക്കു പകർന്നു നൽകുന്നത് ശ്രുതിലയ ഗാഭീര്യവുമായി കേരളത്തിൽ നിന്നും എത്തിച്ചേർന്നിരിക്കുന്ന പ്രിയഗായകൻ സ്വരാജാണ് . ബിജു ചെറിയാൻ ലാലു ജോയ് തോമസ് യുകെ എന്നിവരുടെ നേതൃത്വത്തിലാണ് പശ്ചാത്തലസംഗീതം ഒരുക്കപ്പെടുന്നത്. പ്രവേശം സൗജന്യമായ ഗാനസന്ധ്യയിലേക്ക് ഏ വരെയും സ്വാഗതം ചെയ്യുന്നതായി വൈ എം ഇ എഫ് ഭാരവാഹികൾ അറിയിച്ചു
Sources:globalindiannews
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വാറ്റ്ഫോർഡ് വേഡ് ഓഫ് ഹോപ് ബെഥേസ്ഥ പെന്തക്കോസ്തൽ ഫെലോഷിപ്പിന്റെ ആഭിമുഖ്യത്തിൽ ആനുവൽ കൺവൻഷൻ.
വാറ്റ്ഫോർഡ് : ഈ വർഷത്തെ ആനുവൽ കൺവൻഷൻ വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച നവംബർ 1 വൈകിട്ട് 6.30 മണി മുതൽ 9 മണി വരെയും, ശനിയാഴ്ച നവംബർ 2 വൈകിട്ട് 6:30 മണി മുതൽ 9 മണി വരെയും വാറ്റ്ഫോർഡിൽ ഹോളിവെൽ പ്രൈമറി സ്ക്കൂളിൽ ഐ പി സി യു കെ & അയർലണ്ട് റീജിയൻ പ്രസിഡന്റ് പാസ്റ്റർ ജേക്കബ് ജോർജ്ജ് ഈ യോഗം പ്രാർത്ഥിച്ച് ഉൽഘാടനം ചെയ്യും.
അനേക രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ ശക്തമായി സുവിശേഷം പ്രസംഗിക്കുന്ന കോഴിക്കോട്ടുള്ള കിങ്ങ്സ് റിവൈവൽ ചർച്ചിന്റെ സീനിയർ പാസ്റ്റർ നോബിൾ പി തോമസ് ദൈവ വചനത്തിൽ നിന്നും ശ്രിശ്രൂഷിക്കുകയും പ്രതേക വിഷയങ്ങൾക്കായി പ്രാർത്ഥിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും. വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച വർഷിപ്പിനു വാറ്റ്ഫോർഡ് ചർച്ചിനോടു ഒപ്പം നാട്ടിൽ നിന്നും വന്നിരിക്കുന്ന ബ്രദർ. സാംസൺ ചെങ്ങന്നുർ നേത്യത്വം നൽകും.
ശനിയാഴ്ച്ച ഉച്ചക്ക് 3 മണി മുതൽ 5.30 മണി വരെ യൂത്തിനുള്ള സെക്ഷനിൽ പാസ്റ്റർ ഏബൻ മാത്യു (യു കെ) വചനം പ്രസംഗിക്കുകയും ചോദ്യങ്ങൾക്കുള്ള ഉത്തരങ്ങൾ നൽകുന്നു.
ഞായറാഴ്ച ഡബ്ലയു ബി പി എഫ് സഭകളുടെ ഒരുമിച്ചുള്ള ആരാധനയും കർത്ത്യ മേശയും രാവിലെ 10 മണിക്ക് മുതൽ 1 മണി വരെ നടക്കും.
പാർക്കിംഗ് & റിഫ്രഷ്മന്റ് ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കും.
സ്ഥലം- HOLLYWELL PRIMARY SCHOOL, TOLPITS LANE, WD18 6LL, WATORD, HERTFORDSHIRE.
കുടുതൽ വിവരങ്ങൾക്ക് : പാസ്റ്റർ ജോൺസൺ ജോർജ് (07852304150) & പാസ്റ്റർ സാം ജോൺ (07435372899) www.wbpfwatford.co.uk
Sources:Middleeast Christian Youth Ministries
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