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TCONEWS ADMINNovember 22, 2018

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By Leah Sable

Pune:- SALT – “Salvation At Lords Throne” was a youth camp that was organized by One-Way Team from 14^th to 17^th Nov 2018. The main motive of the camp was to utilize Diwali vacation as an opportunity to build a strong foundation for the youths in Spirituality, Biblical Teaching, Mental & Physical Fitness, Counselling.

Joseph Dass the Founder of One-Way team said “The youth camp benefited 100+ eager youths and taught them how to be discipline in life, be matured in their talks, taking initiatives in church activities by voluntarily helping and how to build their Career.

The Guest Speakers of the camp were renowned individuals who inspired the youth with their guidance, counseling and motivation from the WORD of God.

Ps. Joyson Cherian, Senior Pastor Hope Manna taught on the topic of Love Sex Marriage. He stressed and focused that todays youth should avoid making mistakes and take counsel before making any decision related to LOVE SEX Marriage.

Ps. Paul Dass Senior Ps Freedom In Christ spoke on the topic of Vision and Goal in Life that how the youth need to sit and decide and understand the importance of having a vision and goal to achieve because without them you will be unsuccessful in life.

Ps. Joshua Motiwala Senior Pastor of Abundant Life Church spoke on the topic of Holiness, how oneself should keep themselves pure and holy in their Mind and actions and how to be like Jesus Christ.

Ps. Joesph Pawar Senior Pastor Jesus Loves Fellowship shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the youth which is the basic foundation of Christianity and also the power of God.

Br Joel Sunil Sable, National President of National Christian Council (Youth Wing) was invited as a guest speaker and he taught the youth how to Build their Careers giving a biblical touch. He also mentioned that it is one of the most important factors in today’s situation.

Br. Sheldon Boodle a professional Musician & the Founder of Maqsad Band a Christian Gospel Worship team taught about music and shared his experience which helped the youth.

Br. Alisha Konesagar, the President of Hadapsar Constitution – National Christian Council Youth Wing taught the youth about Faith with Works and how to apply it in day today life and Never Give Up.

Praise & Worship was lead by various renowned worship teams like Kings Men, , SEBER, Abundant Life, Divine Majesty, Freedom in Christ Worship Team, Bakshash. The anchor of the Youth Camp was Apurva Kamble who did a splendid job from start to finish.

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TCONEWS ADMINJuly 27, 2018

The Bombay Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in its recently held 141^st Annual General Meeting nominated and unanimously elected its new President to the YWCA Board of Management along with a set of office bearers who will function as the officially elected members of the Board to provide governance to the YWCA of Bombay. Mrs. Priyadarsini John, Professor with the Dr. D.Y.Patil University and a long time Navi Mumbaikar has taken this role. Mrs Priya John is the wife of Dr.Pearl John, Consulting Director with CEB, a member based Advisory Organisation and the mother of Miss.Divya John. Mrs. Priyadarsini John called fondly as Priya is a multi-faceted personality; a talented singer, gifted musician, ardent social activist, an exemplary teacher, a devoted wife and a dedicated mother. She dons the multiple hats she wears with considerable ease and gives her best to every role she is required to take. She hails from Trivandrum, lived most of her life in Bengaluru, studied in CMC Vellore and currently lives in Navi Mumbai. A committed Christian she espouses a deep rooted faith in Christ and sees her mission as giving Christ His due within the YWCA framework. Stree reproduces the Presidential Address delivered by Mrs. Priya John on June 25, 2016 at the 141^st AGM of the Bombay YWCA.

In the words of Mrs. Priyadarsini Joh:-

“Greeting to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am humbled as I stand before you this afternoon in awe of God’s grace and delighted by the confidence posited by you to elect me to this key portfolio of the Bombay YWCA.

As I reminiscence on my journey within the Y, I have so much to be grateful for. I entered the Y world as a young 26 year old, the warmth I experienced here was palpable. The senior members ensured I felt at home and soon was integrated into the ‘Y’s committees and activities. I cannot thank enough the spirit of camaraderie and support that exists within the ‘Y” organization. The senior members have provided leadership and direction to the organization with practical wisdom and a service mindset. Let me use this opportunity to thank all the past presidents and members of the board for the unwavering focus, active engagement and sacrificed service. Further I would like to thank the staff of the Y for your strong commitment, sincere efforts and excellent work ethic.

I am blessed to be part of such a group of dedicated, immensely talented, fully committed members of the Y to serve this great organization and together achieve the vision espoused by the Y.

As we progress the baton we would do well to focus on the following priorities for the ‘Y’ during 2016-17.

Existing Members: Leverage the skills, capabilities and time of the senior members of the Y to advance the organizational goals and objectives.
New Memberships: Enhance the memberships particularly infuse young members into the Y and strengthen the Y-Deepa such that the rich heritage of the senior members of the Y is effectively passed on to the younger generation in shaping the community at large.
Social Action: Enhance our relevance to the society by the following specific segments:
- Target and campaign against drug trafficking by concerted efforts of the diverse constituents of Y
- Focus on Justice beyond borders and ensure we activate and contribute to a society that is founded on earnestness, equality and equanimity where principle of justice becomes the bedrock of every action of every enterprise

The task at hand is large and time to deliver is minimal. I count on your continued support, consistent efforts and constant engagement that we be the beacon that we are called to be in this dark world and bring the light of Jesus to our every touch point. Thank You.”

We at The Christian Observer wish Mrs.Priyadarsini John the very best in her efforts at the YWCA.- Dr.Jayakar Ellis, Editor

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TCONEWS ADMINJuly 20, 2018

The Ryan International Group of Institutions was recently recognized for its efforts for charity by the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Group’s school in Sharjah received this accolade for participating in the world’s largest charity donation for the poor. The students collected over 205,122 items of clothing for donation. This was verified by the authorities of Guinness World Records and was declared as a record.
Speaking on this achievement, Ryan International Group of Institutions Managing Director Grace Pinto said, “We are grateful for the vision that Lord Jesus Christ has given us to nurture responsible and compassionate future citizens of the world.”

Ryan Schools are well-known for providing holistic education to students and undertaking large scale initiatives to reach out to the underprivileged to build social responsibility amongst them.
Chairman Dr. A. F. Pinto, CEO Ryan Pinto and others celebrated the feat with the students of the school.

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TCONEWS ADMINJuly 20, 2018

All Praise and thanks be to our Almighty God who is our loving heavenly Father for showing His great mercy in giving me life and health to share my testimony with you today. The promise that says, I will live and not die but glorify God in the sanctuary is being fulfilled this day.

From Dec 2013, my family and I suffered the ravages of cancer. Finally in May 2014 after six months of pain and wrong diagnosis (of gastric or UTI), I was diagnosed with colon cancer (through colonoscopy) but they said it was just the onset of malignancy. In spite of the various scans and tests done before surgery, it was only when they operated that the surgeon found that the tumor had grown much and was not operable. We were then referred to the oncologists who suggested us to do a PET-CT scan to confirm the extent of this disease. This scan confirmed the dreaded disease at stage IV with metastasis (spread) to liver. Then we began the journey of chemotherapy for the next six months. Meanwhile God did a loving miracle of instantly removing severe pain from the tumor area. Also, contrary to what people experience, the side effects of chemo (24 rounds) were minimal in my case. This greatly strengthened our faith.

In January 2015, the medical oncologist declared that my tumor had regressed greatly and recommended me for a surgery to remove the tumor. I was operated on the liver in February but I became critical suddenly and was operated again within 10 days. I had to stay in the hospital for a month’s time to recover from the back-to-back operations. In spite of the two surgeries, they were not able to remove the primary tumor in my colon.

I was again recommended to continue chemotherapy for another six months. So in August 2015, I had to go through another major surgery to remove the primary tumor. It was a long and complicated surgery. As I came out of anesthesia, I had a profound awareness of coming back to life and only two thoughts – God gave me life and all the sincere prayers kept me from going down into the pit.

Let me tell you that cancer is truly a difficult disease to handle. Believe me when I say, that unless God’s loving grace is with us and family, friends and believers like you support and encourage continually, the battle over cancer is really hard. My husband gave me constant encouragement and personal attention. Till now, I have been treated at five different hospitals and have undergone innumerable tests and scans apart from the four major surgeries. This was a huge financial burden for which we were totally unprepared. Since my husband had just quit (before my diagnosis of cancer) from his corporate job to serve in an NGO, we even could not avail medical insurance. So much so that we had to sell our own house to meet the mounting medical expenses.

Though we do not have answers about why we had to undergo this season of pain and suffering, we have learnt that God is certainly NOT the author of sickness and pain. We know that by His Stripes we are already healed (Isa 53:5). Also, what the enemy meant for evil, God has turned it out for good.

This Easter, Our Wonderful God Jehovah, who has said, “I am the Lord that healeth thee”, has given us all the more reason to rejoice . This is a testimony to the Resurrection Power that on March 21, 2016 exactly 22 months from the diagnosis, my chemo doctor, gave the verdict that I don’t need chemo anymore since I’ve come out of cancer!!!

My family and I want to encourage you to pray and specially hold onto God’s living and powerful promises which give us life, healing and eternal life. Our God Emmanuel indeed is always with us. He loves and wants us to enjoy the abundant life that He has given us in Christ Jesus.

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TCONEWS ADMINJuly 20, 2018

“We want to be honest with you, there is very little hope.”

So wrote Compassion International to its 130,000 sponsors of Indian children this past Friday.

One week after sharing the good news of four nations no longer needing child sponsors due to the passion of millennials, the ministry shared the bad news of another nation that will probably not need child sponsors due to government interference.

A little more than a year after the Indian government told Compassion that it could no longer receive funding from outside the subcontinent, the humanitarian organization will likely be closing its last operations there.

“Since we can no longer distribute funds to our field offices, we have just had to notify our India country staff that we must formally close our field offices in India by March 15,” Compassion told sponsors by email. “Should nothing change, that means an end to our sponsorship program in India in the next 60 days.”

Compassion, which has been working in India for more than 48 years, said it has tried everything in the last 10 months to stay afloat. The email listed its efforts, which include:

Seeking the advice of legal experts in both the US and India
Leveraging influential relationships, including US representatives and senators, the former US Secretary of State, the former and current ambassadors to India and the White House Office of Faith-based Affairs, as well as members of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Asking Compassion sponsors to pray and to write Congress (more than 35,000 letters were sent)
Testifying in front of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
Leveraging personal relationships within the US and India

Compassion’s 580 Indian-staffed development centers care for more than 145,000 children. That’s only about 8 percent of the 1.9 million children assisted by Compassion worldwide, but also more than any other of the 25 countries where it works.

The Indian government objects to Compassion’s Christianity, according to the ministry’s testimony to US lawmakers. Hindu nationalists have put increasing pressure on Christians in India since the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014. The subcontinent has been steadily moving up Open Doors’ list of places where it’s hardest to be a Christian, from No. 28 in 2014 to No. 15 this year, the highest rank it has ever held.

“An average of 40 incidents were reported per month, including pastors beaten, churches burned and Christians harassed,” stated Open Doors. “Of the 64 million Christians in India, approximately 39 million experience direct persecution.”

There doesn’t appear to be a government plan to pick up Compassion’s care for Indian children. More than 1 in 3 of India’s 1.2 billion people are children, yet India spends less on health and education than comparable emerging economies.

Of India’s roughly 472 million children, 33 million are child laborers, 80 million are out of school, and 97 million are undernourished, according to a recent petition asking Modi’s administration to spend more on children.

But while the government may not have a plan in place, that doesn’t mean the children will be abandoned entirely, said Compassion spokesperson Becca Bishop.

“[The children] may have lost Compassion’s support, but they haven’t lost the support of their local church,” she said. “Those churches, if they have the funds, may still be able to carry out a lot of the services.”

World Vision, which sponsors more than 245,000 children in India (about 6 percent of its global total), also partners with local churches, though not exclusively, spokesperson Amy Parodi told CT. So far, World Vision isn’t having problems getting foreign funding into the country, she said.

CT covered Compassion’s cash crunch in December, including how the Indian government squeezed off its foreign funding. With no way to pay for materials or staff, the organization began paring down programs last summer.

“Our staff in the India field offices have stretched every last penny beyond what we thought possible to extend the programs for our children, while we in parallel explored alternative delivery methods to provide funds, yet a solution has not been discovered within the needed timeframe,” stated Compassion’s email to donors.

The news comes on the heels of Compassion’s largest surge of sponsorships, when students attending the 2017 Passion Conference eliminated the list of children waiting for sponsors in four countries.

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TCONEWS ADMINJuly 19, 2018

He was elected auxilary at the week-long Syro Malabar Synod held at St. Thomas Mount at Kakkanad from January 9, 2017.

TCONEWS ADMINJuly 19, 2018

An Indian pastor and wheelchair user, Pastor Ageshwar Verma, 26, is the latest Indian Christian to be subjected to arbitrary arrest and injustice because of his faith.

“He was arrested on purpose just one day before the National Holiday, the Republic Day, and Ageshwar will not be able to secure bail,” said a spokesperson for the Evangelical Fellowship of India.The minister from the village of Gorah in Chhattisgarh, only came to faith some 20 months ago. He was arrested by police under local laws which ban ‘witchcraft’.

Ageshwar was sent to the Bemetara jail and held for eight days until 1 February.

Born in a Hindu family, Ageshwar suffered waist-down paralysis when he fell from a five-story under-construction building on October 2014, where he worked as a mason and was unable to walk again. His wife abandoned him due to his disability. This sudden change in life caused depression in him and Ageshwar attempted suicide thrice.

“God had different plans in stored for me…my suicide attempts always fell unsuccessful,” said Pastor Ageshwar Verma in an interview with Global Christian News after his release from jail.

Ageshwar received a phone call, which he says was of a man who identified himself as Mahesh. “I had never known this person before and how did he get my number still remains a mystery to me.

“The moment I received the call, the voice on the other end said that Jesus loves me and that He cares for me,” said Ageshwar. The voice on the other end of the phone asked him to go to a Church. Surprised and shocked, Ageshwar attended a church and heard about Jesus for the first time. Later Ageshwar went to Bilaspur (about 100 kms. away) to Pastor Ajit Daniel – a Pastor of Assemblies of God Church – where he stayed for a year.

Ageshwar who was expecting strong opposition from his father and brother’s family for becoming a follower of Christ, was amazed at God’s work. “After spending a year in Bilaspur, I returned to my village and shared about my new-found faith with my family. I left once again for Bilaspur to receive baptism and on my return I found that my elder brother Sanjay Verma, his wife, my father Puniram Verma and my mother had all become followers of Christ.

“We started to meet and pray together every day,” added Ageshwar.

Soon Ageshwar started to tell people around him, of the saving grace of Christ.

In the span of eight months, Ageshwar today has a congregation of about 10,000 people gathering every Thursday and Sunday for worship. Ageshwar sits on his wheel-chair and preaches to this crowd that comes from all the surrounding villages.

“As the crowd is huge, I have divided the crowd into two parts and have requested them to come on any one day in a week and not repeat themselves on the other. At any given day, I have not less than 4000 people to hear God’s word,” said Ageshwar.

Local Hindu extremists in the village got very jealous of the popularity and the attention Ageshwar was gaining, “Healing were taking place in these services. People brought their sick to be prayed and deaf could hear, born lame could walk, and several others were healed,” claimed Ageshwar.

After Ageshwar’s arrest on 25 January, he was kept in the police lock-up for more than a day. His bail application was rejected by the lower court. He then approached the sessions court where he was finally granted bail on the eighth day after furnishing a bond of 10,0000 Rupees and after depositing 10,000 Rupees in cash.

Excited about his stay in the jail Ageshwar told Global Christian News today (2 February) that those eight days were “blessed days”. He disclosed how the jail staff and the high officials favored him and he not only shared the saving grace of Jesus with fellow prisoners but also started a prayer fellowship inside the jail. He said, “Indeed, ‘….we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28 NIV)’.”

He disclosed that for about 8 meetings before his arrest, policemen and the Hindu extremists were not letting people come to worship. “They surround the area carrying wooden sticks in their hands every Thursday and Sunday and blocked the entrance to the worship place,” said Ageshwar. He also revealed that, “Today being a Thursday, policemen and Hindu extremists blocked the entrance and threatened all who wanted to come for the meeting. People were made to flee the place to avoid being beaten by them.”

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TCONEWS ADMINJuly 19, 2018

Late last week, President Trump embarked on 12-day tour of Asia which includes visits to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It will be the longest visit for a sitting US president in 25 years. His visit comes at a time of heightened tensions caused by an increasingly aggressive North Korea. In addition to this immediate and growing threat, another priority is trade; especially regarding China and Vietnam.

While the North Korea threat has always been on the US radar, the recent escalation and its resulting insecurity among US allies in the region has brought it into the spotlight. The purpose of Trump’s visit is to reassure long-standing allies such as Japan and South Korea of the U.S. commitment and as a show of strength intended for North Korea. We already see signs of this in his first stop in Japan. However, this is more of a reactionary measure to the current context. All the evidence points to the fact that his visit is targeted to the long-term threat of a rising and assertive China.

The timing of his visit in the region is interesting given the recent conclusion of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. At this meeting President Xiping acquired significantly more power as his name and thought are now enshrined in the Party’s constitution (an essential step to quash future dissent) and has called for a “new era” in Chinese politics – one which will consolidate its domestic power and further its international stature.

US policy in Asia over the past decade has been focused on China, despite not specifically mentioning it. The policy has been dubbed the ‘pivot towards Asia’ or ‘Re-balancing towards Asia under the Obama administration. Through this policy, more military, economic and diplomatic resources and attention would be dedicated to the region to balance China’s rise. One of the key components of this was the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would have been the largest Free Trade Agreement (FTA) ever. It would link several Asia – Pacific countries including Japan, Chile, and the US.

On assuming office, President Trump withdrew from the TPP and its fate was sealed. In addition, notable US withdrawals from major international treaties and organizations such as the Paris Climate Accords and UNESCO signal that “America first” will be a guiding principle of American foreign policy. We are yet to hear an articulate elaboration of US policy towards the Asia- Pacific region and in this context, this visit is vital to reaffirm alliances and reassure allies.

President Trump has not always been the most consistent in his policy declarations and with the probes on the 2016 election lurking over his presidency, any relationship with the US now comes with an air of unpredictability. This has resulted in allies seeking greater relations and alliances with other powers in the region. For example, Indo- Japanese relations have greatly increased over the past two years under Prime Ministers Modi and Abe because of a sense of insecurity from their proximity to China.

It cannot be overstated how important Trump’s visit to Asia is. As in most parts of the world the region faces grave short and long-term strategic challenges. Unfortunately, Trump’s “America First” philosophy does not gel with US interests in the region. Asian allies have, for too long, overtly depended on the US as a means of balancing power in the region and are slowly realizing a course-correction is needed. However, until then this visit is intended to send a strong message to China and North Korea – that the US will back its allies, if and when the situation demands it.

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