Christians News Headline 10/03/09

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Egyptian Christian Burned Alive; Father Murdered Also Yasser Ahmed Qasim approached 25-year-old Sabri Shihata and poured gasoline on the Coptic Christian and then set him on fire, reported the Voice of the Copts on Friday. The young Copt tried to put out the fire by throwing himself into a nearby canal, but the burns were too severe and he later died. more.... http://coptreal.com/ShowSubjectEn.aspx?SID=16978 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- India - Pastor Shot in Bomb Attack on ChurchNEW DELHI, March 10 (Compass Direct News) – In an effort to stop conversions to Christianity in the eastern state of Bihar, a 25-year-old ailing man on Sunday (March 8) exploded a crude bomb in a church and shot the pastor. more..... http://www.coptreal.com/ShowSubjectEnaspx?SID=17004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pakistan - One Woman Dead in Attack on ChristiansISTANBUL, March 9 (Compass Direct News) – Gun and club attacks on a Presbyterian church and neighboring homes in the predominantly Christian area of a village in Pakistan last week killed one woman and left 16 people wounded. more.... http://www.coptreal.com/ShowSubjectEn.aspx?SID=17003 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pope to visit Muslim, Jewish sites in Mideast tripJERUSALEM (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI will show solidarity with Jews and Muslims during his first papal trip to the Holy Land with visits to Jerusalem's Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock, the papal envoy in Jerusalem said Tuesday. more.... http://coptreal.com/ShowSubjectEn.aspx?SID=16977 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SC pastor charged with setting fire at his churchBELTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities charged a South Carolina pastor accused of setting fire to his own church with second-degree arson. Anderson County Fire Chief Billy Gibson said Christopher Daniels, 40, reported a fire at Blue Ridge Baptist Church in Belton when he opened the church for services Sunday more.... http://coptreal.com/ShowSubjectEn.aspx?SID=16976 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Survey: Less Than 1 Percent of Young Adults Hold Biblical Worldview Less than one percent of the youngest adult generation in America has a biblical worldview, found a new study examining the changes in worldview among Christians and the overall U.S. population more.... http://coptreal.com/ShowSubjectEn.aspx?SID=16975 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Church service for Zimbabwe premier's wifeSusan Tsvangirai's body is to be taken to a stadium later Tuesday for a memorial service. The state-run Herald newspaper reports that President Robert Mugabe is to attend the church service, and that the government is helping pay the funeral costs. more.... http://coptreal.com/ShowSubjectEn.aspx?SID=16954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stem cell decision exposes religious dividesThe embryonic stem cell research debate is steeped with religious arguments, with some faith traditions convinced the research amounts to killing innocent life, others citing the moral imperative to alleviate suffering, and plenty of religious believers caught somewhere in between. more.... http://coptreal.com/ShowSubjectEn.aspx?SID=16951 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prosecutor: Church killing suspect had 'death day'MARYSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A prosecutor says the 27-year-old man charged with gunning down a suburban St. Louis pastor in the middle of his sermon marked the day as "death day" in a planner. more.... http://coptreal.com/ShowSubjectEn.aspx?SID=16950 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Torah ownership dispute goes to Superior Court in Los AngelesA rancorous legal fight over the rightful ownership of four Torahs has spilled from religious to civil courts in Los Angeles, with the widow of one Orthodox rabbi accusing another of stealing scrolls lent to him by her deceased husband. more.... http://coptreal.com/ShowSubjectEn.aspx?SID=16949 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up now at the service of breacking news Will be sent lastest news and most important http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christian_daily_news/ http://www.coptreal.com/DefaultEn.aspx http://feeds2.feedburner.com/coptreal/rssen