Christian Forum: The Economic Times:
Apex Naga body makes a bid for tribal unity
: A Naga Reconciliation Commission (NRC) has been formed by the Naga Ho Ho, the highest tribal body in the state, and the Naga Christian Forum (NCF) in a bid to bring about "reconciliation, unity and integration" among the 19 Naga tribes."It is being felt that without reconciliation among various tribes, a permanent solution to the Naga problem cannot be found. Talking with one or two Naga rebel tribal groups will not help as the solution arrived may not...
Christian Forum: World Christianity's quest for unity grows steadily more complex
The Rev. Konrad Raiser was tired but visibly relieved as he chatted during the final hours of the latest World Council of Churches assembly, a 12-day marathon that concluded Monday. After all, the council's German chief executive, 60, had suavely helped to heal one of the group's worst internal crises, a threatened breach with its Orthodox member churches. Besides mollifying the Orthodox, the assembly of 960 delegates from 112 lands also endorsed...
Christian Forum: India: Christians calls for official observance of Christ's 2000th birthday
New Delhi, 4th August: Christian leaders on Wednesday [4th August] demanded that all state governments in India declare the year 2000 AD as "Year of Christ" and said the federal government must make public report of Justice Wadhwa Commission which probed the killing of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in Orissa.In identical letters submitted to all state chief ministers, the concerned Christian Forum said since the federal government had not...
Christian Forum: 'Victimisation of Christians has increased'
Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, Jan 5 -- MADHYA PRADESH-Chhattisgarh Christian Forum has alleged that after the Narendra Prasad Committee report on Jhabua violence this year the number of cases of victimisation of Christians has gone up in the State.Talking to journalists at a press conference today, Forum president Indira Iyengar said the Narendra Prasad Committee report was not made public but its selected portions were released which gave the impression that conversion was the root...
Christian Forum: Indian government urged to make Australian missionary's murder report public
Indore, 6th August: The federal government should make public the entire report of the Wadhwa Commission which inquired into the ghastly murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in Orissa in January, John Dayal, national convenor of The United Christian Forum for Human Rights, has demanded.He accused the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party]-led government of releasing portions of Justice Wadhwa report in a "selective manner", and said the government...