Ouganda : un gamin brûlé par son père pour s’être converti au christianisme:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nassif Malagara est un jeune garçon de 9 ans membre d’une famille musulmane habitant le village de Kakira (sous comté de Kisozi, district de Kamuli, à l’est de l’Ouganda). Le 5 mars dernier, et à sa demande, un de ses voisins chrétien l’a emmené assister à un service religieux chrétien dans un village voisin. Après le service, le jeune garçon a dit au pasteur qu’il voulait reconnaître Jésus comme son Sauveur. De retour chez lui, Nassif a refusé de participer à tout culte musulman, de faire le ramadan et de continuer à fréquenter la madrassa de son village. Son père, Abubakar Malagara, 36 ans, et sa belle mère sont devenus furieux en apprenant sa conversion. L’enfant s’est débrouillé pour se nourrir auprès de voisins discrets mais son père l’a surpris en train de s’alimenter le 9 mars. Il a commencé à le frapper à coups de bâton, l’a attaché à un bananier dont les feuilles étaient sèches donc inflammables, et il a mis le feu à l’arbre. L’enfant a été grièvement brûlé sur tout le corps. Ses cris ont alerté des voisins qui sont venus le détacher et ont alerté la police. Le jeune garçon a été conduit à l’hôpital le plus proche mais devra être transféré dans un autre où existe un service pour les brûlés, et son père a été arrêté. Il est inculpé mais laissé en liberté sous caution.

 

États-Unis : le nom de “Jésus” ne sera pas interdit aux arrêts de bus…

 

 

 

 

 

Mountain Metro Transit est une compagnie d’autobus agrée par la ville de Colorado Springs (Colorado). Pour le confort de ses clients, la compagnie a disposé des bancs à ses arrêts de bus et loue les dossiers de ces bancs pour des messages publicitaire. Lawson Perdue, pasteur du Charis Christian Center, loue, depuis plusieurs années, une vingtaine de ces surfaces publicitaires pour y passer des messages du type « Fêtons Jésus » ou « Faisons l’expérience de Jésus » payés par sa congrégation, sans que Mountain Metro Transit ait eu à y redire. Cette année, il a fait apposer le message « Jesus is Lord » (Jésus est le Seigneur). Une personne s’est plainte de ce message à la compagnie d’autobus qui a fait savoir au pasteur que le contrat de publicité ne serait pas renouvelé si les futures publicités portaient le nom de Jésus. Lawson Perdue s’en est plaint auprès des autorités municipales de Colorado Springs qui ont fait savoir, par communiqué du 24 avril, qu’elles considéraient que la compagnie de transport avait eu tort et agi au mépris du premier Amendement de la Constitution. Mountain Metro Transit a fini par reconnaître avoir réagi avec « précipitation » dans cette affaire et le nom de « Jésus » continuera à être affiché sur les bancs des arrêts de bus de Colorado Springs…

 

 

Source : Christian News,

 

Liberté d’expression : deux chrétiens évangéliques relaxés en appel

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J’avais évoqué ici, le 6 novembre de l’année dernière, comment la liberté des chrétiens était bafouée en France, à partir d’un article d’InfoChrétienne qui en signalait plusieurs cas et notamment celui de deux chrétiens évangéliques condamnés, en première instance, le 2 novembre précédent. Dans un communiqué daté d’hier, le Conseil national des Évangéliques de France (CNEF) nous apprend que la Cour d’appel de Bordeaux vient de relaxer ces deux chrétiens…

 

 

Voici ce communiqué.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Formation Théologique par correspondance en Anglais :

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you interested in taking an Immanuel Lutheran College class online?

 

1 Corinthians, Religion 101-102, Religion 305-306, and Religion 407-408 are currently available.

 

           You can see and hear an example of how each would function. Go to: classes.ilc.edu. Do not login. Scroll down  and select “Religion 101 /102 - A Sample - Pentateuch - OT Survey” or “Rel 407 / 408 - Christian Teachings - A Sample.”  Read the main column and follow the instructions.

 

The following table is for the school year 2015-16.

 

Semester Class	Description	Credit	Audit	Group Use
Religion 101	Old Testament	$650	$195	NA
Religion 102	Old Testament	$650	$195	NA
Religion 305	Symbolics	$650	$195	$195
Religion 306	Symbolics	$650	$195	$195
Religion 407	Dogmatics	NA	$195	$195
Religion 408	Dogmatics	NA	$195	$195
Religion 12 (HS)	1 Corinthians	NA	$56	$56

Note:  All costs are for 2015-16; NA – Not Available

 

More information at classes.ilc.edu and ilc.edu

 

           Here is some information you may wish to consider if you are interested in registering for the class and also directions on how to register for the class if desired.

 

1. 1 Corinthians is a high school study at the 12th grade level. First Corinthians leads us to see Christ and Him crucified as the center of all faith and life and as the wisdom needed to face practical, relevant problems, and thus grow in faith, love and holiness by the power of the Spirit. This class is offered online only for auditing. If users wish to take the quizzes, they will have to do that in the same time frame as when the class meets in the fall semester. The class presentations will be open other times. (44 lessons, 45 minutes each) 
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3. Religion 101 / 102: Old Testament Survey is a detailed study of the major events and individuals of the books of Genesis to Malachi and also God's dealings with Israel, directing all things unto Christ. (Rel 101 - 46 lessons, 45 minutes each) (Rel 102 - 49 lessons, 45 minutes each)
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5. Religion 305 / 306: Symbolics is a study of the history, development, and contents of the three universal creeds and of the Lutheran Confessions from 1517-1580. The objectives are to compare these Confessions with Scripture, to grow in faith by the power of the Spirit, to increase our commitment to the Lutheran confessions because they are in agreement with Holy Scripture and to improve our ability to discern error and witness the truth. Subject matter studied in 305  first semester includes the three universal creeds, Luther's Catechisms, the Augsburg Confession and the Apology. (1517-1530) (43 lessons, 45 minutes each)  Subject matter studied in 306 second semester includes Completing the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, and  the Formula of Concord. (1530-1580) (46 lessons, 45 minutes each)
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7. Religion 407 / 408: Dogmatics is a systematic  study of Christian teachings (doctrines), showing their Biblical foundation and their application to the Christian life. Subject matter studied in 407  first semester includes Scripture, God, man, Christ, conversion, and justification (42 lessons, 45 minutes each). Subject matter studied in 408 second semester includes sanctification, the means of grace, Law and Gospel, the sacraments, the church, election, and eschatology (45 lessons, 45 minutes each).
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9. Purpose - All the online courses are intended to be a detailed study of God’s Word according to the content descriptions given in the previous paragraphs. These courses are not intended to be “unique” revelations. That, of course, belongs to God alone and has been recorded for us in His Word. They are intended to be a study of His Word parallel to what your pastor is sharing in Bible Class so that we may grow in faith and love for Him who died for us. Because the courses have assigned homework (optional for those auditing) and meet three times a week, the courses may, perhaps, be more intensive or comprehensive than a congregational Bible Class. You may wish to take a course to supplement your Bible studies at home and church. You may wish to take those which apply for college credit, perhaps in the interest of pursuing CLC teacher certification, or as a needed step in gaining future entry to Immanuel Lutheran Seminary. Each course meets three times a week.
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11. Time Frame - Each class may be taken as an audit at any time. They may be taken for credit only in connection with the semester in which they are taught on-site. Your time frame for participation is not limited by the semester. With each class your participation can extend before or after the class semester. But you need to register for one semester. The videos and quizzes for the classes will be available at the time of your choosing. There is one exception to auditors following their own time frame. In the semester the course is taught at ILC in an on-site class you cannot be ahead of the on-site class and if you wish to do the quizzes you must be either  two weeks behind the on-site class or must follow the time limits set for those taking the on-site class. For example: Religion 101 - fall semester of odd years (e.g. Aug.-Dec. of 2015).Religion 102 - spring semester of even years (e.g. Jan.-May of 2016). Religion 305 - fall semester of odd years (e.g. Aug.-Dec. of 2015).Religion 306 - spring semester of even years (e.g. Jan.-May of 2016). Religion 407 - fall semester of even years (e.g. Aug.-Dec. of 2016 etc.) Religion 408 - spring semester of odd years (e.g. Jan. - May of 2017 etc)  
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15. Auditing - Auditing students do not receive any college credit, nor can they expect teacher evaluations.
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17. For credit - The online course grade is based on the online quizzes and the student’s written or video presentations. There may be a preview quiz and / or a review quiz with each lesson.
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19. How will it work, if you are taking the class the same time  it is taught at ILC in an on-site class? Prof. John Ude  will be teaching the on-site class at ILC, say for example, on a Tuesday. Students enrolled  will be asked to read the assignment beforehand (those auditing can participate as much as they want). The class will be taught with the assumption that students have read the material. A preview quiz will open 3-7 days before the lesson for which it is due, but it has a time deadline of the beginning of that lesson’s class period. So for the Tuesday class, a preview quiz would have opened on the previous Friday and be due by class time on that Tuesday. The quizzes are online and correct themselves, showing the correct answers and some explanation. After the instructor  teaches the class, the video is uploaded to the internet host. It should be available for any registered user  via their computer within a couple hours after the class. If there is a review quiz on that class, it will be due 3-9 days after the class presentation. And so on with each class of a given course.
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21. How will it work, if you are taking the class at a different time than  it is taught at ILC in an on-site class? You may proceed at your own pace with no time limits.
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23. Registration - Since these are ILC college courses, you must register with Immanuel Lutheran College to take the class. A login and password will be assigned  for those who are  registered in order for them to access the whole course at classes.ilc.edu. There is a registration fee of $25.00 for those who have not been enrolled at ILC in recent history. The course may be taken for credit or audit. There's a limit of 10 online students for credit (no limit for audit). The tuition costs for each class are listed in the graph at the top of this document. A three credit course costs 25% of the current semester tuition at ILC. The audit price is 30% of the credit price. The audit price for 1 Corinthians is different because it is  a high school course and as an inexpensive introduction.  These fees are set  by the ILC Board of Regents. All payments are made to ILC through the ILC Business Office and do not go to the professor teaching the course. 
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25. A couple or a household can take the class together with one registration and one login. In such a joint venture only one person can take the course for credit. Clearly we welcome both or all to register.
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27. Distribution - Since this is a registered ILC college class and some videos contain copyrighted material, online users  may not copy and share or distribute the video recordings with others.
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29. A CLC congregation or study group may use most of the online courses for joint Bible study, with the requirement of one registration (one login) and one payment. The pastor or some other representative of the congregation should register with ILC. Religion 101 /102 is not available for group use due to copyright restrictions.
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• The class videos may not be copied and shared or distributed to anyone else.
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• The class videos may not be edited. A fair segment may be shown.
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• Only one login is provided for such an arrangement.
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• The permission to show the class videos, or a portion thereof, extends from the start of the course term until the start of the same term two years later (currently August 2015 to August 2017). With 1 Corinthians it is one year later.  
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• The question has been asked how these might work as a congregational Bible Class.  Making them available for this usage has been the recommendation of the Board of Regents. I don’t know how useful they will be for a normal Bible Class. The classes are not taught in the manner in which I would teach a congregational Bible Class. The classes expect that everyone listening has read the material ahead of time. They are mainly lecture with minimal class involvement. There are some samples available as indicated at the beginning of this document. Suggested uses:
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• 3. Go over some of the material in Bible class and then use a segment of the video to highlight the topic and spur discussion.
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1. To register, completethe registration form for online college courses.  Those registering for any online course do not need to send a pastoral recommendation or a transcript. It should be sent, e-mailed, or faxed to the ILC office:

Immanuel Lutheran College, 501 Grover Road, Eau Claire, WI 54701.

 

Email: [e-mail]

 

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Contact - Please feel free to contact the Academic Dean (715-836-6631 or [e-mail]) with any further questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                       

 

 

 

 

Inde : chrétien pentecôtiste agressé dans l’État de Bihar:

 

 

 

 

Prêcher publiquement sa foi religieuse est un droit constitutionnel en Inde. Les hindous ne se privent pas de le faire, mais si c’est un chrétien qui s’y hasarde, on le tabasse. Le deux poids, deux mesures à la sauce indienne…

 

 

Roué de coups et dénudé dans la rue : tel est le sort réservé à un citoyen indien, chrétien pentecôtiste, agressé dans l’État de Bihar parce qu’il prêchait publiquement la foi chrétienne. Ainsi que cela a été indiqué à Fides par le Conseil global des chrétiens indiens (GCIC), l’épisode est intervenu dans le district de Patna, capitale de l’État de Bihar. Le chrétien, Deepak Kumar, s’était arrêté face à la gare de Barh et avait commencé à parler publiquement du Christ, annonçant Son Évangile à tous ceux qui voulaient l’écouter. À l’improviste, dix militants appartenant probablement à des groupes extrémistes hindous, se sont approchés de lui et ont commencé à le frapper et à l’insulter, le laissant à terre mi-nu et blessé. Sajan K George, président du GCIC, a condamné cet acte violence et déclaré à Fides : « Ces hommes ont commis un délit et doivent être arrêtés. Deepak Kumar ne faisait rien d’illégal : il parlait simplement avec les gens, exerçant une liberté reconnue par la Constitution, tout comme le font souvent en Inde les prédicateurs hindous qui se voient dans les rues. Ils ne peuvent exister deux poids et deux mesures : la loi est la même pour tous et les chrétiens aussi sont citoyens indiens ».

 

Source : Agence Fides,