WorthyNewsBot Posted November 15, 2012 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.47 Content Count: 44,243 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 984 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted November 15, 2012 By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent JAKARTA, INDONESIA (Worthy News)– Muslim protesters prevented a Protestant church from holding Sunday service in Bekasi district, West Java. The Batak Society Christian Church of Philadelphia canceled service after a Muslim mob stopped them from worshipping. "They were there an hour or so before we were to start our service," said Reverend Palti Panjaitan."They brought loudspeakers and played very loud music. They also threatened us." Panjaitan said police on the scene told the congregation to cancel the service to forstall any further violence, but by so doing, they violated his congregation's constitutional rights. In Bogor, local authorities ordered the Yasmin church to move to an undeveloped plot of land five miles from the building they already owned, but church officials said that a government land grant is no guarantee that they could build there because the church would be required to get a new building permit, a problematic process requiring a petition signed by 60 Muslims and 90 Christians. The church building in Bogor was closed after Mayor Diani Budiarto ordered it sealed up in April 2010, charging that the church lacked the necessary permits despite an Indonesian Supreme Court ruling to the contrary. Since then, the congregation has been holding services in front of the presidential palace in protest. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdemoss Posted November 15, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 59 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,402 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 2,154 Days Won: 28 Joined: 02/10/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/26/1971 Share Posted November 15, 2012 The word of God says to flee persecution not to protest by forcing your worship to be done in front of the presidential palace. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Yet, many will wonder why it goes bad when it does. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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