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By Email: saf@eauk.org
By Telephone: 0207 207 2131
By Post: South Asian Forum, 186 Kennington Park Road, London, SE11 4BT
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Find out more about becoming a member of the South Asian Forum.
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The Big Jubilee Lunch 3 June – make a date
The Queen is inviting the nation to join the Big Jubilee Lunch on Sunday 3 June. Millions of people will eat together with neighbours and friends as part of the official Diamond Jubilee celebrations marking the Queen’s 60 years of service. A specially-written Grace – a prayer of thanks - starts the lunch. Churches have a key role at the heart of their communities to make this happen. See how your church can get involved and what resources are available.
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Jesus through Asian eyes
'Jesus through Asian eyes – 15 frequently asked questions' is a new booklet produced by the South Asian Forum of the Evangelical Alliance. The aim of the booklet is to dispel common misconceptions that Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Buddhists have about the Christian faith. The A5 booklet is informative, engaging and enlightening and aims to pay equal respect to people of other beliefs. The booklet costs just £1+P&P per copy and is available from m.raithatha@eauk.org. It comes with guidelines on use for group discussions.
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Singing for Shahbaz
Crowds thronged Trafalgar Square on Saturday at a concert calling for religious freedom in Pakistan – and remembering Shahbaz Bhatti who gave his life for that cause. The concert in Trafalgar Square on 10th March followed the presentation of a petition at 10 Downing Street calling for changes to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which impose sentences including execution and life imprisonment for offences against Islam. The documents bearing the names of more than 6,000 people were presented at Number 10 by an ecumenical delegation which included Alan Craig of the Christian Peoples Alliance and John Pontifex, from Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need.
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2012 NAUJAVAN TOUR
Come and attend one of the three events taking place this Spring in three cities - Bolton, Wolverhampton and Southall, between 22nd - 24th March 2012. Free entry. Events start at 6.30pm. Followed by the 7th July event with Mike Palavachi at Soul Survivor. The last event of the year is the big S.I.C weekend from the 19th - 21st October. Naujavan is the only national organisation with a specific focus to bring together the young (16 - 30 year old) British Asian Christian community. Andy Croft (Soul Survivor) and Steve Uppal (All Nations, Wolverhampton) will be with us to share their heart and experience for how we can know more of Gods plan for our lives!
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South Asian Forum Newsletter
Read our quarterly SAF newsletter for our members to profile the work of our member churches and organisations, to aid networking and raise awareness of the mission work done for the South Asian community across the UK.
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Prayer Points
South Asian Forum is committed to prayer, and we would be delighted if you could pray with us. Please pray for the evangelistic booklet 'Jesus through Asian eyes' - particularly that churches are encouraged to use it and that we are successful in the training we give to churches on how to reach out to South Asians. We also ask you to pray for our partnership with Jewels in His Crown in the delivery of training events across the country to help galvanise and equip churches for mission to South Asians.
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Pakistan Briefing - CSW
The assassinations of two prominent politicians within the first three months of 2011 for their opposition of the country’s ‘blasphemy laws’ have catapulted some of Pakistan’s primary religious freedom issues into the public consciousness, in a context relevant to Pakistanis of all faiths. The deaths of Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Punjab, and Shahbaz Bhatti, Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs, are symptomatic of growing division and lawlessness in Pakistan, as well as being symbolic of the silencing of voices seeking to confront extremism.
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India briefing CSW
“Communal violence is not inevitable; it not the norm in a maturing democracy, an economic and political superpower, and a caring multi-cultural society such as India wants to be in the 21st century.” says Dr John Dayal, member of Communal & Sectarian Violence Bill Advisory Group. This briefing is concerned principally with recent trends of communal violence against Christians, the factors which underlie this, the state responses to such violence, and ongoing violations of religious freedom in law.
Read India briefing CSW
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UN experts: ’40,000 civilians’ massacred in Sri Lanka
Up to 40,000 civilians were massacred during the final stages of the Sri Lankan government's offensive against the separatist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to a UN Panel of Experts, set up by UN Secretary-General last June, who have stated they have credible information to believe the information. "Shelling of safety zones, bombing of hospitals and summary executions by the government forces" and "forcibly conscripting and using civilians as human buffer by the Tamil Tigers" are some of the gruesome but credible allegations, states the report, after analysing...
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Current Members
Here you will find details of the current Churches and Organisations who are members of the South Asian Forum. Why not join us? Please explore our Become a Member section.
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Manoj Raithatha on 4thought.tv
South Asian Forum Co-ordinator Manoj Raithatha appeared on 4thought.tv to talk about converting from Hinduism to Christianity.
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Become a Member of the South Asian Forum
Find out how to join the South Asian Forum of the Evangelical Alliance. SAF is open to individuals, churches, organisations to become members. Members of SAF also automatically become members of the Evangelical Alliance.
Introduction to the South Asian Forum of the Evangelical Alliance
The South Asian Forum of the Evangelical Alliance (SAF) is a new grouping within the Evangelical Alliance, set up to provide a forum for South Asian Christians in the UK to encourage, support and equip each other for mission, and to represent their concerns to Government, media and the wider Church.
Subject: South Asian Forum (SAF)
Author: South Asian Forum
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