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' T 1he government of Kenya is ex- ploring every possible means to correct the causes of the Mau Mau meetings being held in 45 de tention camps. Of these, 17,000 have been tried and proven guilty. These trials have had to be stopped, however, because in many cases the court witnesses were later murdered by the Mau Mau. The government is seeking Chris tian workers to take the gospel into these detention camps. At present there are two European mission aries and 12 African pastors work ing among the prisoners. A strong rehabilitation program is being car ried on by the government in the camps, and many more evangelical workers are needed to supplement this with a gospel ministry. The government has built 855 villages, and (as of October, 1955) 1,077,500 Kikuyus h a v e been brought into them. (The Mau Mau movement came from the Kikuyu tribe.) Eventually there may be as many as 2,800 of these villages. The government expects the mis sions to supply evangelists and preachers, thus providing a new religious culture and Christian so cial life for these displaced masses. It is now realized that education, without these spiritual emphases, produced the conditions that made the Mau Mau possible. Spain The new Baptist Chapel in Elche (near Valencia) has been closed by an official order of the governor of the province. Approximately 100 people attended the first services held in the new building. The fol lowing Wednesday the police sealed shut the doors and windows of the chapel, putting up the inscription: “ Closed by order of the civil gov ernor of this province.” Closure of the chapel was based upon the fact that the pastor did not have governmental authorization to begin holding services there. The pastor stated that he had applied for the permission three times since the
first of last year, and that it had not yet been granted. Missionaries in Valencia report that they are visited regularly by the police, who seem to be afraid (in the words of the policemen themselves) of the “political impli cations” of the visits of American sailors to Baptist chapels in Spain. Apparently they are afraid these men will write home about the re ligious persecution they are observ ing in Spain. After some particular act of intolerance against Protes tants, the usual question from the police is: “ Is this thing known in America?” A Protestant soldier, member of the First Baptist Church in Val encia, was held in prison for four months for refusing to kneel during the Mass being celebrated at his camp. Although he had discussed the matter with his commanding officer before the occasion arose, nothing was done to guarantee his religious rights, and upon refusing to kneel he was arrested and put in prison. Ethiopia The evangelical missions in Ethi opia continue to face serious prob lems in the “ Coptic Christian” land. Large sections of the coun try, strong Coptic areas, are closed to foreign missions. No evangeliza tion is allowed. In tribal areas where t h e national language (Amharic) is not spoken, the gov ernment has not permitted litera ture work or extensive use of the local language. Facts and Figures “ People throughout the world are becoming literate at the yearly rate of 20,000. Whether they learn com munistic or democratic ways will greatly determine the future history of this world.” — Dr. Frank Lau- bach. “ If you can bear to think of it, every time you draw a breath, somewhere out in the night that is Asia, two have died without Christ!” , - t ~ Far East Broadcaster.
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