30 December 2020
“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.” [Ezekiel 33:6]
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” [Ephesians 6:12]
Presbyterians Week Headlines
[1] Polish Family Appeal Order for Withdrawal of Food and Fluids from a Severely Disabled Patient
[3] 2021 East Coast Ministers’ Conference Registration Open
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[1] Polish Family in UK Appeal Order for Withdrawal of Food and Fluids from a Severely Disabled Patient
Following an online court hearing earlier in December, Mr. Justice Cohen agreed with the NHS doctors that, having suffered brain damage after his heart stopped for forty-five minutes on 6 November 2020, the middle-aged Polish man living in the West Country, who can be publicly identified only as “RS”, could survive “for up to five years or more”.
Since the heart attack, RS has been recovering, but the judge found that he would never recover beyond “a minimally conscious state”, and it was in his best interest for all life-sustaining treatment to be withdrawn, including nutrition and fluids.
In his judgment the judge found that RS “would not want to be kept alive in a state which provides him with no capacity to obtain any pleasure and which is so upsetting to his wife and children”. The judge concluded that it was not in RS’s best interests to be kept alive.
RS’s mother, who lives in Poland, has already spent most of her savings on legal fees, trying to save her son. Her fight to save her son’s life is supported by her children and grandchildren, although not by RS’s wife. The family has lodged an urgent appeal against the decision, which will be heard tomorrow.
In a controversial 2018 case, Lady Justice King was a member of both judicial panels which dismissed appeals by the parents of one-year-old Alfie Evans against the decision to withdraw his life support.
+ Christian Concern, 70 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8AX, England, 020 7935 1488, Contact Page
Intersociety issued a 16 December 2020 report detailing the 2020 hacking murders of Nigerian Christians, and a total of 34,400 since 2009. The report is available here:
http://intersociety-ng.org/component/k2/item/588-intersociety
+ International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety),
Chima Ubani Centre,41, Miss Elems Street, 2nd Floor, Fegge-Onitsha 430003, Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, +2348100755939, info@intersociety-ng.org
[3] 2021 East Coast Ministers’ Conference Registration Open
Registration is available for the 2021 East Coast Ministers’ Conference (25-27 May 2021) in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The focus will be on the theme of Devoted to Christ’s Church.
Speakers include:
- B. Charles – Pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida
- John van Eyk – Senior Pastor of Trinity Reformed Church, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Mark Johnston – Pastor of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
- Sean Michael Lucas – Senior Pastor of Independent Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee
- Mike Riccardi – Pastor of Local Outreach Ministries at Grace Community Church, California
- Paul Wolfe – Senior Pastor of New Hope Presbyterian Church, Fairfax, Virginia
+ The Banner of Truth Trust, P.O. Box 621, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013, 717-249-5747, info@banneroftruth.org
The National Council of Churches (NCC) is holding a fundraiser by selling face masks advertising their A.C.T. (Awaken Confront Transform) NOW to End Racism! project.
The masks, available in medium and large sizes, are US$15 each with discounted shipping on multiple orders.
+ National Council of Churches, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 880, New York, New York 10115
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