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11-8-2006. In the South it is still an extremely hot summer.
At times it is nearly impossible to get any work done.
In Los Rubios they have a group of 30 boat refugees from Africa for the 2 weeks
the government allows them to find a job... it is heartbreaking, writes the
director, Pilar Agraz, to see the hope and dedication of those who survived all
these hardships... knowing that only few of them will find this work, that is
the key to the 'promised land'...
Many fires are raging in Spain, this year again. Some are of natural causes, but many were kindled in order to free land for agriculture or for house building. Various lifes they have taken.
23-11-2005 The fist life christmas TV release of an Protestant service, and at an acceptable hour! A Miracle!
12-11-2005 The RC Church of Spain is protesting today, together with the opposition Partido Popular, (which turned out to be not so popular after the 11 march 2004 bombings) against the laws on lessons in religion. They have been watered down substantially, under the pressure of the clerics, but they will not be counted with for exams and the end-of-year report.
29-10 till 1-11 2005. The IEE is together for its bi-annual gathering, the 71st Synod, and brave items are to be discussed: a whole new way of thinking and being for the Church... to be or not to be, that is the question. May the Lord Himself preside those meetings!
1-7-2005 The Gay Marriage Act - one of the
few things
most Protestants in Spain agreed heartily about with the RC - was
passed in the Spanish House of Commons. And the House of Lords said
'yes', so it is law, and Spain will be the third European country after
Belgium and the
Netherlands, where gays can marry. They can even adopt children, but
not from countries that don't recognize gay marriages. And they can't
marry persons from like countries either.
....
Although the Spanish Protestants usually voted leftish since half 19th
century,
partly because socialism is a debased form of Christianism, with its
care for
the poor and needy, partly because the liberals or left-wings gave them
more
freedom of religion, a recent poll shows that most of them would now
vote for
the PP, and not for the reigning PSOE, and it seems that this is
because the
don't feel comfortable with a a-religious State, which often seems to
be
anti-religious. There is little historical sense in the modern
Protestants, it
seems.
1-4-2004 With infinite regret we mention the passing
to her Fathers House today of our beloved Grand Old Lady Doña
Elfriede Fliedner. She was born
7 March 1913, so she lived a full 92 years. After her last birthday she
went in
decline, and this morning she passed away while her faithful companions
prayed
with her. May she live ever after in the deep joy of the Lord!
The burial will be 2 April 2005 at noon in the Church of Jesus, the Paraninfo at calle Bravo Murillo in Madrid.
12-10-2004 The Día de la Hispanidad
- the
National Day of Spain, was to be a day of reconciliation this year.
Combattants
of both sides of the Spanish Civil War were invited to be present when
the
armies presented themselves to the king Juan Carlos and the people. Not
everybody was happy with this situation, but it sure is an historic
moment.
We'll have to wait and see what the real implications are. It is
obvious
that this government aims in a direction that makes a 90°
difference to that of
the Aznar-government. We may see Spain as a really neutral country in
religious
aspects yet.
10-10-2004.
The vice-president of the Foundation The Gospel in Spain commemorated
today in a
special service that he stood for 50 years in the Service of the Lord.
The
Madrid Protestant Seminary was his first assignment, which nobody was
to know of
course, as Franco was still in full power, and fervently
anti-Protestant. The
board was there to congratulate him, and to rejoice in the return of
some of his
health, after a period of deep shadows. The service was in the midst of
the
French speaking congregation of the Eglise Wallonne, and so in French
and Dutch.
Pictures and the service are to be found at: http://home.hccnet.nl/betty.voerman/50jaar.html
is the link to the service, and http://home.hccnet.nl/betty.voerman/tonvoerman50jaarVDM.html
is the link to the pictures.
4-8-2004: 300 years ago a combined Dutch-English fleet conquered Gibraltar. The Dutch were not prepared to contribute to the cost of the upholding, that is why....
There are many links in order to know more about the Protestants in Spain, some are totally in Spanish, some have an English section to, so just click and try!
If a links doesn't work any more, please, contact us! info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain about Spain
http://www.netministries.org/see/churches.exe/ch10650 IERE in Madrid
http://www.netministries.org/see/churches.exe/ch23907 Lutherans
http://teleline.terra.es/personal/iere.es/ IERE Seville, usually rather up to date.
http://www.mju.es/mreligiosos.htm Spanish, about religious questions...
http://www.interbook.net/personal/cer/Biblio/ibib6.htm library of the CER
http://www.protestantes.net/Enciclo/iencic.html encyclopedia of the Protestants in Spain
http://www.interbook.net/colectivo/idcsevilla/FEREDE.htm FEREDE
http://www.interbook.net/colectivo/idcsevilla/iglesias.htm Other churches in Seville
http://www.paginasamarillascristianas.com/ Yellow pages
http://www.centroseut.org The SEUT, Seminary for the better Protestant Education
http://www.onlinebible.org One of the many sites where one can find bibles
www.ProtestanteDigital.com very actual news, some times per week, have an English extension.
http://www.rwf2000.com/world.html World council of churches
