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Bible school students killed in Indonesia

August 2, 2006

Indonesian President Yudhoyono says Muslim nations should 
oppose terrorism. Those comments came last week just before 
a summit of Muslim leaders in Bali. While this appears to 
be positive, Teen Missions International's Bob Bland says 
the comments won't ease religious tensions. Proof is an 
incident involving Teen Missions Bible school students. 
"They were traveling to another place to share the Gospel 
and on the way there they passed by a village that was 
militant Muslims and they took off after them with a speed 
boat and chased them and then opened up with automatic 
weapons -- they killed -- five people were shot." Despite 
the violence, Christians are being trained, which is 
strategic in cross-cultural evangelism. "They can go from 
country to country with just a passport. They don't even 
need a visa. These people can go into Burma, they can go to 
Laos and Vietnam and that's just a terrific opportunity to 
spread the Gospel."