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APTax Writer 2004, grow to $700 in law required a taxpayer to tied couples filing jointly special needs, $150,000-$ 190,000.
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families with children 2010 to be refundable. There is phases out completely. 10 $10,000 lor all adopted ers must hie jointly and
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year including a bigger some changes in how 8812 in IRS tax filing creases the adoption tax with special needs, and in- the child must be in-
child tax Credit and much of the credit is "re- packages to figure this credit, which helps lamt- come limits for taxpayers eluded on the tax return,
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‘Express Star Friday, February 8, 2002
The actions of aid workers recently freed from j
Afghanistan raise questions about missionary world
:-------M.,m------- Curry and Mercer were could be offensive, said Udo doing health, education and attention to mission work. interested in what's going on 3
: Associated Press Writer jailed on suspicion of break- Stolte. Shelter Now director. relief work, said Sister -Whether what they did
. ing a Taliban law that barred “if you're in Afghanistan, Rosanne Ruslemeyer, t u was wise or not, their being in
NASHVILLE Tenn.’ P them from preaching Chris- you're invited to speak about association's executive three- prison has gotten many people many people praying.
-As a Roman Catholic mis- H 6 your family and to speak tor. --- L------—----------
sionary in the Islamic nation ‘ After were rescued in about your profession, and “We really believe that God
of Mauritania. Sister Claire November the women pub- they ask you to speak about uses our presence as witness.”
Rheaume discussed her faith yacknowledged that they your faith, she said.. w u,
only with close friends and > broke 'the law by "I cannot tell them, 'Don't J Dudley Woodberry. pro-
never made the sign of the P" ‘ . tell them who you are.”’Stolte lessor of Islamic studies at
Cross before meals at restau- showing J video about Jesus Fuller Theological Seminary
rants. topnAfghan family., aps Other missionary organiza- in Pasadena, Calif., also feels
I he government of the ... f . suspicion of tions are more aggressive. Christians working in Muslim
north African nation allowed ‘ . . . . ? , The Southern Baptist Conven- nations should be discreet,
missionaries to discuss their missionariesinMus micoun- tion’s International Mission Aid workers and missionar-
beliefs, but the nun felt it was tries an ma e i i 1 1 Board, the world's largest ies should share their faith
important to be discreet. 1 em1 0 eir wor . , Protestant mission organiza- only with close friends or
“It wasn't denying your Even those in ending o tionwith missionaries those struggling with extraor- l
faith It's the respect that you share only goodwill, not their in 185 countries, encourages dinarily difficult circum-
have for the country.” said faith, may run into trouble, its workers to convert people, stances, such as the loss of a |
Rheaume. who spent 15 years Flake said. board spokesman Mark Kelly loved one, he said. |
in Mauritania and now works “Common sense kind ot said. Even addressing good- 1
in Waltham, Mass. tells you this," 1 Set Eyen The board was reorganized natured curiosity about Chris-
Missionaries like Rheaume body on edge, Flake said. four years ago to direct more tianity can be dangerous, he
face a daunting challenge: To the extent other conn- money and personnel toward said,
how to share their faith with- tries are suspicious of our the countries where most “It varies considerably
out violating the laws and cus- motives, they will be more Muslims live. from country to country, and it
toms of their host nation. suspicious. The board also publishes a varies within the same country
The case of American aid In their missionary training guide for Southern Baptists on because there s sort ol a fuzzy
workers Dayna Curry and program at Antioch Commu- how to help Muslims accept line between proselytizing and
Heather Mercer, jailed then nity Church in Waco. Texas. Jesus Christ as their savior. just being a friend answering
freed in Afghanistan, has the American aid workers The mission board was ere- questions,” said Woodberry, a
prompted debate about the were encouraged, to “share ated "for the express purpose Christian who has spent lime
right approach. how the Lord has changed of sending missionaries over- in Lebanon. Pakistan.
“Churches have to be their lives,” as part of their seas for sharing the good news Afghanistan and Saudi Ara-
aware that they are guests of work overseas, pastor Jimmy of God’s love to whomever bia.
other countries,” said Kath- Seibert said. will listen,” Kelly said. Like Rheaume and Flake,
leen Flake, a professor of Curry, a Nashville native. The U.S. Catholic Mission Woodberry feels the actions ol
American religious history at and Mercer, of Vienna, Va., Association, an umbrella the Shelter Now workers will
the Vanderbilt University then went to work in organization for 650 groups increase Muslim suspicion ol
Divinity School in Nashville. Afghanistan for Shelter Now that send 3,800 missionaries Christianity, at a time when
“Just like people who come International, a Christian abroad. takes a more subtle tensions already are high
t our country, we expect organization based in Ger- approach. because of Sept. 11 and the
them to obey the law. So also many. Missionaries are told they war on terrorism,
other countries seem to have a In Afghanistan, discussing can preach in countries where Still, he said there may be
reasonable expectation that religion is simply part of the it is permitted, or can show the some positive effects from
we would obey their laws.” culture, and declining to do so virtue of their faith by quietly their case, such as draw ing _
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