During the Dutch colonial era, Indonesians were forbidden from drinking coffee, and one-fifth of the country's arable land was forcibly dedicated to the cultivation of coffee and other beverages. This led to the bankruptcy of farmers, a decline in food self-sufficiency, a drop in average life expectancy to 35 years, and a famine that claimed one-third of the population. Indonesia's population was further degraded by the immigration of laborers from China and India for the extraction of underground resources. The overseas Chinese dominated the economy, a situation that continues to this day. Due to the division of the country, ethnic conflicts intensified, Indonesians were banned from attending school, and physical exercise and gatherings were prohibited as efforts to prevent conflict. Those involved in the independence movement were exiled to islands or executed, Islam was suppressed, and Christianity was half-forcibly promoted. During the Japanese colonial era, the government released nationalists and permitted domestic tours for national unification. To encourage active political participation by Indonesians, it established a central council and local assemblies, implemented primary education, dispatched technical educators for talent development in primary industries such as agriculture, and supported the independence movement and Britain. After the defeat, it supported the front for liberation from the Dutch and has backed Indonesia's independence along with various activities for Indonesia. Who’s saying that Dutch occupation was better than Japan’s?

Devenish of the Assemblies was founded by St Molaise in the 6th century, the monastery of Devenish Island was the most important of Lough Erne’s many island monasteries 🙏🏻 📍County Fermanagh, Éire 🇮🇪 📸 The Irish Way #Fermanagh #Ireland #LoughErnes #Devenish #History

I don't really know how this sort of thing is done in other churches, but I think I've gotta go with the governmental structure: no votes to get pastors or overseers installed over assemblies, no hiring or firing of ministers (though they can still be excommunicated if they do something really wrong), no wages in many cases (most ministers have their own jobs/incomes), no tyrants or dictators, the church is spread over several countries (Canada, America, Mexico, the Philippines, Haiti, and others in South America and Africa) despite being fully non-denominational, just pure brotherly love and looking after the people

You can cancel elections. You can dissolve assemblies. You can rule by decree. But you cannot cancel a people's desire for self rule. That desire lives in the heart. And no decree has ever reached the human heart. #شہ_رگ_کا_سانس_بند_نہ_کرو @Legacy_Leavers_

Friend, the Lord Jesus Christ did found one Church — but it is not the Roman institution you think. The Bible says: [Matthew 16:18 KJV] 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. That Rock is Christ Himself (see 1 Corinthians 10:4; the confession of faith in who He is), not Peter as the foundation of a papal system. The true Church is His body: [Ephesians 1:22-23 KJV] 22 And hath put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be] the head over all [things] to the church, 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. Christ is the one Head — not a man in Rome. The Church is the assembly of all who are born again by faith in His finished work on the cross (John 3:3-7; Ephesians 2:8-9). It is not a denomination or hierarchy built by men. I did not abandon Christ’s Church — I came out of a system that added to the Gospel (traditions, works, sacraments, Mary, saints, purgatory, etc.), which the Scriptures warn against (Galatians 1:8-9; Colossians 2:8). The true Church is made up of those justified by faith, as Romans makes plain and justified by grace; [Romans 5:1 KJV] 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: [Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV] 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. The Bible nowhere teaches a pope, transubstantiation, indulgences, or salvation by works faith. Those additions came centuries later. The early believers met as simple assemblies of saints, with Christ alone as Head (Acts 2:41-47; 1 Corinthians 12:12-27). If you trust in Christ alone — His blood, His righteousness — you are part of that one true Church, the body of Christ. The gates of hell cannot prevail against Him. Come out of Babylon (Revelation 18:4) and stand on the pure Word of God. What saith the Scripture?”

I NEVER SUGGESTED THE GOVERNOR DO THIS BY HIMSELF. WHATEVER POINT YOU’RE TRYING TO MAKE, I DONT CARE. HURRAY FOR ASSEMBLIES FULL OF TRAITORS WHO KNOW THE RULES JUST LIKE YOU. EXCEPT THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF FOLLOWING THEM! DEMOCRATS DONT FOLLOW RULES. THATS FOR THEIR SUPPORTERS!

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 When India became independent on 15 August 1947, the transformation was not limited to politics alone. Medical education also entered a new era. Several institutions gradually shed their colonial identities and adopted names that reflected India's own heroes, physicians and national aspirations. Some notable examples include: • Berry White Medical School (Dibrugarh) → Assam Medical College (1947) • King Edward Medical School, Indore → Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College (1948) • Campbell Medical School / Campbell Medical College, Calcutta → Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College • Prince of Wales Medical College, Patna → Patna Medical College • Mayo Hospital Medical School, Lahore → King Edward Medical College (now in Pakistan; included for historical context) Beyond name changes, Indian doctors increasingly took leadership positions in medical colleges, curricula were revised to address national healthcare needs, and new institutions were established to tackle the shortage of doctors in independent India. While there was no single nationwide ceremony for all medical colleges, many campuses marked Independence with flag-hoisting ceremonies, special assemblies, patriotic events, and commemorative gatherings that symbolized the beginning of a new chapter in Indian medicine. The story of India's medical colleges after 1947 is not merely one of renamed buildings it is the story of a profession finding its own national identity. - 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 #MedicalHistory #HistoryOfMedicine #MedicalHeritageTimes

Misdiagnosis is also part of our current problems. The Assemblies can easily generate funds through fines and penalties. Wrong parking, building permits, sanitation fines, so many revenue avenues. It is corruption, of the leaders and the average person. And the lack of sanctions

....These books, he says, will help conduct meaningful and engaging morning assemblies -- a vision of the @tnschoolsedu

It's assemblies of God youth week and day.... Cheers to you all...

Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority CEO Dr. Kwadwo Yeboah says the critical issue is the ineffectiveness of assemblies to enforce planning laws. #HotIssues #TV3GH

Dr. Kwadwo Yeboah, CEO of the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority, has criticized Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies for their poor oversight, citing recent building collapses as evidence. #HotIssues #TV3GH

Yeah. It is completely incorrect. And even if it happens in value terms in some future day, it would still mean very little because most of value would be of subsidy driven screw driver assemblies.

Today, we worshipped with the people of Navakholo at the Pentecostal Assemblies of God (PAG) Church in Navakholo Town, Navakholo Constituency, Kakamega County. Earlier in the morning, I officially opened the new Navakholo Police Headquarters and the Office of the Deputy County Commissioner in Navakholo Town. The Police Headquarters was financed through the NG-CDF, while the DCC Office was funded by the Government of Kenya. These two facilities will strengthen security and service delivery by anchoring Government presence, bringing law enforcement and administrative services closer to the people, and enabling faster coordination between the police, the National Government Administration Officers, and residents. Security remains a shared responsibility. These investments will improve response and coordination, enhance public confidence, support local development, and create a safer environment for families, businesses, schools, and the wider community. Present were Principal Secretaries Prof. Beatrice Inyangala, Higher Education; Boniface Makokha, Economic Planning; and Susan Mang’eni, MSMEs. Also present were Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe, MP for Navakholo; Hon. David Ndakwa, MP for Malava; Hon. John Bwire, MP for Taita Taveta; Hon.Hon. John Washiali; Benjamin Were, Chairman of the Tourism Regulatory Authority; and the area MCA.

The word of God says do not forsake your local assemblies, whatever you believe in that says otherwise is not from God.

You haven't given the problem due consideration & probably want to imagine you can win this unwinnable argument. You can't. Snowflakes and crystals are many, many, many, many, many orders of magnitude LESS complex than the origin of biology or the origin of the universe. My point is not that you think you "understand" those things, it is that you don't KNOW /can't prove the ORIGIN of those things. You don't know how biology was created... you have some vague speculations, but you don't know. You don't KNOW how the universe came about... you speculate that it came about naturally... but you don't know. ALL of those things we KNOW and can prove the origins of (which are sufficiently complicated (not with relatively minor & insignificant assemblies like snowflakes and crystals) we KNOW are created. It is therefore likely that those things which we DON'T know the origin of ALSO have a creator.