FIRST SERVICE HELD IN REBUILT EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN BELI MANASTIR

( Editorial: --> 8297 ) BELI MANASTIR, Dec 14 (Hina) - A rebuilt Evangelical church was opened in the eastern Croatian town of Beli Manastir on Sunday evening in the presence of a large number of believers and dignitaries from home and abroad. Peter Kuzmic, president of the Evangelical Church in Croatia, said during the first service in six years that all people living in that area and those who would return should "build their future in love and peace". Reconstruction and Development Minister Jure Radic sent a telegram expressing congratulations on the reconstruction of the church. All six Evangelical churches in the Croatian Danube river region were destroyed or damaged during the war. The church in Beli Manastir was the first to have been rebuilt while the one in Vukovar would be opened soon. (hina) vm 141937 MET dec 97