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Christian News, Updated daily en-gb Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:40 +0000 5 144 31 http://www.christiantoday.com/ http://www.christiantoday.com/images/logo_rss.gif The European Commission has called on the UK to end exemptions to equality laws that allow religious employers to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/eu.seeks.to.end.discrimination.exemptions.for.uks.religious.employers/24695.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/eu.seeks.to.end.discrimination.exemptions.for.uks.religious.employers/24695.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:07:27 +0000 The latest instalment in the vampire movie series Twilight is a deviant moral vacuum according to the Vatican http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/twilight.saga.new.moon.is.moral.vacuum.says.catholic.leader/24694.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/twilight.saga.new.moon.is.moral.vacuum.says.catholic.leader/24694.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:20:47 +0000 After the success of last years tour Graham Kendrick is to return to the road in the build up for this Christmas once again connecting with people across the country and getting them Dreaming Of A Holy Night http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/graham.kendrick.on.dreaming.of.a.holy.night.tour/24693.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/graham.kendrick.on.dreaming.of.a.holy.night.tour/24693.htm Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:01:22 +0000 World Vision launches fiveyear global campaign Child Health Now calling for an end to preventable child deaths http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/political.apathy.contributes.to.six.million.child.deaths.a.year.report/24692.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/political.apathy.contributes.to.six.million.child.deaths.a.year.report/24692.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:02:14 +0000 Martin Robinson National Director of Together in Mission was one of the key organisers of the recent church planting conference Mission21 He talks here about why hes hopeful for the future of church planting in the UK today http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/a.new.tide.in.church.planting/24690.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/a.new.tide.in.church.planting/24690.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52:31 +0000 Noone would deny that abortion is an emotive issue whichever side of the debate we may be on But there is a key principle at stake here http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/abortion.figures.and.access.to.the.truth/24689.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/abortion.figures.and.access.to.the.truth/24689.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:43:33 +0000 The Archbishop of Canterbury met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today to discuss relations between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/archbishop.and.pope.hold.cordial.talks/24688.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/archbishop.and.pope.hold.cordial.talks/24688.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:22:53 +0000 Release International has urged Christians to continue praying for two female Christian converts released from prison in Iran this week http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/keep.praying.for.iranian.converts.says.release/24687.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/keep.praying.for.iranian.converts.says.release/24687.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:29:43 +0000 A Vatican researcher claims she found nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin that includes the words Jesus Nazarene and mention of a death sentence http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/vatican.researcher.claims.to.find.text.on.shroud.of.turin/24686.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/vatican.researcher.claims.to.find.text.on.shroud.of.turin/24686.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:19:02 +0000 Inspire magazine honoured individual Christians churches and Christian projects making a difference in their communities at the 2009 Inspire Awards this week http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/inspire.honours.churchs.unsung.heroes/24685.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/inspire.honours.churchs.unsung.heroes/24685.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:13:03 +0000 As nations are spelling out their bargaining positions for the negotiations on a new international climate deal to take place in Copenhagen next month churches around the world are trying to ring home the message that climate protection is an ethical and spiritual issue http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/churches.to.ring.alarm.on.climate.change/24684.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/churches.to.ring.alarm.on.climate.change/24684.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:55:19 +0000 A national gathering of Church of England spirituality advisers met at Launde Abbey Leicestershire last week to explore spirituality as mission http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/spirituality.advisers.meet.for.first.time.in.10.years/24683.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/spirituality.advisers.meet.for.first.time.in.10.years/24683.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:49:51 +0000 Christians in the UK have been warned that to place their vote on the ballot sheet for one of the main political parties is a wasted vote http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/christians.wasting.votes.on.main.parties.says.party.leader/24682.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christians.wasting.votes.on.main.parties.says.party.leader/24682.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:42:19 +0000 We pray for change and offer ourselves as instruments of transformation http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/a.christmas.message.from.the.world.council.of.churches/24681.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/a.christmas.message.from.the.world.council.of.churches/24681.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:20:05 +0000 Christian Aid this week launched its latest Alternative Tax Award Tax Superhero of the Year and is inviting nominations of suitably qualified firms and individuals http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/christian.aid.seeks.tax.superheroes/24680.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christian.aid.seeks.tax.superheroes/24680.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:04:18 +0000 Taking the gospel to the ends of the earth in obedience to the Great Commission is an inescapable imperative http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/whole.gospel.whole.church.whole.world/24679.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/whole.gospel.whole.church.whole.world/24679.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:36:28 +0000 The Jubilee Debt Campaign has launched a new campaign encouraging faith groups to take action on global poverty and poor country debt http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/faith.groups.called.to.action.on.poverty/24678.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/faith.groups.called.to.action.on.poverty/24678.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:08:18 +0000 A church priory and abbey were among the winners of an award recognising their outstanding architectural environmental and educational projects http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/church.buildings.win.environment.oscars/24677.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/church.buildings.win.environment.oscars/24677.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:40:02 +0000 Evangelical Orthodox and Catholic leaders who unveiled the Manhattan Declaration on Friday insisted the document is not a political ploy http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/churchs.job.is.to.proclaim.the.gospel.say.us.christians/24676.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/churchs.job.is.to.proclaim.the.gospel.say.us.christians/24676.htm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:45:31 +0000 Unlike in the United States there is little controversy among evangelicals around the world on whether climate change is real said an evangelical representative at a press briefing on Capitol Hill http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/us.evangelicals.deny.climate.change.because.theyre.selfabsorbed/24675.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/us.evangelicals.deny.climate.change.because.theyre.selfabsorbed/24675.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:19 +0000 Tearfund hands 10 Downing Street toilet seats covered in thousands of signatures calling for urgent action on the global sanitation crisis http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/tim.vine.lends.support.to.tearfund.sanitation.campaign/24674.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/tim.vine.lends.support.to.tearfund.sanitation.campaign/24674.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:01 +0000 Methodist Baptist and United Reformed Church leaders have called on people to send an extra card this Christmas to Immigration Minister Phil Woolas MP asking him to end the detention of children in the asylum system http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/churches.call.for.end.to.detention.of.child.asylum.seekers/24673.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/churches.call.for.end.to.detention.of.child.asylum.seekers/24673.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:51:58 +0000 A Christian peace worker has returned to Iraq for the first time since he was freed from captivity four years ago http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/former.christian.peacemaker.hostage.returns.to.iraq/24672.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/former.christian.peacemaker.hostage.returns.to.iraq/24672.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:13 +0000 The Archbishop of Canterbury has told Catholics that the issue of women priests and bishops need not divide http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/women.clergy.need.not.divide.anglicans.and.catholics.archbishop/24670.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/women.clergy.need.not.divide.anglicans.and.catholics.archbishop/24670.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:20:03 +0000 The UKs first ever Gospel Music Awards will celebrate homegrown talent when it takes place in London next month http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/uks.first.gospel.music.awards.to.celebrate.christian.musicians/24665.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/uks.first.gospel.music.awards.to.celebrate.christian.musicians/24665.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:41:41 +0000 The international relief and development agency of Americas two largest Lutheran denominations has expressed concern over the increased violence against its partners in northern Colombia http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/violence.in.colombia.setting.stage.for.humanitarian.crisis/24669.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/violence.in.colombia.setting.stage.for.humanitarian.crisis/24669.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:04:04 +0000 If the Chinese church committed itself completely to mission it would be a great new force that could complete the Great Commission a mission expert stated http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/mission.expert.china.holds.potential.to.complete.great.commission/24668.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/mission.expert.china.holds.potential.to.complete.great.commission/24668.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:53:21 +0000 God is the one who can bring new life to desolate places including seemingly dead churches says the leader of the Pioneer network of churches http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/god.can.bring.life.to.dying.churches.pioneer.leader/24667.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/god.can.bring.life.to.dying.churches.pioneer.leader/24667.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:48:11 +0000 Africas growing water crisis demands leadership and common action among faith groups said general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation LWF in a keynote address for the Third Summit of the InterFaith Action for Peace in Africa IFAPA http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/faith.groups.urged.to.act.together.to.tackle.africas.water.crisis/24666.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/faith.groups.urged.to.act.together.to.tackle.africas.water.crisis/24666.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:41:03 +0000 Acts of national remembrance are becoming more significant in schools and for younger people according to new research published today by Theos the public theology think tank http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/xfactor.generation.values.remembrance.day.most.new.research.reveals/24664.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/xfactor.generation.values.remembrance.day.most.new.research.reveals/24664.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:28:12 +0000 The Evangelical Alliance says it agrees with the message of a new humanist advertising campaign proclaiming that children should make up their own mind about their beliefs http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/children.should.make.up.own.mind.about.faith.says.ea/24663.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/children.should.make.up.own.mind.about.faith.says.ea/24663.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:12:00 +0000 David Saunderson is to succeed Sir Christopher Wates as chairman of the Fresh Expressions board from 1 January 2010 http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/fresh.expressions.announces.new.chairman/24662.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/fresh.expressions.announces.new.chairman/24662.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:49:04 +0000 An Assemblies of God minister has appealed to black majority and white majority churches in the UK to start speaking with one voice http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/black.and.white.churches.called.to.speak.with.one.voice/24661.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/black.and.white.churches.called.to.speak.with.one.voice/24661.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:01:12 +0000 Kingsways new triple CD compilation contains just about every great hymn you could care to mention http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/kingsway.to.release.50.golden.hymns/24660.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/kingsway.to.release.50.golden.hymns/24660.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:35:13 +0000 Two female Christians originally from Islamic families were released from Tehrans Evin prison without bail on Wednesday after being detained for nearly nine months for refusing to recant their faith http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/iran.two.female.christian.converts.freed.from.prison/24659.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/iran.two.female.christian.converts.freed.from.prison/24659.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:08:42 +0000 Four months after the attacks on Christians in Gojra and Korian the pain and sense of injustice over those horrific attacks are still etched on the faces of the Christians who live there http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/praise.in.the.midst.of.pain/24658.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/praise.in.the.midst.of.pain/24658.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:04 +0000 The BBC Trust this week announced its findings on a number of appeals about the broadcast of Radio 4s Thought for the Day and BBC editorial policy on nonreligious content http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/thought.for.the.day.to.remain.religious/24657.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/thought.for.the.day.to.remain.religious/24657.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:53:56 +0000 Leading Christian book and Bible charity IBSSTL UK announced this week that it has appointed Baker Tilly Corporate Finance to pursue the sale of its operations http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/ibsstl.to.sell.authentic.media.wesley.owen/24656.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/ibsstl.to.sell.authentic.media.wesley.owen/24656.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:28:58 +0000 On the occasion of the State Opening of Parliament three British Churches are reminding politicians that they still have a duty to work for the benefit of all people http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/churches.encourage.politicians.to.prioritise.the.common.good/24655.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/churches.encourage.politicians.to.prioritise.the.common.good/24655.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:09:21 +0000 Stephanie Smiths latest fivesong EP released on Wednesday and is available to fans everywhere via iTunescom and all other digital retailers http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/stephanie.smith.ep.and.jingle.bell.rock.single.land.on.itunes/24654.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/stephanie.smith.ep.and.jingle.bell.rock.single.land.on.itunes/24654.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:21:16 +0000 Envoys of five European countries met victims of the 2008 attacks on Christians in Orissa on Monday http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/european.leaders.meet.victims.of.orissa.violence/24653.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/european.leaders.meet.victims.of.orissa.violence/24653.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:12:52 +0000 Discerning the guidance of the Holy Spirit is the key to contextual and incarnational church planting says the leader of Fresh Expressions http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/incarnational.church.planting.starts.with.listening.says.bishop/24652.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/incarnational.church.planting.starts.with.listening.says.bishop/24652.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:44:14 +0000 MPs and Peers have named The Salvation Army the Best Social Welfare or Religious Charity for the second consecutive year http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/salvation.army.receives.campaigning.prize/24651.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/salvation.army.receives.campaigning.prize/24651.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:53 +0000 Churches to join The Wave on Saturday 5 December to call for action on climate change http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/church.leaders.call.for.action.on.climate.change/24650.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/church.leaders.call.for.action.on.climate.change/24650.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:48:37 +0000 The two Iranian female converts that rights groups have been campaigning for were not freed Monday as expected http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/iranian.female.converts.not.freed.on.promised.day/24649.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/iranian.female.converts.not.freed.on.promised.day/24649.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:32:24 +0000 Around 110 people showed up for a prayer meeting last Thursday in the home of former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/ted.haggard.draws.over.100.to.prayer.meeting/24648.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/ted.haggard.draws.over.100.to.prayer.meeting/24648.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:27:34 +0000 The General Secretary of the Methodist Church has called for an ever greater variety in church planting and fresh expressions http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/methodist.leader.calls.for.variety.in.church.planting/24647.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/methodist.leader.calls.for.variety.in.church.planting/24647.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:33:17 +0000 The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has urged people to keep economics in perspective as only one aspect of human existence http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/archbishop.economics.is.housekeeping.for.humanity/24646.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/archbishop.economics.is.housekeeping.for.humanity/24646.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:44:58 +0000 Even though Curb Records Mikeschair is thrilled to officially release their firstever music video Let The Waters Rise they are glad the video shoot is over http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/mikeschair.experience.gods.beautiful.creation.in.first.music.video/24645.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/mikeschair.experience.gods.beautiful.creation.in.first.music.video/24645.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:35:15 +0000 Its one thing for the British government to eradicate every vestige of Christianity on the Scepterd Isle Its another for it to demand that its territories do so as well http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/o.britannia/24644.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/o.britannia/24644.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:19:56 +0000