http://www.christiantoday.com/ Copyright (c) 2006 Christian Today. All Rights Reserved. Christian News, Updated daily en-gb Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:40:04 +0000 5 144 31 http://www.christiantoday.com/ http://www.christiantoday.com/images/logo_rss.gif A delegation of 24 leaders from the World Evangelical Alliance met with leaders of Chinas official church bodies Monday building upon the relationships formed during the first visit by the alliances head Geoff Tunnicliffe in 2008 http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/wea.chinese.church.leaders.meet.for.indepth.talks/24642.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/wea.chinese.church.leaders.meet.for.indepth.talks/24642.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:57:39 +0000 Religious freedom advocates are urging US President Barack Obama to raise rights and freedom issues during his visit to China where the repression of peaceful religious activity remains intense and widespread http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/obama.calls.china.up.on.religious.freedom/24637.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/obama.calls.china.up.on.religious.freedom/24637.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:30:37 +0000 The Australian Prime Minister has apologised to thousands of British children who were sent to Australia where they suffered abuse at the hands of their carers http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/australia.apologises.for.abuse.of.child.migrants.from.britain/24630.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/australia.apologises.for.abuse.of.child.migrants.from.britain/24630.htm Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:37:46 +0000 The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has expressed his alarm and disappointment over the breakdown of the Six Party Talks to address North Koreas nuclear programme http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/wcc.presses.for.usnorth.korea.talks/24618.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/wcc.presses.for.usnorth.korea.talks/24618.htm Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:55:31 +0000 Leaders of the British Methodist Church are to meet MPs today to share their concerns over the fate of the Methodist Church in Fiji http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/british.methodist.leaders.meet.mps.over.fiji.church.plight/24602.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/british.methodist.leaders.meet.mps.over.fiji.church.plight/24602.htm Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:24:34 +0000 The Italian government is to appeal a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights last week determining that the hanging of crucifixes in school classrooms violates religious and education freedoms http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/italy.government.to.appeal.ruling.on.classroom.crucifixes/24570.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/italy.government.to.appeal.ruling.on.classroom.crucifixes/24570.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:11:32 +0000 The representative body of Christians in Malaysia is calling for the immediate release of the more than 15000 Bibles that were seized by Malaysian authorities this past year arguing that the confiscation is an infringement of their constitutional rights http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/malaysian.church.body.calls.for.immediate.release.of.bibles/24566.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/malaysian.church.body.calls.for.immediate.release.of.bibles/24566.htm Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:04:58 +0000 Weeks after a major storm hits churches are usually looking to shift from aid to rehabilitation work but the series of storms to hit the Philippines is making that difficult http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/philippines.typhoons.knock.churches.rehabilitation.work/24520.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/philippines.typhoons.knock.churches.rehabilitation.work/24520.htm Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:01:55 +0000 Nearly 140 leaders from the worlds churches North and South Koreans among them have called for the formation of an interKorean confederation even before complete reunification of the Korea can take place http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/church.leaders.call.for.an.interkorean.confederation.prior.to.reunification/24458.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/church.leaders.call.for.an.interkorean.confederation.prior.to.reunification/24458.htm Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:36:33 +0100 In a recent meeting with a delegation from the World Council of Churches WCC visiting Pyongyang North Korean president Kim Yongnam said a significant impetus to solving the nuclear weapons standoff in the region would be for North Korea and the US to meet facetoface with each other http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/wcc.leader.meets.north.korean.president/24441.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/wcc.leader.meets.north.korean.president/24441.htm Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:51:48 +0100