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U.N. General Assembly Adopts Resolution on North Korean Human Rights

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution expressing for the first time deep concern about human rights situations in North Korea...

Religious Freedom Group Releases Photo Evidence of Vietnamese Christian Torture

A religious freedom, human rights organisation has released photographs last week supporting evidence of torture of Christian minorities in Vietnam by the government. Freedom House’s Centre for Religious Freedom...

Lutherans, Catholics Look to 500th Year of Reformation

Lutherans and Roman Catholics may centre their next round of ecumenical talks on the reformation and its impact on contemporary Christianity. According to the Evangelical Lutheran Church...

Religious Freedom Leaders Honour New Human Rights Envoy for North Korea

Freedom House and the Congressional Working Group on Religious Freedom hosted an honorary night for the newly appointed special envoy on human rights in North Korea yesterday. Mandated by the North Korean Human Rights Act...

World Ecumenical Bodies Unveil New Africa Peace Program

Church World Service, the All Africa Conference of Churches, and the World Council of Churches will unveil an ambitious African peace program today, Nov. 18th, 2005. The three ecumenical organisations are partners...

First Christian TV Channel in Egypt Airs Despite Religious Tension

The first Christian satellite television channel in Egypt run by the major Coptic Church was officially launched on Monday amid mounting religious tension. The channel named "Aghapy TV" - which means "love" in the Coptic language...

Religious and Human Rights Violations in Burma Highlighted in Latest Report

Burma’s religious and human rights violations are “simply awful” according to reports by Christian and government organisations. Burma, also known as Myanmar, has recently been a country of concern for religious and basic rights abuses...

Christian Missions Group Given 90 Days to Vacate Venezuelan Tribal Areas

The Venezuelan government has officially ordered a Christian tribal mission group to leave its tribal areas within 90 days. New Tribes Mission, which was unexpectedly ordered by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez...

Adrian Rogers, Former President of the Southern Baptist Convention, Dies Aged 74

Dr. Adrian Rogers, one of the fathers of the conservative grassroots movement in America's largest Protestant denomination, died early Tuesday morning after a battle with cancer and pneumonia...

Vietnam Shows Progress in Religious Freedom; More Needed

Religious freedom in Vietnam improved since last summer, but more progress is needed according to a recent report released by the U.S. Department of State. As indicated by the 2005 International Religious Freedom Report...

Conservative Anglican Church in Virginia Leaves ECUSA

A conservative Anglican congregation announced this week that it is leaving the Episcopal Church USA and transferring oversight to a bishop in Uganda. Leaders of the South Riding Church in Fairfax, USA...

New Frontiers & Scripture Union Bring Bible-Reading Guide Online

Newfrontiers and Scripture Union have gone into partnership to encourage Bible reading. The Newfrontiers’ website now contains the contents to Scripture Union’s Bible-reading guide Closer to God...

The Healing: God is Sufficient

In 2 KINGS 5:1, We are introduced to Namaan, a man at the top of his game. His very name means "pleasantness." He was an Aramean among Arameans, much as Paul was a "Hebrew of Hebrews." (Philippians 3:5) King Ben-hadad II of Damascus, ruler of Aram, regarded Naaman so highly that he trusted...