Eunice K. Y. Or
CEC Visit Addresses Kosovo Religious Freedom & Social Reconstruction
A five-member delegation from the Conference of European Churches (CEC) has completed a four-day visit to Serbia on 14 February. The leaders from CEC have reviewed the social life in war-torn Kosovo...
World Vision Steps Up Aid Efforts to Pakistan Floods
In response to week-long torrential rains and heavy snow disasters in Pakistan, international agencies are stepping up aid efforts as the death toll exceeds 500 people. World Vision Pakistan has been focusing on the remote North West Frontier...
Christian Aid Exposes Discrimination against Indian Dalits in Tsunami Relief
Christian Aid have recently revealed that some minority communities in India are being discriminated against by the government in the distribution of tsunami relief...
Youth Offer Vision to Transform the World in WCC Assembly 2006
The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has continued its 9-day long meeting in Geneva. On Wednesday, members of the central committee gathered to have bible study...
Church Faces Split over Women Bishops as Synod Agenda Proceeds
A bitter and day-long debate on women bishop consecration at the General Synod yesterday concluded by saying that the issue will be continued at the next meeting in July...
Church of England to Decide on Women Bishops in Synod
Two days after the General Synod of the Church of England began, more important issues are due to be discussed. The agenda on Wednesday addresses whether to allow women bishop consecration in the Church...
Church Growth in Africa Contributes Most to Lutheran Membership Rise in 2004
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) worldwide released the latest membership statistic of 2004 on Monday. The total LWF membership is now close to 66 million with an overall increase of 3.63 million...
Kobia Restates His Ecumenical Vision: Conversion to All Lives
On 15th February, the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) opened the last meeting before the ninth Assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil in February 2006. The General Secretary of the WCC Rev Dr Samuel Kobia...
WCC Central Committee Meeting Focuses on Reconciliation & Healing
The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting opens on 15th February and will continue until February 22. The meeting aims to prepare for the ninth assembly...
Christian Education Ministries Support Post-Tsunami Counselling in Sri Lanka
The call for mental care and counselling in tsunami-hit countries has now become very desperate, according to international aid agencies. Lanka Bible College (LBC) in Sri Lanka, supported by two UK-based Christian education ministries...
Evangelicals Worry over Accuracy of Newly Released "Gender-Neutral" Bible
Since the release of the complete-Bible edition of the gender-neutral Today's New International Version (TNIV) on 4th February, a debate has been refreshed among those opposed to and in favour of the use of gender-neutral language...
Church of England Faces Further Rifts as Synod Debate Opens
On the evening of the 14th February, the first General Synod of the Church of England in 2005 will open. While the Church has been rocked by the forthcoming marriage of Prince Charles, the debate on homosexuality and women bishop ordination...
Christians Hail Iraq Election Result as a Step Towards Democracy
The results of the delayed Iraqi elections were finally announced on Sunday 13th February, two weeks after voting took place. Iraq's majority Shiite Muslims won nearly half, therefore becoming the leader...
UBS Releases Latest Bible Translation Figures
The United Bible Society (UBS) published the 2004 Scripture Language Report earlier this week. The report reveals that bible translation is in steady progress and has benefited individuals as well as indigenous communities...
Lutheran Leaders to Visit Churches in West Africa
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) president and presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and LWF general secretary are now on an 8-day tour to West Africa. They will visit Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone...
Wesleyan Pattern of Prayer and Fasting 2005 Stresses World Evangelism
After Ash Wednesday on 9th February, the 40-day walk towards Easter this year has begun. The 40-days walk, which Christians call Lent, has been well observed in the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church, but not in much of evangelical Christianity...