Eunice K. Y. Or
African Churches Have Hope in Blair’s Africa Commission
Immediately after concluding his visit to Sudan, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has gone on to open a meeting in Ethiopia of the British-sponsored Commission for Africa on Thursday 7th October...
Church Criticises New Proposals for Asylum Seekers
Recently, the British Conservative leader Michael Howard announced that his party believe that the UK should make stricter laws on asylum seekers and immigration. This has been described as “alarming” by Churches across the country...
Australia’s Ban on Women Bishops Divides the Anglican Church
The debate of women bishop consecration in the Anglican Church has been reignited in Australia as a "fair answer" was given through a vote on Tuesday night. Anglicans are seemingly divided into three main positions...
Blair visits Sudan to continue UK’s Commission to End Violence in Darfur
The British Prime Minister Tony Blair is now in Sudan holding talks with the country’s President Omar Ahmed al-Bashir on how to end violence in the Darfur region which has cost at least 50,000 lives...
New Deputy Secretary General of the Anglican Communion Installed
The Anglican Communion today announced the appointment of the Revd Canon Gregory K Cameron as the Council’s Deputy Secretary General. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rev Rowan Williams warmly welcomed Canon Cameron for undertaking the new role...
European Baptists Celebrate Revival of Mission
The Annual General Meeting of the European Baptist Federation (EBF) recently ended in late September. The federation especially chose a region dominated by Islam in the Middle East - Lebanon - to hold the gathering...
Musicals are the New Religion?
Released on the 1st September, the book You've Got to Have a Dream: the Message of the Musical written by Rev Ian Bradley brings out a brand new interpretation of musicals that have raged through many continents in the world....
Bishop says Wasting Money on Bureaucracy Hampers Mission
The Bishop of London, the Right Rev Richard Chartres, has criticised the Church of England for wasting too much money on bureaucracy during a recent interview with The Church of England Newspaper...
Increasing Secularised Spain Worries the Church
In Spain, Catholics have made up majority of the population. Among some 39 millions of believers, still there are 25% attending the Roman Catholic Mass regularly. The political and social face of Spain in the recent half year has been changing ...
Anticipating Fruit from the Forum for World Evangelisation
The 2004 Forum for World Evangelisation will end on 5th October 2004, and the assigned Issue Groups (IGs) are busy wrapping up their discussions and working out practical conclusions...
Major Christian Medical Conference Addresses Ethical Dilemmas
On Saturday 2nd October 2004, the two major Christian medical associations in the UK - the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) and Christians in Science - hosted a one-day conference at the St. Paul's Church...
Issue Groups' First Gathering on the 2004 World Evangelisation Forum
On Thursday 30th September, the 2004 Forum for World Evangelisation in Thailand entered the first day. The Issue Groups (IGs), each with 30-70 members, gathered for the first time and started discussions on their assigned specific topic of concern. In total there are 31 issues identified by the Forum which are considered as significant roadblocks to world evangelism...
Sri Lanka’s Religious Freedom Further Threatened by Anti-Conversion Law
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) have reported on 30th September that an anti-conversion law that prohibits Buddhists from converting to another religion has been suggested...
30 September - World Bible Translation Day
30 September is an important day for Bible translators worldwide, World Bible Translation Day allows them to highlight Bible translation as an on going need and basic tool in global evangelism...
The Vatican’s First Address at the United Nation Assembly
On Wednesday 29th September, the Catholic's highest Authority - the Vatican, delivered a speech to the United Nations 59th Session General Assembly at the New York Headquarters. This is the first ever speech on such a ministerial meeting since the Vatican served as an observer mission at the United Nations in 1964...
Forum for World Evangelisation 2004: Let the Holy Sprit Guide
The 2004 Forum for World Evangelisation in Thailand has grandly opened on Wednesday 29th September, with around 1,800 Christian leaders from 127 nations gathered...