Jennifer Gold
Methodist Fund Still at Work in Tsunami Zone
The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) have been helping hundreds of tsunami survivors rebuild their lives over the past year. In tandem with a local partner MRDF has been providing survivors with...
Archbishop of Canterbury Opens New Homeless Shelter
The Archbishop has opened a new day and night shelter for homeless people in east London. The branches offers not just beds but also help to find permanent accommodation...
Church of Ireland Primate Meets with Irish Troops in Iraq
The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, the Most Rev. Dr. Robin Eames, has been in Iraq to offer comfort and hope to Irish troops unable to come home for Christmas...
Lack of Funds Blocks Urgent Food Aid in Indonesia
Vital food aid is yet to reach the Yahukimo regency in Papua, Indonesia,. which is currently suffering from severe food shortages, because of lack of government funds...
Farms International Reaching Christians in Limited Access Areas
Farms International, a Christian charity that helps families out of poverty through Biblical Stewardship and Christian Micro-enterprises, is bringing the Gospel to hard-to-reach areas thanks to its entrepreneurial loans...
Date Set for Next World Mission Sunday
World Mission Interpretation and Networks, an office within the Anglican and Global Relations ministry, has set the date for the next World Mission Sunday as 26th February 2006...
Bangladeshi Churches Concerned over Recent Bombings
Church leaders in Bangladesh have reacted with anguish to a recent series of bombings in the country's capital. The attacks are being blamed on extremist Islamic groups intent on bringing about Sharia law...
Sri Lanka: Help Still Needed in Aftermath of Tsunami and War
Help is still needed for Sri Lanka's coastal communities which are not just the victims of last year's devastating tsunami but have also been ruined by years of war, say church leaders...
Hindu Extremists Desecrate Church in India
The president of Gospel for Asia has called for worldwide prayers following the desecration of a pastor's family home and church in India. Hindu extremists took over the building before erecting a ...
Methodist Church Releases New Disasters Resource
The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) has released a free resource to help churches understand the processes following major disasters...
Church Workers to Face Performance Appraisals
Ministers in the Church of England are preparing to face business-style performance appraisals. The move comes amid an ongoing consultation within the Church on employment rights. The “ministerial reviews” are the latest...
House of Lords to Rule on Kirk Unfair Dismissal Case
The House of Lords will make a landmark ruling this week on a case put forward by a former clergywoman dismissed by the Church of Scotland on the accusation that she had an affair with a married Kirk elder...
Archbishop of Cape Town Joins Call for Trade Justice at WTO Conference
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town has joined with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in its call for government representatives meeting in Hong Kong next week to renew efforts to secure trade justice...
Church Project for Bereaved Children to Run Out of Funds
A unique church project for bereaved children in Scotland is appealing for funding that will enable it to continue its work for the next three years. The current funding for Richmond's Hope will run out by April 2006...
German Evangelicals: Torture Cannot Be Tool in Fight Against Terror
The head of the Evangelical Church in Germany has said that illegal imprisonments and interrogations under torture cannot be tolerated in a democratic state...
Judge Attacks State for “Downgrading” Institution of Marriage
The UK's most eminent family law judge has accused the Labour government of "downgrading" the institution of marriage by removing financial benefits for married couples. Church leaders and politicians support...