Jennifer Gold

Christians Environmentalists Warn Against Nuclear Solution to Climate Change

Christian Ecology Link has warned against plans by the government to solve the climate change issue with nuclear power...

CCPAS Expanding to Secular Child Protection

The Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS) has launched new publications as part of its expansion into secular child protection. The manual Safeguarding Children and Young People and the Internet...

Indonesian Sunday School Teachers Lose Appeal

The three Sunday school teachers in Indonesia sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly converting young Muslim children to Christianity have lost their appeal to have their sentences overturned...

Ireland Survey Reveals Sharp Drop in Church Attendance

A study by ARK has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of people going to church in Ireland. According to the report, the Catholic Church in Ireland has seen a sharp drop in attendance from 90 to 62 percent...

Anglican Church of Tanzania Launches Educational Project

The Anglican Church of Tanzania (ACT) is starting work on plans to build an Anglican university which will begin operating by September 2006. The university will run both theological ...

Campaign Launched to Save Historic Chapel in Glasgow

A retired doctor has launched a campaign to save a historic secret chapel hidden within Glasgow's Western General hospital. The war memorial chapel features plaques and memorials to many of the staff who fell...

Methodist Children's Ministry Releases Special Narnia Sermon

The children's ministry of the Methodist Church, MethodistChildren, has written a special service inspired by Narnia to be used by churches across the country as a means to engage children with the themes...

Brits Still Consider Themselves Christian, BBC Survey Finds

A survey taken for BBC 24's Faith Day has found that British people still consider themselves to be Christian, despite only 17 per cent saying they attend church regularly...

Hope For London Prayer Gets Biggest Ever Turnout

Unity was the theme of this year's Hope for London prayer breakfast at Westminster Chapel on Thursday. The event was attended by prominent church leaders including Joel Edwards, general director...

UK Charity Offers British Forces Personnel Prayer By Telephone

A UK charity has launched a unique service to British service men and women and their families currently based in Germany. Prayerline is a telephone service that allows them to call...

Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance: ‘Keep the Promise’ on HIV/AIDS

The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance has urged churches and Christian groups around the world to get involved with World AIDS Day on Thursday 1 December 2005. The theme...

Christian Aid Criticises Proposed Cuts in EU Tariffs

Christian Aid has joined in the voices of criticism directed against the latest proposals from the EU to cut farming subsidies by 46 per cent. The offer is the highest yet and is the latest attempt to break the deadlock in world...

Christian Persecution in Indonesia Escalates in Street Attacks

Christian persecution in Indonesia has seemingly dropped to new depths this month, as it has been reported that groups of Christians previously evicted from their worship buildings have been attacked by...

Premier Radio Duo Win Prestigious Jerusalem Award for HipRock UK Show

A Christian Hip Hop Radio has received the prestigious Jerusalem Award, beating BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4. Premier Radio’s HipRock UK programme is a Rock and R'n'B radio show broadcast weekly by Dave Rose and Bridgitte Tetteh...

Tributes Given as Leading British Ecumenical Figure Philip Morgan Dies

A leading British ecumenical figure, the Revd Dr Philip Morgan, 75, died on Monday 17 October. His death followed a heart attack after a recent stroke. Morgan had been the General Secretary of the British Council of Churches...

Archbishop Akinola Responds to Eames' Comments in Open Letter

Archbishop Peter Akinola has written an open letter to Archbishop Robin Eames, primate of all Ireland, in response to the recent comments that Eames made during a question and answer period two weeks ago at Virginia Theological Seminary...