Jennifer Gold
Christian Aid Sends Funds to Partners Operating in Harvest Crisis in Malawi
Christian Aid is sending £100,000 to its partners in Malawi to support tens of thousands of people through the next harvest. Families have been running out of food as Malawi faces its lowest harvest levels in a decade...
Reformed Churches Meeting Discusses “Water – God’s Gift For Life”
Leaders of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches met in Evian, France, on Saturday to gather under the theme, “Water – God’s gift for life.” The scarcity of clean water, its privatisation and distribution was discussed...
Over 200 Eritrean Christians Captured & Detained in New Persecutions
Over two hundred Christian Eritrean evangelicals and members of minority churches have been captured and detained, according to Release Eritrea. The operation which was carried out by Eritrean security forces is said...
Bible Receives Latest Translation for Text Message Generation
The entire Bible has been translated into SMS format by the Bible Society in Australia. The latest version of the Bible enables 31,171 verses in the abbreviated text style to be sent direct to mobile phones. The verses are...
Red Cross Disasters Report Supports Christian Aid Policies
The Red Cross has released its annual World Disasters Report earlier this week. The report scrutinises on how aid agencies could have responded better to recent natural disasters around the world, especially the tsunami...
Imprisoned Christian Sunday School Teachers in Indonesia Establish Church
The three Indonesian woman that are serving a three-year prison sentence after their convictions in Indonesia, have started a church within their prison walls. A huge outcry against their convictions...
Methodist Relief & Development Fund Celebrates Gift Aid Contributions
The Methodist Relief and Development Fund has received an extra £110,000 from the UK government's Gift Aid scheme. Through members carrying out simple acts it has been able to raise precious extra money for a number of projects...
Eritrea Halts All UN Helicopter Flights Putting Peacekeepers at Risk
U.N peacekeeping operations along the border with Ethiopia have been put at risk after U.N. helicopters in Eritrea were grounded yesterday. Eritrea had told the United Nations that the helicopter flights...
WCC Network on Uprooted Peoples Speaks for Asylum Seekers & Migrants to UN
“The increasing use of detention to restrict and deter cross-border movement by asylum seekers and other migrants” has impelled the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Global Ecumenical Network on Uprooted Peoples (GEN) to distribute...
Tearfund Appoints New Chief Executive
UK’s Christian relief and development agency Tearfund has appointed a new Chief Executive, Matthew Frost, the former head of strategy at the Department for Education and Skills. He will take up his new leadership...
Bishop Criticises BMJ for Unbalanced Views on Assisted Dying Debate
The British Medical Journal has been criticised for publishing articles in an unbalanced way and seemingly in favour of euthanasia. The Rt Revd Christopher Herbert, Bishop of St Albans, has criticised BMJ for...
Oasis Trust & ETL Form Partnership for New Leadership Course
The formation of a new partnership between Oasis Trust and Equipped to Lead (ETL) to provide strategic leadership training has been announced by UK Christian leaders Steve Chalke and Jeff Lucas. ‘Equipped to Lead’ is aimed to equip...
Churches Together in Britain & Ireland Attend China Bible School Opening
Delegates of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland have been represented at the opening of a new Bible School in provincial China...
World Vision Calls for Peace in Northern Uganda
International aid organisations have called on the British Government to support peace efforts in northern Uganda more actively. As part of the Northern Uganda Partnership for Peace (NUAPP) coalition...
Akinola Warns Nigeria May Break from Church of England over Homosexuality
Nigeria’s Anglican primate has said that Nigerian churches might cut ties with the Church of England if its stance on homosexuality, which accepts gay priests is not revised...
Evangelicals Urge House of Bishops to Revise Advice on Civil Partnerships
The conservative Evangelical umbrella group Anglican Mainstream has sent a letter to all the House of Bishops regarding the position the bishops have taken on Civil Partnerships...