Jennifer Gold
British Churches Split Over Da Vinci Code Filming
Churches in Britain are divided over whether to allow filming of Dan Brown’s bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. The Westminster Abbey has said no, but Lincoln Cathedral and...
Chinese Christian House Pastor Dies After Life of Mission & Persecution
A beloved house pastor in China has died in a Beijing hospital on 16 August, 2005. Allen Yuan returned to Beijing after the Japanese surrender in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. Yuan continued his mission work...
Lutheran & Methodist Churches Take a Step Closer Towards Full Communion
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the United Methodist Church (UMC) has moved a step closer to full communion. During the ELCA’s assembly held 8-14 August, delegates voted 877 to 60 to approve an interim...
Christian Aid Backs New Mass Lobby by Make Poverty History for Trade Justice
Make Poverty History and the Trade Justice Movement (TJM) announced on 19 August that campaigners will stage a mass lobby of Parliament calling for trade justice, on 2 November 2005...
Internationally Respected Monk Murdered in Church After Life Devoted to Unity
An internationally renowned Swiss-born apostle of Church Unity, Brother Roger, 90, has been murdered in front of his own congregation of 2,500 young people in Taizé, Burgundy. A 36-year-old Romanian woman...
Africa Anglican Church Set to Expand in Kenya
The Anglican Church is in the midst of a major overhaul, with plans to expand its clergy and mission field, as well as streamline the Church infrastructure. The Church is the second largest denomination in...
Churches Play their Part in Celebrating VJ Day
Churches across the country have been taking part in the celebrations and commemorations of VJ Day, the day WWII ended, with special services, parades and plays. Sixty years ago on Monday, Japan surrendered to the Allies...
Methodist Church Warns Social Cultures Cannot Change by Legislation Alone
The Methodist Church’s coordinating Secretary for Public Life and Social Justice, Anthea Cox, recently gave a statement on changes to UK’s alcohol licensing...
Charity Calls for Help to Free Illegally Held Children
A report published by UK charity Jubilee Action has called on people to join in its campaign against the unjust and illegal imprisonment of children around the world. The report ‘Kids behind bars: Why we must act’...
Salvation Army’s ALOVE Prepares for Youthwork Partnership Conferences
The Salvation Army’s youth ministry – ALOVE – will be helping in its alliance with ‘Youthwork – the partnership’, as it announces that it will be holding its annual conference...
Baptist Centenary Congress 2005 Ends Successfully with Hallelujah Praise
The Baptist World Centenary Congress 2005 has come to a spectacular conclusion on Sunday 31st July. For five days more than 13,000 Baptists gathered in Birmingham to celebrate 100 years of the Baptist World Alliance...
Church of England Greets Support for Ecclesiastical Exemption
The Church of England and the Churches Main Committee have welcomed the latest proposals released yesterday from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s support for ‘ecclesiastical exemption’ from listed building control. The DCMS proposals for purely voluntary ...
Archbishop of Canterbury Welcomes Melanesian Religious Communities to Lambeth Palace
Melanesian religious communities visited Lambeth Palace earlier this week as the special guests of the Archbishop Rowan and Mrs. Williams. Members of the Melanesian Brotherhood, including members of the Sisters of Melanesia, the Society of St. Francis and the Sisters of the Church, dressed in white-robes, filled the congregation for the Eucharist ...
Morning Bible Studies Challenge Faith of Baptist Congress Delegates
The Baptist Centenary Congress has kicked off its third day with an impressive round of Bible studies and worship with the theme ‘Empowerment of the Holy Spirit’ in English, German, Russian and Spanish. Bible studies were preached by leading Baptist figures ...
Archbishop Williams Hosts Melanesian Religious Communities at Lambeth
Melanesian religious communities visited Lambeth Palace earlier this week as special guests of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams and his wife. Since April, the Melanesians have been in England...
Evangelical Lutheran Church Hopes to Avoid Split over Homosexuality Issues
In a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Presiding Bishop Mark Hanso expressed his hope that the denomination would stay united no matter what the outcome of the debate...