Christian Aid Week taking place from 9th to 15th May is drawing near. The first Sunday of Christian Aid Week marks the beginning of a week of fundraising, prayer and action for some of the world's poorest people, and will carry the theme 'We believe in life before death'.
Churches will join together to support Christian Aid Week, which aims to bring about a better life for people in poor communities all over the world. They will unite in the belief of people's right of life before death, and that life is for living, not merely surviving.
To help churches mark Christian Aid Week in worship, Christian Aid will provide a range of inspiring free resources which will include prayers and preaching from the Dominican Republic, and stories of life and hope from Tajikistan, Zambia and Nottingham.
Last year, over ?million was raised for people in some of the poorest parts of the world. The money raised this year will be used to improve lives in more than 50 countries worldwide. One of the places that Christian Aid has recently begun working is the former Soviet Republic of Tajikistan. Here, as in many other poor countries, money raised in Christian Aid Week will be used to help people live more full lives.
Currently, Christian Aid is the official relief and development agency of 40 church denominations in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
To find out more or make a donation, please visit www.caweek.org.
-
Sarah Mullally has reasons to be cheerful after her first Synod but there are storms ahead
-
Christian and family groups denounce trans schools guidance
-
Church leader sees challenges and opportunities as research suggests openness to Christianity in the UK
-
Fewer than 1 in 3 churchgoers read the Bible daily
News
-
Church of England winds down Living in Love and Faith as deep divisions remain over same-sex blessings
-
Turkey taken to task over Christians banned from the country
-
Christian nurse 'alarmed' after Phillipson says guidance on single-sex spaces will not apply to NHS
-
New research sheds light on why women are more religious than men
-
Sarah Mullally has reasons to be cheerful after her first Synod but there are storms ahead
-
Archbishop Mullally uses maiden presidential address to re-commit to better safeguarding standards
Most Popular
News
Preacher fined over Bible verse display challenges abortion clinic buffer zones
The abortion buffer zones have been branded "censorship zones".
God is the remedy for grief
To have loved deeply and to have been loved in return is one of life’s greatest gifts. But when that love is taken away, grief follows. And grief, in many ways, never fully leaves.
What does new school trans guidance mean for Scotland?
Although the draft guidance applies only to schools in England, there are ramifications for Scotland too.
Why is 1 Corinthians 13 often read at weddings?
St Paul wrote a timeless definition of love in 1 Corinthians 13, known as the “love chapter”, which is one of the most famous chapters in the Bible and is often read at weddings. This is the story …