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Mission-Net to fire up young Christians for Christ
The countdown continues to one of the most exciting new mission movements in Europe - Mission-Net.
Langham Partnership: Zimbabweans face 'unprecedented' terror
"News coming out of Zimbabwe this past week is truly shocking," says the International Programme Director of Langham Preaching, a division of John Stott's ministry Langham Partnership.
Bible-based adventures capture children's interest
The award-winning Friends and Heroes TV series, in production since it first broadcast on BBC2 late last year, is being used successfully by many churches to enhance their children's ministry.
16 Pakistani Christians freed after being abducted by militants
A number of Christians kidnapped on Saturday night by an extremist Islamic group in Pakistan have been released, reports Christian group CLAAS-UK.
MercyMe frontman Bart Millard to release second hymns project
In follow up to Hymned, MercyMe frontman Bart Millard's 2005 solo project, comes his second effort, Hymned Again, to be released on August 19.
Pope says communion is only for pure of heart
Pope Benedict said on Sunday only the pure of heart could receive communion, a day after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joked that the Church should extend it to those who have divorced and remarried.
Micah Challenge inspires greater action on poverty
International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander commends Christians for ongoing efforts to eradicate extreme global poverty at Micah Challenge reception.
U.N. condemns Zimbabwe poll violence
The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed to take its first formal action on Zimbabwe by condemning violence against the opposition and ruling that a free and fair presidential run-off was impossible.
Divers find bodies in sunken Philippine ferry
Divers found ghostly white bodies floating head up inside a sunken passenger ferry in the central Philippines on Tuesday raising fears of a mass grave below the waves.
Iran says new EU sanctions are meaningless
Iran condemned on Tuesday new sanctions imposed on it by the European Union and made clear they would not slow Tehran's nuclear activities, an Iranian news agency reported.
U.S. court rules for Guantanamo prisoner
A federal appeals court on Monday overturned a U.S. military tribunal's enemy combatant designation for a Chinese Muslim at the Guantanamo Bay prison, its first ruling that gives a detainee a chance for release.
U.S. mayor denies pregnancy 'pact'
The mayor of a Massachusetts city that drew attention for a spike in teenage pregnancies denied on Monday a media report that a group of girls entered a pact to become pregnant.
U.S. report shows gaps in European nuclear security
Most European military sites equipped with U.S. nuclear weapons fail to meet Pentagon security requirements, according to a U.S. Air Force study.
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, Palestinian security sources and medical workers said.
US Evangelicals not locked in partisan embrace - Pew
American evangelicals remain more Republican than Democratic but are not locked tightly in the embrace of either party, according to a new survey released on Monday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
U.N. chief says Zimbabwe poll would lack legitimacy
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday not to hold the run-off presidential election as planned on Friday, saying the result would lack legitimacy.
