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Christian Aid Warns of Walk Out at WTO Conference
Christian Aid has warned of a walk-out by poor countries at the forthcoming World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong if the EU fails to move on its liberalising policies. The Christian humanitarian agency...
Archbishop Eames Urges Christians to Turn Attention to Child Poverty
Representatives of the Northern Ireland Government and voluntary organisations met last week with representatives of the Church of Ireland at the Forum on Child Poverty...
Anxious Wait as Deadline Passes for Christian Peace Worker Hostages in Iraq
The deadline for the Christian British hostage being held in Iraq, Norman Kember, and his three colleagues has passed with no information emerging as to the outcome of the situation. Diplomats working in...
Indonesia Church Torched in North Sulawesi; Holiday Security Heightened
Islamic militants torched a church in the Indonesian Province of North Sulawesi, Thursday night, raising fears of more violence to come during the Christmas holidays. The recent blaze at Beth Eden Protestant Church...
Hundreds Welcome First Maltese Braille Scriptures
Hundreds gathered in a cathedral on a southern European island south of Sicily to celebrate the first printed volumes of Scripture in Maltese Braille. The United Bible Societies (UBS) announced last week that...
Afghan Aid Delivery Threatened as More NGO Workers Killed
Two more aid workers were found murdered in Afghanistan, threatening the delivery of relief to the people in the war-torn country. The two victims were working for the health project run by the Coordination of Humanitarian...
SAT-7 to Air Unprecedented Number of Arabic Christmas Programs
After announcing its new 2006 television campaign on promoting the family, SAT-7 announced that it would further broadcast the message of Christ this Christmas season with the largest number of Arabic Christmas programs...
International Prayer Week for North Korea Ends; Efforts Continue
The International Prayer Week for North Korea concluded on Sunday, a day after Human Rights Day and after a week of vigils and prayers that brought the churches in South Korea...
Church World Service Welcomes US Water for the Poor Act
Executive Director and CEO of Church World Service, Rev. John L. McCullough, welcomed the US senate's approval of the Paul Simon Water...
Candlelight Prayer Vigil Calls for North Korean Human Rights, Religious Freedom
Some 20,000 people gathered in Seoul on Saturday to pray for the improvement of human rights in North Korea. The Rev. Choi Sung Kyoo, General Secretary of the Christian Council of Korea (CCK)...
Purpose Driven Urges Spiritual Support of Gulf Coast Pastors
Sponsoring churches are being asked to call pastors that they’ve adopted in order to help with their spiritual needs. Up to that point, sponsoring churches in the Purpose Driven network only committed...
Seoul Summit Concludes with Declaration on North Korean Human Rights
The landmark three-day Seoul Summit concluded on Saturday with a declaration agreed by the hundreds of international participants to bring a stop to the human rights abuses in North Korea. Christian...
New Methodist Church Planted in Cambodia
A new Methodist Church has been planted in Cambodia following the successful collaboration between Methodist mission groups from Asia, Europe and the United States and Cambodians. The new church already has...
Archbishop of Cape Town Joins Call for Trade Justice at WTO Conference
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town has joined with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in its call for government representatives meeting in Hong Kong next week to renew efforts to secure trade justice...
Church Project for Bereaved Children to Run Out of Funds
A unique church project for bereaved children in Scotland is appealing for funding that will enable it to continue its work for the next three years. The current funding for Richmond's Hope will run out by April 2006...
Bishop of Nazareth: Israeli Barrier Must Come Down
The Latin Bishop of Nazareth, Mgr Paulus Marcuzo, has said that Israel must destroy the barrier put up around large parts of the West Bank if peace is to come to the conflict-torn region...