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New Report Criticises China over Continuing Human Rights, Religious Freedom Violations

An annual report regarding human rights in China released last week by a U.S. congressional panel found that the country has failed to improve the overall condition in 2004. In particular, the report criticised China’s control over religions and media.

Church of Nigeria Called on to Generate Income for Poor Nigerians

The Church of Nigeria has been called on by former Chairman of the People's Democratic Party in Nigeria, Audu Ogbeh, to establish an agriculture-based NGO to generate income for poor people in the country...

Break in Storms Allow Relief Works to Continue to Desperate Pakistan Quake Victims

A break in heavy rains in Pakistan on Monday morning has allowed helicopter relief teams to resume their works across the country’s quake regions. However, the excessive rains...

Hundreds of Churches Celebrate Healthcare Sunday for Unsung Heroes of NHS

Hundreds of churches across the UK marked Healthcare Sunday yesterday, an annual celebration of the work of thousands of ordinary 'heroes in healthcare' in the NHS. The event was backed by more than ten Christian organisations...

Franklin Graham's Australia Festival to Reach Out to Millions in US TV Broadcast

Franklin Graham’s message which had been delivered to over 92,000 people in Melbourne, Australia, in March this year, will be broadcast across the United States for the first time. The message will be featured as part...

WARC Agrees to Closer Relationship with Reformed Ecumenical Church

The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) took a “momentous” step on Friday as it agreed to deepen its relationship with the Reformed Ecumenical Church (REC)...

Sri Lanka Christians Call for Worldwide Prayers for Love & Faith amid Persecutions

The Jubilee Campaign has united with partner organisations in Sri Lanka to call for Christians around the world to join them in prayer for religious freedom of the country today. Christians from across the country...

Christian Ministries in Russia Worry Militant Attacks will Impact Mission

Christian ministries are concerned that violence will impact their work after militants struck the city of Nalchik, Russia last week. Sergey Rakhuba, the Vice President of Russian Ministries reported that the local...

World Evangelical Alliance Opens New IT Centre

The World Evangelical Alliance recently opened a Centre of Information Technology in San Francisco, USA in continuing its ongoing efforts to expand its communication...

Catholic Church Looking Abroad for Priests

The steady demise of the priesthood and the falling number of trainee priests have left the Scottish Catholic Church looking abroady to find new recruits. In the last twenty years, the number training has dropped by almost 80 per cent...

Christians Invited to Make Big Impact in Developing World with 'Small Change'

Christians around the world are invited next week to “take out coins from the collection basket” as a symbol of the “big impact” that “small change” can make to those in the developing world. Oikocredit, a financing ministry of the World Council of Churches...