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Saddleback Opens AIDS Conference; Warren Urges Churches to Care
“Purpose Drive” Pastor Rick Warren opened the Saddleback AIDS/HIV Conference on Tuesday with a talk on how the church must be more than just a mouth. In his opening talk, Warren lectured to the 1,300-plus participants, from pastors and ministry...
Lutherans & Methodists Step Toward Full Communion
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Methodist Church released the draft of a possible full-communion statement after years of dialogue that began nearly three decades ago. Since 1977, Evangelical...
Iraq TV Shows Video of Abducted British Christian Peace Promoter
A British Christian has been abducted whilst investigating human rights abuses in Iraq with a group called the Christian Peacemakers Team. An unknown Iraqi group has issued a video of four western hostages...
Government Calls Evangelicals to Help Tackle International Justice & Disaster Relief
Evangelicals across the UK have been called by a government minister to help the parliament tackle issues such as international justice...
Mobile Orphanages Helping AIDS Orphans in Zimbabwe
Children left orphaned by AIDS in Zimbabwe are finding care and the Gospel in Christian mobile orphanages. The Mobile Orphanages programme run by Christian World Outreach will help some of the 980,000 AIDS...
Christians Called to Prayer Ahead of WTO Talks in Hong Kong
The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance has called on Christians around the world to offer their prayerful support to the preparations for faith events to be held around December's WTO talks in Hong Kong. A Day of Prayer on Trade has been scheduled for 11 Dec...
Tsunami Survivors Continue to Rebuild Lives Almost One Year On
ACT and other Christian charities continue to help Sri Lankan survivors of last year's tragic tsunami rebuild their lives as the one year anniversary approaches. ACT has been helping 175 families in a camp...
Tsunami Survivors Continue to Rebuild Lives Almost One Year On
ACT and other Christian charities continue to help Sri Lankan survivors of last year's tragic tsunami rebuild their lives as the one year anniversary approaches. ACT has been helping 175 families in a camp...
Non-Christian Clerics Urge Church of Scotland to Push Religious Teaching in Schools
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has been urged by leaders of non-Christian communities to press for religious teaching in schools...
Christian Radio to Bring Hope to Darfur Refugees
A new Christian radio programme is to be launched for Beria refugees fleeing the Darfur region into neighbouring Chad. The radio programme will be the first Christian radion programme to be in the Berian language...
Evangelical Advent Guide Puts Christ Back in Christmas
In the build up to Christmas this year, the Evangelical Alliance has produced a special edition Advent Prayer Guide that is hoping to inspire, and bring about a new vision of respect to Britain. This year’s sales have been enormous, and have proved...
Christian Christmas Movie - It’s a Boy - Premieres in London’s West End
The premiere of It's a Boy, the Christian animation that aims to bring the real meaning of Christmas to children across the country, has been held in London's West End...
YMCA Opens Winter Homeless Shelter in London
The West London YMCA has teamed up with Trinity Church, Harrow, to open a winter shelter for homeless men between the ages of 18 and 65. The scheme, now in its third year will open on Wednesday 1st December...
Christian-Based HIV/AIDS Program Brings Hope to Ethiopia
An official from the Joint United Nation Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) gave tribute to a Christian-based initiative in Ethiopia for its battle against the deadly global epidemic. On Nov. 17, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) formally launched...
Churches in Sri Lanka Help Rebuild Lives despite Environmental Constraints
One month away from the first anniversary of South East Asia’s devastating tsunami, churches in Sri Lanka are helping to rebuild lives of people despite the presence of many environment constraints...
2005 Christmas Message from the LWF President
In this year's Christmas message, the president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Bishop Mark S. Hanson, appeals to the worldwide Lutheran communion to let faith rather than fear become "our defining reality...
