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G8 Foreign Ministers Gather in London as Tension Builds towards July Summit
Today in London, the G8 foreign ministers have gathered for crucial talks regarding. Jack Straw is leading the talks, which come less than a month before the summit of G8 leaders in Gleneagles, Scotland...
EU Requests Turkey Prove Religious Freedom before Entry
Since last December, when the European Union (EU) decided to begin accession talks with Turkey, religious freedom has been one of the urgent issues that Turkey must solve before entering...
Africa Church Leaders Rally to Fight AIDS as Clergy Confess to Having HIV
Four religious leaders publicly confessed their positive HIV status at a forum organised by the 'Kenya Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS', taking place in Nairobi...
TV’s EDGES to be Available to UK Christians on DVD from July
EDGES - one of the most popular Christian TV programmes in the UK, created and hosted by Australian preacher Mal Fletcher, and seen on TV’s in over 210 nations around the world will now be released on DVD in the UK from July...
Vietnam Prime Minister Signs Second Religious Freedom Pact
Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai is visiting the U.S. this week and has met with President Bush on 21 June. The visit is the first by a Vietnamese Prime Minister to the U.S. since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975...
Brussels Conference Gathers UN, EU and US to Rebuild Iraq
A conference with the aim of rebuilding Iraq commenced yesterday in Brussels to figure out the future for the war-torn nation. The meeting was hosted by the United Nations, the European Union and the United States...
Vietnam House Church Leaders Submit Testimony on Christian Persecution
Three Vietnamese house church leaders have submitted testimonies to the International Relation Committee of the House of Representatives in Washington D.C., as the Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai undertakes the first official visit to the US...
CTBI Undergoes Reform to Move with Changing Religious Face in Britain
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI), the official national ecumenical body in the UK, has announced that it is to radically reform in the context of "post-Christendom". The most significant challenge faced by CTBI is...
Egypt Release Christian Placed in Mental Hospital for Converting From Islam
An Egyptian Christian was released from mental hospital following international pressure over his five-month forcible commitment to the mental hospital, and being charged from apostasy from Islam...
Christians Suspect Communal Forces Behind Brutal Murders in India
The brutal killings of Pastor K. Isaac Raju and Rev. K. Daniel have shaken the Christian community of Andhra Pradesh and have prompted several Christian leaders to believe that both the preachers were victims to communal violence...
US & Canada Defend Homosexuality on Anglican Council Meeting with Hope for Reunion
The Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) on Tuesday 21st June has been filled with tenseness and anxiety. Representatives from the US Episcopal Church and Church of Canada gave presentations on their liberal attitudes towards homosexuality...
CSW Backs 1200km Walk from UN HQ to Vatican for Peace in Eritrea
Two Eritrean brothers, Tekle and Samuel Gebregiorgis, are walking on a 1200km march from Geneva to the Vatican city, to highlight the critical state of human rights in Eritrea, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has informed...
IBS Promotes Bible-Reading among Children in Latin America
The International Bible Society (IBS), in partnership with Compassion International, have launched a four-year children’s Bible-reading initiative in Latin America. It is expected to benefit more than 100,000 children...
New Lausanne Leadership Meeting in Hong Kong Addresses Global Evangelisation
The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation’s (Lausanne) International Leadership Team is meeting in Hong Kong this week. This is the first time the new leadership has met face to face since its election in Thailand in 2004...
African Leaders Call for Debt Relief for All African Countries
Six African leaders held meetings on 19th June 2005 in Abuja, Nigeria. The main topic of the meeting was debt cancellation for all African countries. In the joint statement all leaders praised the decision of G8 finance ministers...
Leading UK Evangelicals Appeal to US President Bush for Action on World Poverty
The Evangelical Alliance UK (EAUK) together with 19 key evangelical leaders in Britain have written a formal letter to President Bush, appealing for actions to be taken on world poverty...