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WCC Presidents release Pentecost 2005 Message
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has released a statement to guide the worldwide Church prior to Pentecost. The WCC wished to express that through...
Churches Organise Ecumenical Vigil for Racial Justice Prior to Election
On the 5th May the UK’s General Election will take place. While the political parties are making their last efforts to conclude their election campaigns, the churches and faith-groups are also taking this opportunity to express a Christian viewpoint...
Seven Chinese Catholic Priests Released after One-week Detention
Yesterday China has released the seven underground Catholic priests who were arrested near Beijing on 27th April. In China, the government...
UK Churches to Observe Wycliffe "No Bible Sunday"
Wycliffe Bible Translators, based in the UK is calling on churches across the world to participate in "No Bible Sunday". In the UK, the official date will be 22nd May, and The initiative challenges Christians to apply...
Homosexuality Issue Tears Anglican Communion as UK Bishop is Rejected
The Right Rev Calvin Wendell Bess, the diocesan bishop of the Port of Spain in Trinidad has cancelled an invitation to the Bishop of Chelmsford, after he learnt about the Bishop's liberal views on homosexuality...
Make Poverty History to Gather 100,000 in Pre-G8 Summit Edinburgh Protest
Details have been released by the Make Poverty History campaign that a huge march is being planned to take place in Edinburgh during this summer. The initiative will see about 100,000 people join in a four-day...
Nepal Detains Christian Couple for "Proselytising" Orphans in India
A state-run newspaper Rising Nepal Daily has reported that an Indian couple alleged of "proselytising" students in the school they set up for orphans have been arrested by the Nepalese authorities...
Pakistan Appeals for Detained Christians in Saudi Arabia
Some 40 Pakistani Christians in Saudi Arabia were arrested on 23rd April by the Saudi Arabia authorities during a gathering, and after more than one week, the status of the detained Christians remains uncertain...
Church Leaders in UK Uniting to Challenge the Asylum System
Religious leaders from several leading denominations have released a statement expressing their dismay over the asylum system in the UK; regarding it as "unjust." The statement was signed on 2nd May 2005...
New Iraq Government Sworn in with One Christian Representative
As Iraq’s first democratically elected government was sworn on Tuesday, the new Prime Minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari said he would unite a nation divided along religious and ethnic lines. The new appointments come as insurgents have claimed over 170 lives...
World Evangelical Alliance Gather to Discuss Future
The world’s largest fellowship of evangelical church bodies is developing new strategies, vision and direction, under the leadership of a strengthened international council, according to the group’s head coordinator...
EBM Mission Council 2005 Sees Europe & Africa Co-working in the Gospel
The Mission Council 2005 of the European Baptist Mission (EBM) was held last month in Emmen, Netherlands. Delegates from Africa, Latin America and Europe united together for bible studies...
Methodist Conference to Reaffirm Church Tolerance for Homosexuality
The Methodist Church in Great Britain is to reaffirm its commitment in embracing homosexuality within the Church in its upcoming annual general meeting in the Riviera Centre, Torquay from Thursday 23rd June to Thursday 30th June...
Oxfam Warns of Looming Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur
Oxfam UK, one of the largest development, relief and campaigning organisations, which works to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world, have warned that as more than 2 million displaced...
Anti-Conversion Bill: UN Envoy Meets Buddhists over Christian Fears
For several weeks the Freedom of Religion Bill has been a topic of controversy in Sri Lankan society and serious concerns among the Christians all over the world. The legislation pending in the Sri Lankan Parliament would result in...
UN Envoy Imposes Pressure on Sri Lanka to Withdraw Anti-Conversion Bill
Following the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) last month in Geneva, the exploitation of religious freedom in many countries is being brought to the headlines due to condemnation by the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA)...