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Christian Group Reveals Persecution of Converted Christians in Bangladesh

President of Christian Freedom International (CFI), Jim Jacobson has found increasing evidence of persecutions against Christians that convert...

Book of Hope Reaches Historic Milestone in Proclaiming the Gospel

The Book of Hope's Director, Bob Hoskins has announced that the Book of Hope will soon reach the 300 millionth child in the world. The event is expected to take place on 30th May 2005 in Sao Paolo, Brazil...

Workshops on International Internet Evangelism Conference Released

Around one month after the Internet Evangelism for the 21st Century (IE-21st Century) Conference, organisers today announced that the workshops by prominent Christian leaders are now available as DVDs...

Henry, Rooney Join 'The Other Side of Football' Exhibition for Red Cross

More than 100 leading European football players, referees and pundits have come together in London to join the project of Canon to help the Red Cross, but this time it hasn't come in the usual form of the charity football match...

South Asia Hold Meeting to Fight Violence Against Children

The first ever, three-day regional meeting to fight violence against children has been opened by Pakistan's First Lady, Begum Sebha Pervez Musharraf, in Pakistani Islamabad on 19th May. More than 165 people gathered to discuss...

Religious Groups Fighting HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa Call for G7 Funds

The Universal Evangelistic Ministries (UEM) has launched its educational campaign to slow down the spread of HIV/AIDS pandemic in Liberia in west Africa. The situation has become a great concern of many international initiatives...

World Vision Urges Governments to Fulfil Commitments to Children in Africa

World Vision UK, a Christian charity has reported on the devastation of children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in Africa. The charity says that neglect by their own careless governments has been revealed after research...

US President Bush Vows to Fight Against Global Crisis of Human Cloning

The US President George W. Bush, who is known for his pro-life stance, expressed concern regarding human cloning research in South Korea on Friday. The US is one of the most avid supporters of a total ban on human cloning in the UN table...

Murderer of Australian Missionary in India Given Lighter Sentence

The High Court in Orissa, India has overturned a death sentence imposed on Dara Singh and has released another 7 men during an Appeal Court hearing on May 19th. In September last year an Australian missionary and his two sons...

Christian Pastor Attacked in Turkey as Country Seeks Religious Tolerance

Turkey has made many improvements to increase religious tolerance and freedom over the past year, however it has been reported that Protestant pastor Wolfgang Hade serving in Izmit has recently received threats...

Pro-lifers Warn Cloning is a Global Crisis amid UK & Korea Breakthroughs

The success of therapeutic cloning of human embryos in UK and Korea has hit the headlines on Friday's newspapers worldwide. Behind the astonishing breakthrough in cloning technology...

Vatican Diplomatic Dialogue May Benefit Religious Freedom for Catholics in China

The establishment of formal ties between the Vatican and China has seen promising advancements as both sides have shown their commitment in the ongoing dialogue...

Bible Society Distributes Hundreds of Aid and Bible Packages in Iraq

Hundreds of packages consisting of food items and illustrated Bibles have been distributed to Iraqis in Baghdad by the Lebanon, Syria and Iraq Bible Society (LSIBS). It is the second consecutive year that the initiative has been organised...

GTS Commences Construction of New Tutu Desmond Education Centre

The General Theological Seminary (GTS) has decided to commence the construction of the new Desmond Tutu Education Centre in Chelsea, New York. The name of Tutu Desmond Centre was given after the Anglican leader and Nobel...

Christian Today Interview with Mr Simon Barrow of CTBI

Simon Barrow, Secretary of Churches’ Commission on Mission (CCOM) of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) was at the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) in Athens and has offered Christian Today an exclusive interview...

World Vision Continues Providing Food Aid to the Masses in Indonesia

One of the largest Christian relief and development organisations in the world continues to provide food assistance to affected communities in Indonesia’s tsunami-battered regions...