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Turkey moving forwards towards EU membership

The European Union’s head office has recommended that talks should commence regarding Turkey’s proposed membership into the EU. However, strict and rigid conditions were put in place to ensure that there would be no opportunity for the Turks to back-down...

Blair visits Sudan to continue UK’s Commission to End Violence in Darfur

The British Prime Minister Tony Blair is now in Sudan holding talks with the country’s President Omar Ahmed al-Bashir on how to end violence in the Darfur region which has cost at least 50,000 lives...

Blair visits Sudan to continue UK’s Commission to End Violence in Darfur

The British Prime Minister Tony Blair is now in Sudan holding talks with the country’s President Omar Ahmed al-Bashir on how to end violence in the Darfur region which has cost at least 50,000 lives...

Beslan Tragedy inspires new Bible Publication

One month after Chechen terrorist held more than a thousand people hostage in the Ossetian town of Beslan in the tragedy that left more than 400 people killed, five thousand copies of the latest translation of the New Testament...

New Ossetic Bible Published in Wake of Beslan Tragedy

One month after Chechen terrorist held more than a thousand people hostage in the Ossetian town of Beslan in the tragedy that left more than 400 people killed, five thousand copies of the latest translation of the New Testament...

New Deputy Secretary General of the Anglican Communion Installed

The Anglican Communion today announced the appointment of the Revd Canon Gregory K Cameron as the Council’s Deputy Secretary General. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rev Rowan Williams warmly welcomed Canon Cameron for undertaking the new role...

Forum for World Evangelisation 2004 ends in Thailand

On Tuesday 5th October 2004 the Forum for World Evangelisation came to an end in Thailand. The conclusion marks the end of a seven-day event which gathered together in excess of 1,500 Christian leaders from 115 different countries...

European Baptists Celebrate Revival of Mission

The Annual General Meeting of the European Baptist Federation (EBF) recently ended in late September. The federation especially chose a region dominated by Islam in the Middle East - Lebanon - to hold the gathering...

Musicals are the New Religion?

Released on the 1st September, the book You've Got to Have a Dream: the Message of the Musical written by Rev Ian Bradley brings out a brand new interpretation of musicals that have raged through many continents in the world....

Symposium Gathers Lutheran Scientists and Pastors

Sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology, a major symposium titled “Sunday Scientists!” was recently held. Around 45 ELCA scientists and pastors, coming from a number of states have participated in the event...

Bishop says Wasting Money on Bureaucracy Hampers Mission

The Bishop of London, the Right Rev Richard Chartres, has criticised the Church of England for wasting too much money on bureaucracy during a recent interview with The Church of England Newspaper...

Increasing Secularised Spain Worries the Church

In Spain, Catholics have made up majority of the population. Among some 39 millions of believers, still there are 25% attending the Roman Catholic Mass regularly. The political and social face of Spain in the recent half year has been changing ...

Vatican Condemns Spain's Proposals as a ruin to the Next Generation

Following the Spanish Government’s audacious proposal to allow same sex couples to marry and adopt children, criticisms from the churches and pro-family groups have raged throughout Europe and the world...

Anticipating Fruit from the Forum for World Evangelisation

The 2004 Forum for World Evangelisation will end on 5th October 2004, and the assigned Issue Groups (IGs) are busy wrapping up their discussions and working out practical conclusions...

Major Christian Medical Conference Addresses Ethical Dilemmas

On Saturday 2nd October 2004, the two major Christian medical associations in the UK - the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) and Christians in Science - hosted a one-day conference at the St. Paul's Church...

World Methodist Council announce Theme of 2006 Assembly in S.Korea

The theme for the World Methodist Council’s (WMC) next assembly will be “The Life and Death Issue” of reconciliation. The assembly is due to take place in South Korea in 2006 according to the program chairman of the WMC...