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LWF raises its membership at Geneva Council Meeting

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has raised its membership to 65 million worldwide. On Monday 6th September the LWF announced that it had added three more churches to its international network...

Reactions to Crisis in Beslan

Archbishop Sean Brady, the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has sent a letter of condolence to victims in the atrocities held during the three-day battle in Beslan...

Three shot dead in attack on Colombian church

Three people were killed and 14 seriously injured when masked men opened fire on a church in southern Colombia during a prayer service. The gunmen attacked the Christian and Missionary Alliance church with automatic weapons...

RNC: Religious Groups Applaud Bush on Defending Family, Life, Freedom

Several religious-based pro-family groups are pleased with points Bush presented in his September 2nd speech to accept his party’s re-nomination during the American Republican National Convention...

Grief and Mourning of Russia felt across the Shocked World

On Sunday, cries rang through the bereaved town of Beslan as familes and friends mourned for the loved ones killed during the hostage crisis last week. The three-day seige killed nearly 350 children, parents and teachers...

Seventh Anniversary of Mother Teresa’s Death dedicated to Russia’s Children

The seventh anniversary of Mother Teresa’s death was marked with a special day of prayer for peace and for the children that died in the Russian school hostage catastrophe...

BWA Lotz Defends ''I Love the Church in China'' Statement

“I love the Church in China,” the Baptist World Alliance General Secretary’s brief statement praising the church in China, received widespread criticism from religious freedom watchdog groups, for being well-intended, but short sighted and incomplete...

Church Attacks in India lead to Twelve Arrests

Orissa, East India: Twelve people have been arrested by the Indian Authorities for attacking a church last Thursday. Those arrested consisted of Christians as well as Hindus, although official reports of the detainees has not been released yet...

UK Expresses Sorrowful Prayer to Russian Victims

The first Sunday Service in September was held under the gloom of the painful school siege horror in Russia. While the small Russian town of Beslan began burying those who died in the event, many in the UK, including the Royal Family attended special memorial services...

Just10 Preparations Continue with London Prayers

The next massive mission initiative in London - Just10 South London - will start from 13th September. Churches in South London will prepare for the event...

Women Priest may take the Lead in the Church

The debate over women priesthood in the Church of England has been reignited as new figures show that more women than men will be ordained to priesthood next year for the first time in the history...

Over 200 Dead After Russia Hostage Crisis

World leaders sent messages of support and sympathy to Russia after a 53-hour hostage crisis led to the deaths of more than 200 people—dozens of which were children...

Sudan says it has complied with UN Peace resolution

The Sudanese government stated on Thursday that it had largely complied with the United Nation’s demands despite the UN’s own chief Kofi Annan expressing his discontent that most militia still have not been disarmed...

Refugee Conditions in Darfur Worsening, CWS Urges for More Action

Despite massive food and relief aid efforts currently underway by humanitarian and relief agencies, more people in the Darfur region of Sudan are at risk of imminent starvation and death from disease...

Lambeth Commission to recommend Exclusion of the ECUSA from Anglican Communion

The worldwide Anglican Communion may be about to punish the Episcopal Church in America, by excluding them from the communion as a penalty for ordaining a homosexual bishop...

Book ridicules Bush’s Theological Stance in US Administration

A retired theology professor, Joseph Martos has poured scorn on American President George Bush by declaring that he isn’t doing a very good job of following the precepts in the Bible...