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Faith groups called to action on poverty
The Jubilee Debt Campaign has launched a new campaign encouraging faith groups to take action on global poverty and poor country debt.
Church buildings win environment âOscarsâ
A church, priory and abbey were among the winners of an award recognising their outstanding architectural, environmental and educational projects.
Church's job is to proclaim the Gospel, say US Christians
Evangelical, Orthodox and Catholic leaders who unveiled the "Manhattan Declaration" on Friday insisted the document is not a political ploy.
US evangelicals deny climate change because they're 'self-absorbed'
Unlike in the United States, there is little controversy among evangelicals around the world on whether climate change is real, said an evangelical representative at a press briefing on Capitol Hill.
Tim Vine lends support to Tearfund sanitation campaign
Tearfund hands 10 Downing Street toilet seats covered in thousands of signatures calling for urgent action on the global sanitation crisis.
Churches call for end to detention of child asylum seekers
Methodist, Baptist and United Reformed Church leaders have called on people to send an extra card this Christmas, to Immigration Minister Phil Woolas MP, asking him to end the detention of children in the asylum system.
Former Christian Peacemaker hostage returns to Iraq
A Christian peace worker has returned to Iraq for the first time since he was freed from captivity four years ago.
Women clergy need not divide Anglicans and Catholics - Archbishop
The Archbishop of Canterbury has told Catholics that the issue of women priests and bishops need not divide.
UK's first Gospel Music Awards to celebrate Christian musicians
The UK's first ever Gospel Music Awards will celebrate homegrown talent when it takes place in London next month.
Violence in Colombia setting stage for humanitarian crisis
The international relief and development agency of Americaâs two largest Lutheran denominations has expressed concern over the increased violence against its partners in northern Colombia.
Mission expert: China holds potential to complete Great Commission
If the Chinese church committed itself completely to mission it would be a great new force that could complete the Great Commission, a mission expert stated.
God can bring life to dying churches â Pioneer leader
God is the one who can bring new life to desolate places, including seemingly dead churches, says the leader of the Pioneer network of churches.
Faith groups urged to act together to tackle Africa's water crisis
Africaâs growing water crisis demands leadership and common action among faith groups, said general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in a keynote address for the Third Summit of the Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA).
X-Factor generation values Remembrance Day most, new research reveals
Acts of national remembrance are becoming more significant in schools and for younger people, according to new research published today by Theos, the public theology think tank.
Children should make up own mind about faith, says EA
The Evangelical Alliance says it agrees with the message of a new humanist advertising campaign proclaiming that children should make up their own mind about their beliefs.
Fresh Expressions announces new chairman
David Saunderson is to succeed Sir Christopher Wates as chairman of the Fresh Expressions board from 1 January 2010.