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US President Bush Attends Worship at State-Sanctioned Church in China

US President Bush concluded the first day of his two-day visit to China with a stop to a state-sanctioned Protestant church in Beijing. Though Bush made an overt statement on religious liberty...

Church of England Head set for Historic Pakistan Tour

The Church of England head, Rev Dr Rowan Williams is to undertake an historic visit of Pakistan next week, in what he says is a vital period for the devastated country. Having just closed the eighth Church of England General Synod...

Youthwork Conference Gives Boost to Christian Youth Leaders

Speakers at the Youthwork Conference over the weekend have been encouraging hundreds of young Christian youth leaders in the difficult task of nurturing faith in young believer and non-believers. The Youthwork Conference, organised by the Youthwork partnership...

U.N. General Assembly Adopts Resolution on North Korean Human Rights

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution expressing for the first time deep concern about human rights situations in North Korea...

Hindu Militants Threaten to Burn Christian Converts in India

Extremist Hindu militants have threatened to kill over 60 new converts to the Christian faith in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh unless they agree to convert back to Hinduism...

Religious Freedom Group Releases Photo Evidence of Vietnamese Christian Torture

A religious freedom, human rights organisation has released photographs last week supporting evidence of torture of Christian minorities in Vietnam by the government. Freedom House’s Centre for Religious Freedom...

Egyptian Pastors Prepare for National Training Conference

The All Egypt Pastors Conference, which takes place in Alexandria from 21 to 24 November, aims to equip pastors in bringing the message of the Gospel to non-Christian leaders in the community such as members of...

Lutherans, Catholics Look to 500th Year of Reformation

Lutherans and Roman Catholics may centre their next round of ecumenical talks on the reformation and its impact on contemporary Christianity. According to the Evangelical Lutheran Church...

Glasgow Faith Survey Highlights Council-Faith Group Tensions

A new report by a group of academics at Edinburgh University, reveals the tensions between faith groups and local government. The report, Faith Communities and Local Government in Glasgow: 2005...

Lambeth Palace Releases Official Response to Letter Attacking Archbishop Williams

Lambeth Palace has officially responded to criticism that the Dr Williams has received from Primates regarding his leadership over the issue of homosexuality...

Warren, Kirby to Share Experiences in New Christian Leadership Programme

Andy Peck, the famous UK Christian author and editor, will soon be launching a new radio programme later this month, featuring top Christian leaders sharing their experiences and advice on leadership. The new programme will be entitled ‘The Leadership File’...

Lambeth Palace Makes Official Response to Archbishop Attack Letter

Lambeth Palace has officially responded to the extreme criticism that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has received by Primates regarding his leadership of the Anglican Communion over the issue of homosexuality...

New Starfield Album 'To Be Content Whatever the Circumstances'

Hailing from Canada and adopting its name from Bruce cockburn's 1976 song, "Lord of the Starfields", Starfield have made a name for themselves since they emerged on the international marketplace with their self-titled 2004 album on Sparrow. Like another Sparrow group, Switchfoot, the band revolve around two brothers called Tim and Jon. In this case it's the brothers Neufield. Together with bassist Shaun Huberts and drummer John Andrews, who are 'fusing their talents and mission to chall