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Indonesian Christian Leaders Call for Calm as Police Probe School Girl Killings

Religious Leaders in Indonesia have been trying to resist the rising tension between Christians and Muslims since three young Christians were beheaded on Saturday. The Chairman of the Indonesian Communion of Churches...

World Vision UK Retains 'Investor In People' Award

Christian relief and development agency World Vision UK has announced that it has retained its status with the prestigious ‘Investors in People’ (IIP) award. The reassessment process involved a review of the organisations...

Word of God Spreads Rapidly in Ethiopia Despite Increased Tensions

Tensions are continuing to rise in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa this week, but in the midst of this chaos the Bible Society has reported that the demand for God’s word is rapidly increasing in the region...

Wales Set for Church Revival in New Evangelical Enterprise

The Evangelical Alliance has announced its latest drive to re-ignite church growth in Wales. The new enterprise by the EAUK will look to bring about Church-life back to the formerly Christian-rich country...

British Library and Microsoft To Digitise 100,000 Books

Microsoft and the British Library today announced a strategic partnership to digitise 25 million pages of content from the Library's collections in 2006, with a long term commitment to digitise still more in the future...

Rowan Williams Meets with ECUSA’s Bishop Robinson in Urgent Anglican Talks

The spiritual Head of the Anglican Communion, Dr Rowan Williams has held a meeting yesterday with Bishop Gene Robinson, from the diocese of New Hampshire, ECUSA...

Faith Representatives Criticise BBC for Anti-Religious Attitude

Prominent members of various faiths have put forward criticisms to the Lords select committee currently reviewing religion in the BBC. The Rev. Joel Edwards accused...

Anglican Communion Names “Listening Process” Facilitator

The General Secretary of the Anglican Communion, the Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, has appointed the Rev. Canon Philip Groves as the new facilitator for the "Listening Process"...

Freddie Kofi Wins Best Male at GEM Awards

Freddie Kofi was among the winners at Saturday night's GEM Awards in Birmingham, scooping Best Male. Other winners included Niki Carless for Best Female and Kingdom Choir for Best Album. Performing artists included The Band With No...

Thousands of Tribal People Rally in Support of NTM in Venezuela

Last week, thousands of tribal people in Venezuela gathered for a rally to demonstrate support for a mission group after the nation’s president ordered that group to leave the country. In Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela, nearly 3,000...

Christian Ministry to Operate Orphanage, School in Ethiopia

A Christian children ministry will begin operating an orphanage and school in the northwestern region of Ethiopia starting next month. Blessing the Children International will officially begin managing “Kamashi Orphanage and School” in Ethiopia’s...

Vietnam Officials Secretly Adopt Government Strategy to 'Fight Religion'

Christian faith is now under threat as officials in tribal areas of Vietnam have allegedly adopted strategies to “fight religion,” according to a document found by a human rights group. Freedom House’s Centre for Religious Freedom...

Lausanne Hosts American Consultation on Role of Churches in HIV/AIDS Pandemic

Lausanne will host the North American Consultation on the role of the church in solving the HIV/AIDS pandemic for the first time this month. On Nov. 10th, one day prior to the world’s largest medical missions conference, the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation...