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New Study Reveals Religious Conversion Trends in Brazil
A survey about Religious Mobility in Brazil revealed that 24 percent of Brazilians have changed religion at some point in their lives while 69.3 percent have remained faithful to their religion, according to an ecumenical agency...
Franklin Graham Festival Raises Body of Christ in Texas, USA
Overflow crowds of 11,400 filled the arena of the American Bank Centre and two other areas on the final night of the Franklin Graham Festival in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. The South Texas 2005 Franklin Graham Festival...
Malawi Sees Huge Protests over Appointment of Pro-Gay Anglican
The Rev Nicholas Henderson, urbane vicar for Ealing in West London, has been elected to be the next Bishop of Lake Malawi based on his 18-year relationship with the Lake Malawi diocese in the province of Central Africa...
Chinese Christian House Pastor Dies After Life of Mission & Persecution
A beloved house pastor in China has died in a Beijing hospital on 16 August, 2005. Allen Yuan returned to Beijing after the Japanese surrender in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. Yuan continued his mission work...
Pope Reaches Out Across Faiths as World Youth Day Continues
Pope Bendect XVI made a landmark visit to a Jewish Synagogue in Cologne, Germany, host of this year's Catholic World Youth Day, as well as leaders of the Muslim community. The visits come to reach across the faiths...
Lutheran & Methodist Churches Take a Step Closer Towards Full Communion
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the United Methodist Church (UMC) has moved a step closer to full communion. During the ELCA’s assembly held 8-14 August, delegates voted 877 to 60 to approve an interim...
Christian Aid joins Leading Groups in Coalition to Tackle Climate Change
Christian Aid has announced that it has officially joined a climate movement coalition, which is a body set up for political action on climate change. Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Tearfund, Oxfam and CAFOD...
Church Ecstatic as Religious Studies A-Level Entries Increase to New Levels
Religious Studies in the UK has this year become the A-Level subject with the largest increase in entries, according to the 2005 A Level entry and results data published...
Evangelical Alliance Raises Awareness of Risks to Human Society
The Evangelical Alliance has aligned itself with leading Christian charities that have expressed their fears over the ethical implications of new cloning and IVF treatment technology currently being developed...
Religious Leaders Share Hope for Peace After Gaza Move
Religious leaders have been divided over the forced withdrawal of Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip and a number of West Bank settlements, but recent reports have indicated that they are becoming more united...
Episcopal Church Congregations Appeal to Rowan Williams in Gay Bishop Row
Six congregations in America have appealed directly to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams regarding the views of their bishops towards the consecration of gay clergy. The head of the Anglican Communion...
Pope Addresses Young Pilgrims at World Youth Day
Pope Benedict XVI made a low key entrance to his “beloved” native Germany on Thursday as he cruised the Rhine to thousands of cheering young Roman Catholics who lined the banks...
Anglican Bishop Breaks Ranks Over Civil Partnerships, Evangelicals Stand Firm
The Bishop of Worcester, Dr Peter Selby, has announced his decision to disassociate himself with the views expressed in the House of Bishops statement on the Civil Partnership Act...
Christian Charities Fear for Fathers in Fertility Review
Christian Charities have expressed fears that the role of the father is in danger following an announcement this week UK fertility laws would be reviewed. The review could make it easier for single women and lesbians...
Christian Aid Backs New Mass Lobby by Make Poverty History for Trade Justice
Make Poverty History and the Trade Justice Movement (TJM) announced on 19 August that campaigners will stage a mass lobby of Parliament calling for trade justice, on 2 November 2005...
Salvation Army Appeals to World for India Tsunami-Flood Relief
The Salvation Army has been working tirelessly in the aftermath of the devastation caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami on Boxing Day 2004. The Christian organisation has also highlighted the greater plight...