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WARC Agrees to Closer Relationship with Reformed Ecumenical Church
The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) took a “momentous” step on Friday as it agreed to deepen its relationship with the Reformed Ecumenical Church (REC)...
Sri Lanka Christians Call for Worldwide Prayers for Love & Faith amid Persecutions
The Jubilee Campaign has united with partner organisations in Sri Lanka to call for Christians around the world to join them in prayer for religious freedom of the country today. Christians from across the country...
Christian Ministries in Russia Worry Militant Attacks will Impact Mission
Christian ministries are concerned that violence will impact their work after militants struck the city of Nalchik, Russia last week. Sergey Rakhuba, the Vice President of Russian Ministries reported that the local...
World Evangelical Alliance Opens New IT Centre
The World Evangelical Alliance recently opened a Centre of Information Technology in San Francisco, USA in continuing its ongoing efforts to expand its communication...
Catholic Church Looking Abroad for Priests
The steady demise of the priesthood and the falling number of trainee priests have left the Scottish Catholic Church looking abroady to find new recruits. In the last twenty years, the number training has dropped by almost 80 per cent...
Christians Invited to Make Big Impact in Developing World with 'Small Change'
Christians around the world are invited next week to “take out coins from the collection basket” as a symbol of the “big impact” that “small change” can make to those in the developing world. Oikocredit, a financing ministry of the World Council of Churches...
Torrential Rains Hinder Relief Efforts after Pakistan Quake
Relief flights into the Himalayan region of Kashmir – the area most affected by the massive 7.6 quake that killed 38,000 – were halted because of heavy rains Sunday, leaving whole communities and villages inaccessible...
Internet's Growth Spurt Impacting Christianity
According to monitoring firm Netcraft, the web grew by more than 17 million sites, exceeding the fever pitch growth of 2000 when 16 million sites sprouted at its peak...
Christian Aid to Launch Exhibition for Sri Lanka, India Tsunami Remembrance
Christian Aid is set to launch a multi-media exhibition remembering the Asian tsunami on 9th December 2005. "‘Every time I see the sea...’ Life after the Tsunami" will tell how lives...
National Giving Week Aiming to Raise Charity Awareness
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is holding its second National Giving Week, which aims to raise the profile of giving and to encourage the public to give more to charities...
Church of England Synod Elections Disappointing for Liberals
The liberal theologian Marilyn McCord Adams has been defeated by evangelical scholar Oliver O’Donovan in the significant contest of the General Synod elections...
Huge Religious Opposition Revealed at Euthanasia Bill House of Lords Debate
This week has seen huge opposition arise against Lord Joffe’s proposals for euthanasia. Leading bishops and religious leaders have applied such united pressure against the private member’s bill that the euthanasia campaigner has been forced to...
Iraq’s Christians Nervous as Constitution Goes To Vote
It is hoped that many of the more than 15 million registered voters in Iraq turn out today to cast their vote on the new Iraqi draft constitution. Open Doors, however, have voiced concern over the possible threat...
Church World Service Celebrates World Food Day with Call for “Dear Sudan” Campaign
Just 24 hours before World Food Day celebrations begin, Church World Service has called on the world to fight against global hunger by joining in the "Dear Sudan" campaign...
Relief Agencies Prepare to Send Relief to Hurricane-Devastated Guatemala
Relief providers are now in high gear to deliver supplies to regions along the Mexican coast that were affected by Hurricane Stan’s devastation last week, especially Guatemala where at least 500 people were killed by the flood and landslides...
More Australians Marry, But Not in Church
Marriage is back in vogue in Australia, but not church marriages, according to new statistics that show nearly 60 per cent of all marriages being carried out by a marriage celebrant...