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Northern Ireland Church Victim of Paint Attack
A Methodist Church in the Whitewell area of north Belfast is the latest victim of a series of paint bomb attacks on churches. Rev. Peter Mercer of the Methodist Church in Greencastle called the attack...
African Faith Leader Calls on Developed Nations to Help in Fight Corruption
The general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), Bishop Mvume Dandala, appealed to Canadians put pressure on developed nations that perpetuate corruption in Africa and throughout the developing world. He said that corruption was not simply an African phenomenon...
Church Leaders Call on Prime Minister to Compensate Gulf War Veterans
A group of church leaders, including the Bishop of Norwich and Bishop of Oxford, have written to the Prime Minister urging compensation for thousands of servicemen suffering from "Gulf War Syndrome" after serving in the 1991 war...
Evangelical Alliance Gives Support to New Anti-Abortion Campaign
The Evangelical Alliance is backing a new anti-abortion campaign, which was launched this week on 26 September at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton...
Anglican Church Criticises Legal Protection for Politicians in Nigeria
Nigeria’s politicians were challenged yesterday by Anglican Archbishop Peter Akinola to control their “ostentatious” lifestyle. Rev Akinola called for the nation’s immunity clause which protects the politicians from being prosecuted...
Scottish Academics to Study Role of Religion in Northern Ireland
Academics from Scotland's Aberdeen University will lead a research project into the role of religion in the peace-process in Northern Ireland. The research will include interviews conducted over a two-year period with churches...
Salvation Army Prepared To ‘Respond For As Long As Needed’ To Hurricane Victims
With hundreds of thousands still without basic needs in the Gulf Coast regions in the US, the Salvation Army is stretching its arms wide to provide...
BBC Criticised for Offering Misleading Christian Views on Leading Debate Programme
Premier Christian Media Group and Christianity Magazine have joined forces to call on the BBC to give a clearer definition of the opinions of Christian leaders...
Authors To Defend Books From Being Digitised by Google
It has now been one year since Google unveiled plans to digitise the archives of five of the world's great libraries at Stanford, Michigan and Harvard universities, the New York Public Library and Oxford's Bodleian Library - by 2015. A £110 dream of "organizing the world's information and making it more universally accessible and useful". Google repeatedly claims that their plan for e-libraries will raise awareness and sales of books.
Church of Wales Issues New Pack to Strengthen Spiritual Life
A new teaching pack has been launched by the Church of Wales in an attempt to strengthen the spiritual life and practical commitment to God by parishioners. The ‘Rule of Life’ Teaching Pack material is in both Welsh and English...
World Vision Educates Mission School Teachers in Liberia
World Vision has undertaken a new training programme in public and private mission schools in in Liberia. World Vision, one of the world's leading relief and development agencies, has trained 178 teachers...
Europe's "God TV" Expands to the United States
Europe’s Christian broadcaster GOD TV is scheduled to officially launch in the United States on direct TV on 6 October, 2005. God TV reports that the ‘God Channel’ reaches a potential 270 million viewers in over 200 nations & regions...
Prominent Church Activist Released from Labour Camp
An activist from the underground Protestant church in China has been released after serving two years at a labour camp, according to the US-based China Aid Association...
Kenya’s Church Leaders Accuse Politicians of Lying on Constitution
Church leaders in Kenya have voiced angry criticism against the country's politicians for their conduct in the referendum campaign on the draft constitution. Politicians are accused of distorting and making...
Sri Lanka Parliament to Rule on "Anti-Conversion" Constitutional Amendments
A proposal to make a constitutional amendment in Sri Lanka will be discussed by the national Parliament next week. The 19th Amendment was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in December 2004 and has been...
Café Chain Offers Donation to Salvation Army Homeless Work
EAT, the popular cafe chain, has pledged to donate to The Salvation Army and homeless charity Centrepoint for their work serving the homeless community, for every cup of soup sold...