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Leaders at UN World Summit make Call for Action against Poverty
As the faithful marked day two of a three-day prayer and advocacy campaign to overcome global poverty yesterday, heads of states and governments continued to meet in New York...
Church World Service: Race & Poverty were Factors in Slow Katrina Response
The Executive Director of the Church World Service has come out to support the view that race was a factor in the slow response to Katrina, but adds that issues of poverty must also be taken into consideration...
Christian Peace Campaigner Calls for Inquest into Pinochet Arms Payments
Chris Cole, Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR) has called for an investigation into The Guardian allegations that BAe Systems, Europe's largest defence firm, made secret payments to former Chilean dictator General Pinochet totalling £1million...
National Council of Churches USA Tells Bush Match Words with Actions
The National Council of Churches in the USA has welcomed the speech by US President George Bush this week in which he apologised for the mistakes made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
German Bible Revision Increases Protestant-Catholic Tensions
German Protestants have rejected a joint project to revise the standard German translation of the Bible with the Roman Catholic Church last week, furthering tensions between Protestants and Catholics...
Christians Under-Represented in EU, says Vatican
The Vatican has come out to demand greater representation of Christians in the arrangement of Europe. There are around 368 million Christians living in Europe...
Indonesia to Revise Religious Decree on Establishing Houses of Worship
The Indonesian government recently decided to revise a controversial ministerial decree on the establishment of houses of worship in a bid to curb interfaith violence in the nation with the world's largest population of Muslims...
Christian Aid: Poor have been left Behind as World Leaders Posture
Christian Aid has issued a damning statement on the UN World Summit in which it accuses world leaders of failing the poor and missing out on an 'historic opportunity' to make a real impact...
US Church Leaders Call for Discussion on Race Issues Post-Katrina
US Churches a have called on political leaders this week to take a deeper look at the racial and economic disparities made apparent by Hurricane Katrina. The accusation of government racism has been a hot topic since the storm two weeks ago...
UK Evangelical Council Backs Deposed Brazilian Priests and Bishop
The Church of England Evangelical Council have given support this week to thirty-seven evangelical clergy who have been excommunicated in Brazil. The Evangelical Council...
Akinola Denies Anglican Split on Agenda at Forthcoming Meeting
The outspoken Archbishop of Nigeria, Peter Akinola, has denied reports that the purpose of next month's meeting in Alexandria, Egypt, is to create a formal split into a new African-based Anglican community...
Unicef Joins New Coalition to Tackle Child and Maternal Deaths
As world leaders gathered for this month’s World Summit at the United Nations, an unprecedented coalition of governments and health organisations joined together to highlight the importance of reducing child and maternal deaths as part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...
Caring God's Way
Date: Weds 28 Sept 05
Venue: Waverley Abbey House, Farnham, Surrey
Description:
Every week we may shake hands with someone who has deep hurts - and never know it! All because we fail to spot the signals that people give out when they are hurt or discouraged...
Victorious Church - Weekend with CSW, Release, Open Doors & Jubilee Action
Date: 14th to 16th October 2005 (Fri-Sun)
Venue: Lee Abbey, Devon
Description:
A weekend with Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Release, Open Doors and Jubilee Action. Through these organisations and their work especially with Christians facing persecution...
Harvest Week with Tearfund
Date: 26th to 30th September 2005 (Mon-Fri)
Venue:Lee Abbey, Devon
Description:
Join us for this very special Autumn week at Lee Abbey! This year we are delighted to have Rev Ian Roberts from Tearfund UK as our main speaker. We shall be able to gain fresh...
UN World Summit - Evangelical Leaders Declare New War on Global Hunger
As heads of states & governments gathered in New York at the UN World Summit, top Evangelical leaders called for a “new war against global hunger” at an interfaith prayer service...