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CSW Backs 1200km Walk from UN HQ to Vatican for Peace in Eritrea
Two Eritrean brothers, Tekle and Samuel Gebregiorgis, are walking on a 1200km march from Geneva to the Vatican city, to highlight the critical state of human rights in Eritrea, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has informed...
IBS Promotes Bible-Reading among Children in Latin America
The International Bible Society (IBS), in partnership with Compassion International, have launched a four-year children’s Bible-reading initiative in Latin America. It is expected to benefit more than 100,000 children...
New Lausanne Leadership Meeting in Hong Kong Addresses Global Evangelisation
The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation’s (Lausanne) International Leadership Team is meeting in Hong Kong this week. This is the first time the new leadership has met face to face since its election in Thailand in 2004...
African Leaders Call for Debt Relief for All African Countries
Six African leaders held meetings on 19th June 2005 in Abuja, Nigeria. The main topic of the meeting was debt cancellation for all African countries. In the joint statement all leaders praised the decision of G8 finance ministers...
Leading UK Evangelicals Appeal to US President Bush for Action on World Poverty
The Evangelical Alliance UK (EAUK) together with 19 key evangelical leaders in Britain have written a formal letter to President Bush, appealing for actions to be taken on world poverty...
Archbishop Williams Stresses Expansion of Theological Education at Anglican Council
As one of the agendas on the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) meeting in Nottingham, England yesterday, theological education was highlighted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams to the audience...
Open Doors UK Announces New Director for Fight Against Christian Persecution
After serving six years as Chief Executive Officer at Release International, Eddie Lyle will take up his new position to head Open Doors UK, a Christian persecution charity based in Oxfordshire. Release International...
CSW & Jubilee Campaign Attend Press Conference on Burma Genocide & Chemical Weapons
John Bercow MP will chair a press conference with Guy Horton in Jubilee Room, House of Commons on 23 June at 11am. Lord David Alton and Dr. Martin Panter, International President of Christian Solidarity Worldwide...
Evangelical Alliance Head: Seek Truth as a Guide at ACC Meeting
The 13th Anglican Consultative Council meeting commenced on 19th June with a Eucharist in St Peter’s Church, Nottingham, celebrated by representatives...
Vatican Sends Senior Cardinals to Moscow to Ease Catholic-Orthodox Relations
The Vatican has deployed an envoy of senior officials to visit Moscow on a four-day trip. The move comes amid increasing tensions between the Russian Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches. The visit to Russia will see...
Christian Detainees Released in Saudi Arabia
New hope has arisen for Religious Freedom in Saudi Arabia as Christian prisoners from East Africa have been released after a one month long arrestment for leading a private Christian worship service in Riyadh...
Southern Baptists Flood Nashville with Evangelistic Events in America
Thousands of Southern Baptists across the US gathered Saturday at the Gaylord Entertainment Centre in Nashville for Crossover 2005 - one of the denomination’s largest evangelistic efforts in history...
Huge Evangelical Centre for Tourists Scheduled for Israel
Hoping to attract a million Christian evangelical tourists per year to northern Israel, the nation's finance minister spoke of plans for an Evangelical centre "mega project" to be built by the shores of the Sea of Galilee...
Pro-Lifers Rage as British Scientists Unveil Stem-Cell Children Produced from Gay Partners
A study is to be presented Monday 20th June in Copenhagen by British scientists indicating how lab-created ova and sperm could be used to allow any couple, heterosexual or homosexual to produce children...
World Anglicans Gather in Nottingham Expecting Homosexuality Debate
The world’s Anglican leaders on Sunday gathered in Nottingham, UK, for a critical 10-day meeting on the unity, future and direction of the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), held every two or three years...
Final Round of Lebanese Election Victorious for Anti-Syrian Opposition
The final round of the Parliamentary election in Lebanon took place yesterday in the northern region on 19th June 2005 and it resulted in a victory for the anti-Syrian coalition led by Saad Hariri...