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Human Rights Watchdogs Urge Bush to Promote Religious Freedom in Vietnam
The Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai commenced a visit to the US on Sunday 19th June 2005 on a four-city tour. Many human rights watchdogs are urging President Bush to highlight the human rights and religious freedom issues
Methodist Churches across Britain to Hold Poverty Services for G8 Summit
To mark the importance of the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 6th July, Methodist Churches across the UK will give simultaneous services on the morning of Saturday 2nd July, a statement has announced...
Evangelicals Reignite Debate to Fend off Britain’s Religious Hatred Bill
On the brink of the second reading of the controversial Religious Hatred Bill in the British Parliament on Tuesday 21st June, evangelicals have stepped up their protest against the re-introduction of the Government’s forceful proposal...
Christians Across the Globe to Take Part in World Refugee Day
World Refugee Day commences on June 20 and Christian organisations from around the world are preparing to celebrate the courage, resiliency and contributions of refugees across the globe. ..
Rowan Williams Relights Anglican Women Bishops & Gay Marriage Schism
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has said that he can see no "theological objections" to a woman leading the Anglican Communion in the future, and also that he believed that many Christians' views on homosexuality
Church Leaders Guide 500,000 in Protest Against Gay Marriage & Adoption in Spain
Madrid has held a huge protest in Spain as Roman Catholic cardinals and leading archbishops led a march against legislation for gay marriage...
Bible Society Working to Reach Out to Broad Public in Lebanon
The Bible Society is taking part in several projects in the Middle East in an attempt to reach out to the broad public and draw their attention to the Bible and Christianity. One of the projects ran in Lebanon...
South Korean Stem-Cell Expert Promises Archbishop of Seoul to Respect Human Dignity
The world’s leading stem-cell expert from South Korea, Hwang Woo-suk, met the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Diocese of Seoul, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk...
Christians Defend Holy Sunday as Stores Bid to Ease Trading Laws
Large high street stores across the country are lobbying for an alteration in the Sunday trading laws. The proposals have been quickly jumped upon by a number of Christian groups, who have denounced the move...
Mary Potter Trust Foundation Launches in Sydney, Australia for Christ
The Mary Potter Trust Foundation has been launched in Sydney, Australia on Thursday 16 June 2005. This private foundation was established in order to provide assistance for contemporary society...
Zambia Church Leader Promotes Condom Use to Fight AIDS
The leader one of Zambia's main Christian church groups is calling for the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS in the southern African nations...
Anglican-Baptist Worldwide Discussions to be Published Showing Growing Cooperation
The ecumenical relationship between Anglicans and Baptists worldwide will soon show its fruit as an account of five years of innovative dialogue Conversations Around the World will be published later this month...
Foreign Protestant Churches in Europe Increases as Reverse Mission is Seen
As huge numbers of refugees from Africa and Asia have immigrated to Europe, the number of immigrant Protestant Churches has also risen in Europe. A phenomenon of a reverse mission is taking place, as Christians...
Purpose-Driven Church to be highlighted at the Baptist World Congress
In just more than one month, the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Centenary Congress is to be held at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Birmingham, England. The three topics are: poverty, prostitution and the Purpose-Driven Church...
Joy Williams' New Single "Hide" Seals No. 1
Single "Hide" is breaking all the records, as it landed atop both Billboard’s Hot Christian Adult Contemporary and Hot Christian Singles and Tracks charts and R&R’s AC Indicator and CHR charts. "Hide" is the single from the new album Genesis released recently by Reunion Records ...
UN's Kofi Annan Calls for Release of Burmese Activist on Her 60th Birthday
United Nations' Secretary-General Kofi Annan has marked the sixtieth birthday of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader & Nobel Peace Prize-winner, by appealing to the Government to end her house arrest...