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Forty Christians Arrested in Saudi Arabia Raid
Forty foreign Christians have been arrested for proselytising after police raided a clandestine church in Saudi Arabia's suburban Riyadh, reports have stated last week. Lt. Col. Saad al-Rashud, who heads a wide-ranging security campaign in the capital...
New Hope Arises for Christian Dalits in India
Great hope for a greater dignity to be given to the low Indian society of Dalits has risen after an historic meeting of Christian ministry and Indian civil rights leaders. Last week, Samuel Thomas, representative of...
Mandela to lead '46664 Arctic' Concert Against HIV/AIDS
Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa will take part in the HIV/AIDS charity concert called '46664 Arctic' in the Norwegian town of Tromsoe on June 11, to point out the worldwide influence of the killer epidemic...
Methodist Conference 2005 could Unite Anglican-Methodist Churches
Preparations for the Methodist Conference 2005, which will be held on 24-30 June in Torquay - UK, are now in full-scale. The conference will discuss issues regarding the relationship between the Anglican Church and the Methodist Church...
Pro-lifers Hail Decision of Council of Europe to Reject Euthanasia
The Council of Europe has rejected a draft resolution on "assistance to patients at the end of life", in report submitted by Swiss liberal Dick Marty during the plenary session in Strasbourg of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)...
Arrested Americans to have May Court Appearance in Malaysia
Two American Protestants still remain under arrest in Putrajaya, the capital of Malaysia for the distribution of Christian literature. They were ordered to be held in custody for two weeks by the local court...
WEC "Operation World" Resource to Support Strategic Prayer for Global Mission
The production for the new edition of Operation World is now ready to begin. Operation World is an encyclopaedic prayer manual which sets a year-round prayer schedule for every country around the world..
Churches Unite to Disarm Brazil under WCC Backing
An initiative to get weapons and offensive weapons off the streets has continued in Brazil after a request was made during a meeting between Brazilian Vice President José Alencar Gomes da Silva and the World Council of Churches (WCC)...
UCB Radio Launches UK’s First Ever Mobile Phone Christian Ministry
On Sunday 1st May, a brand new mobile phone Christian ministry has been launched in the UK by the United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) - a leading Christian radio in the UK and Europe. It has inspired many Christians to bring the Gospel closer to their daily lives...
Jesus and People Like Us
The book talks about the story of Jesus and relationship with his disciples that were walking and following him on his three year journey of faith. It is a powerful and exceptional Christian book that is almost impossible to put down...
Archbishop Williams Encourages Christian Aid on 60th Anniversary Service
Christian Aid, an agency of churches in the UK and Ireland, celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the 77-million strong Anglicans around the globe...
Methodist Lesbian Minister Wins Appeal to be Reinstated
Irene Elizabeth Stroud has won her appeal against the ruling to defrock her last year in December for she confessed that she was a "self-avowed, practicing lesbian." A regional appeals panel that consists of five United Methodist church ministers...
Baptist New Home Mission Campaign to Extend to All Churches
Recently a new Home Mission campaign has been launched by the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) at its annual Assembly last week, and is called "Every Church is a Home Mission Church"...
'Just Peace' Documentary Film gives Hope to Sudanese Children
Short, 24-minute documentary film 'Just Peace' about Sudanese children caught up in the long civil war, emphasizing the thirst and importance of education, was released by aid agencies to show that Sudan's story is not just about the story of violence in Darfur...
Number of Christian Jews in Israel Doubles to 10,000
In Israel, the number of Christian Jews, known as Messianic Jews, has doubled in size to about 10,000 due to recent immigration waves, according to Messianic leaders and evangelism opponents...
Vietnam Releases Tortured Mennonite Church Bible Teacher
The 21-year-old Sunday School Bible teacher Le Thi Hong Lien of the Mennonite Church was released by the Vietnamese authorities on Thursday 28th April as part of an amnesty for the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War celebrated today...