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VOM Partners Spread the Gospel to Sudan in the Midst of Volatile Peace
Despite peace being volatile in Sudan after the formation of the peace treaty between Sudan's Khartoum government and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, Christian groups have begun to scatter the seed of the Gospel...
Human Rights Campaigners Fear for Religious Freedom in Vietnam and Eritrea
Vietnamese human rights groups have expressed this week their concerns that the nations on the "countries of particular concern" (CPC) list will be able to dodge sanctions by offering empty promises to improve religious freedom...
Approved Final Route of Separation Barrier Divides Jerusalem and Bethlehem
Earlier this week, the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved the final route of a barrier around Jerusalem. Christian Aid have said though that the route of the barrier is having a devastating effect on Palestinians...
BMS World Mission Call for Action on Poverty in Africa
BMS World Mission yesterday released a statement to comment on the recent findings of the Commission for Africa. The statement, similar to those previously released by other Christian organisations, asked for action to be taken...
Former Korn Star Brian "Head" Welch "Reaches Out"
"I had nothing to lose. I remember lying in bed, thinking, 'Take me home, Lord.' But he helped me through it. He made me the happiest man alive," said Brian "Head" Welch...
Lutherans: Prayer, Financial Support Most Vital for Tsunami Relief
Nearly three month after the catastrophic tsunami in the Indian Ocean, which devastated the South East Asia region and claimed 200,000 lives, aid agencies have been gearing up reconstructing work to...
UN Commission on Human Rights Focus Directed to Papua, Indonesia by WCC
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has stated that its main involvement this year in the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) will be the economic, social and cultural rights of the Papuan population in Indonesia...
ECUSA Agrees to Refrain from Consecrating All Bishops till 2006
The Episcopal Church in the USA (ECUSA) has reported that it will not consecrate any further bishops – heterosexual as well as homosexual – at least until 2006. The announcement came this week after the House of Bishops gathered in Texas, USA...
Christian Aid Criticises New World Bank President Nominee
Yesterday saw the United States nominated Paul Wolfowitz to become the new president of the World Bank. Christian Aid have expressed their great disapproval at the news...
Church Leaders Call for Blair to Back up Africa Report with Action
Church leaders have stood by aid agencies this week by urging the British government to change its stance on international trade after the recent publication of the Commission for Africa Report. The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair...
Atonement Controversy Reignites as Evangelical Alliance Endorses New Basis of Faith
Since the publication of evangelical Steve Chalke's controversial book "The Lost Message of Jesus", an ongoing debate on the meaning of Jesus' crucifixion has begun among UK evangelicals...
LPEA Holds Mendoza Evangelical Festival in Argentina
The Luis Palau Evangelistic Association (LPEA) has held its fifth festival in Mendoza, Argentina on 11-12 March 2005. The huge evangelical event has followed four previously successful gatherings...
Christian Persecution Precedes Anti-Conversion Bill Vote in India
India has seen more anti-Christian violence in Rajasthan – an area where the state government wants to implement an anti-conversion law despite great outcries from the local Christian community...
St Patrick’s Day Remembers Patron Saint who Brought Christianity to Ireland
17th March is St Patrick’s Day, which is widely celebrated in Ireland in memorial of the country’s patron saint. Traditionally, it is said that St Patrick is the first person who brought Christianity to Ireland...
Franklin Graham Launches Huge Evangelistic Effort in Australia
Franklin Graham, son of the world famous American evangelist Billy Graham, is now carrying out a huge evangelistic effort in Australia. Following Festival Tasmania, Graham will now head to Melbourne...
Archbishop of Canterbury Greets ECUSA’s "Constructive" Covenant Statement
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rev Rowan Williams has greeted the Covenant Statement, which was issued on the 15th March by the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America (ECUSA)...