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Oxfam urge UN to bring peace to Uganda

The Civil Society Organisations for Peace in Northern Uganda (CSOPNU) is a coalition consisting of around 40 national and international NGO's from across Uganda. They have united together with the aim of building fair and lasting peace...

Wonsuk Ma: "When The Poor Are Fired Up" - The Role of Pneumatology In Pentecost-Charismatic Mission

"During the one-hundred years of the modern Pentecostal-charismatic movement, it has made many impacts on Christianity in general, but its role in mission is extremely significant. The explosive growth of churches...

China Government Denies Knowledge of Missing Bishop

Government officials and authorities in China have denied knowing anything about the fate of 83-year-old Mgr Shi Enxian from Yixian (Hebei province) - a Bishop in a Chinese underground Church who disappeared four years ago...

Kirsteen Kim: How Do we Know when the Holy Spirit Comes? The Question of Discernment

"When the Apostle Paul stood in front of the Areopagus, he began by connecting with the spirituality of the ancient Athenians, affirming their search for God and the spiritual awareness of their poets...

Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, WCC General Secretary gives Opening Remarks

"First, I wish to extend my profound thanks – and those of the World Council of Churches – to the Church of Greece, as well as the churches of Greece, for their invitation to hold the first mission conference of the new millennium in Athens...

Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and of All Greece gives Welcoming Address

"On behalf of the Orthodox Church of Greece, and at the same time on behalf of all the people of Athens and of all Greece, it is with great joy and fraternal love that I welcome here in Athens all the participants...

WCC World Mission Conference Begins with Call for Reconciliation & Healing

On 10th May in the early morning, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) for all churches across the globe began in Athens, Greece. Over 600 delegates from Protestant, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Evangelical and Orthodox...

Kingdom of Heaven Opens in US at Top of Box Office

The Kingdom of Heaven - a film about the European Crusader's last attempt to retake the Holy Land from Muslim-control - opened last weekend and topped the US box offices and others worldwide...

Canada Anglican Church Delay Gay Marriage Decision Till 2007

A governing body in the Anglican Church of Canada pushed-off a decision on same-sex union blessings until 2007 and suggested the issue was "a matter of doctrine" that should be considered by the entire church...

International Mission Board Request Pray for India

As every year on Pentecost Sunday, the Southern Baptist-International Mission Board (IMB), will devote a day of prayer for souls that have not heard about the good news of the Gospel and salvation through Jesus Christ in India...

WCC World Mission & Evangelism Conference Commences in Athens

The long-awaited Conference on World Mission and Evangelism sponsored by the World Council of Churches (WCC) commences on Tuesday in Athens, Greece. It is expected to draw more than...

European Churches Gather to Discuss Creation of a Sustainable Environment

Last weekend delegates from the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches in Europe gathered in Basel, Switzerland for the 5th Assembly of the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN). The challenge of creating a sustainable environment in Europe...

World Vision Assisting in Flood-Devastated Romania

As heavy flooding, worst in 35 years, hit north-west region of Romania and more than 3 500 people have been displaced in seven counties, mostly at the border with Serbia and Montenegro, World Vision organization is concentrating an emergency relief effort...