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Churches Pray for Baptist World Congress on BWA Day
Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Day is set on the first Sunday of February. This year, Baptists worldwide are being encouraged to support the day on 6th February. 2005 is a special year in Baptist history...
Appeal Delayed for Vietnamese Christian Leaders
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court has announced a delay in the appeal of two detained Mennonite church leaders convicted in November. According to U.K.-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide...
Bush Reaffirms His Dedication to Traditional Values
Although political assessments of President George W. Bush's fourth State of the Union address was widely divided among party lines, reviews from the Christian evangelical and pro-family front were overwhelmingly positive and encouraging...
Baptists & Methodists to Focus on Mission Celebrating New Covenant Partnership
On 5th February, Baptists and Independent Methodists in Britain will celebrate together their new covenant partnership that comes onto effect as the Lunar New Year begins. It is a chance for both churches...
Faithworks sees Kennedy call for Greater Trust in Faith Groups
Liberal Democrat leader, Charles Kennedy has spoken out during the first of a series of lectures for the Faithworks group. He expressed that fundamentalist groups should not drive local councils into distrusting...
Opponents to Gay Marriage Legislation Step-Up Campaign in Canada
Earlier this week protests against Canada's plans to legalise gay marriage moved up a level as mass rallies and half a million leaflets were printed by opponents to the proposals...
Mandela Urges the Rich to Free the World from Poverty
The respectable Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nelson Mandela yesterday spoke in London's Trafalgar Square after he was invited by the UK-based anti-poverty campaign "Make Poverty History"...
Photo News: Mandela Challenges Londoners to Fight against Poverty
On 3rd February, thousands of people packed into London's Trafalgar Square at noon to listen to the speech from the Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela. The passion of Mandela moved the hearts...
Christian Aid Criticises Unjust Economy in Post-War Iraq
While a new era of politics in Iraq will emerge after the democratic national election, Christian Aid yesterday raised its concerns over Iraq’s missing billions from the government funds...
Evangelical Elected as Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
As widely expected, a conservative evangelical has been elected as the next Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. The Rev Dr Harry Uprichard pledged to conserve the Biblical tradition in the Church for evangelical purposes...
France's Evangelical Movement Hindered by Bureaucratic System
In France, a predominately Catholic country, evangelical churches and Protestants are encountering growing difficulties to present their voice and confirm their positions in the secularised society...
Salvation Army & World Methodist Council Meet Under Common Wesleyan Heritage
United in one Wesleyan heritage, members of the Salvation Army’s International Doctrine Council and representatives of the World Methodist Council met at the Methodist Lake Junaluska campus in North Carolina, USA...
Calls for Action over Darfur Violence to Move Fast after UN Report
The recent report released by the United Nations (UN) on 1st February has cleared the claim of genocide in Dafur, Sudan. However, the calls for further actions over Darfur's deadlock are soaring...
Evangelical Groups Warn Religious Hate Law Threatens Free Speech
The Religious Hate Law introduced by the British Home Secretary David Blunkett in November 2004 is being widely criticised by evangelicals, religious organisations, journalists, lawyers, human rights campaigners, MPs and even secularists...
Mandela to Rally World on Debt Relief in London
Thursday 3rd February marked a remarkable day for Britain’s continued effort in world debt relief. The Nobel Prize winner, former South Africa president Nelson Mandela spoke to a crowd of 10,000 at London’s Trafalgar Square...
Vietnamese Christian Leaders' Final Appeal Delayed
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court has announced a delay in the appeal of two detained Mennonite church leaders convicted in November for "inciting people to obstruct officials from carrying out their duties."