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First Virtual Dialogue to Address Asian Tsunami
Approaching the one month anniversary of the catastrophic tsunami in South East Asia, some groups and aid agencies are going to meet in cyberspace for interactive dialogue...
Evangelicals Urge Greater Transparency in Church Appointments
The Church of England newspaper has revealed a new proposal suggested by a private group of conservative evangelicals which aims to end the secrecy over church appointments...
Churches Challenge Over-Stressed Education System on Education Sunday
Observed by churches and education institutions in England & Wales for over a 100 years, Education Sunday will be celebrated on 23 January as a national & ecumenical day of prayer for everyone in the world of education...
Evangelical Christian Schools Failing to Reach Tolerance Targets
New reports out this month have indicated that evangelical Christian schools are not being as successful as other religious faith schools in promoting tolerance and respect for other cultures and faiths...
"One Church a Week" Closes amid Declining Worshippers
Once being a country with strong Christian heritage, England is now threatened by the prediction saying that church closure will reach "more than one per week" in a few years, reported the BBC...
Iraqi Archbishop Deeply Reflects on Life & Peace after Release from Captors
The Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul spoke of his deep reflection one day after he has released from the kidnappers...
New Dutch Bible Translation Endorsed by Thousands of Churches
Since the launch of the new interconfessional Dutch translation of the Bible in last October, the Bible has been widely endorsed by churches in the Netherlands. Special copies of the new Bible were presented to some 2,500 churches across the country ...
Spain Catholic Church Retracts Condom Use as Anti-AIDS Strategy
While the world has been surprised by the liberation of the traditional Catholic Church on the use of condoms, the Spanish Catholic Church publicly retracted the declaration on Wednesday night after the intervention from the Vatican...
President Bush Inaugural Speech Focuses on God Given Freedom
Following the long-held tradition of American presidential history, President George W. Bush began his inaugural day with a prayer service with his family, Thursday, January 20, 2005 ...
Church of England Stands Firm against Euthanasia
The debate over the UK's drafted Mental Capacity Bill has reignited as a House of Lords select committee hears its final day of evidence on the Bill that could allow mercy killings for the terminally ill. The head of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams...
Cooperative, Coordinated Efforts Speed Up Tsunami Relief Work
Members of a global alliance of churches and related agencies in Indonesia are carrying out their response to the Dec. 26 quake-tsunami disaster in cooperation with established local church and secular organisations in Banda Aceh ...
Moderate and Liberal Christians Urge Bush to Push for Middle East Peace
Dozens of Christian leaders from mostly moderate to left-leaning denominations signed onto a letter, urging President Bush to rededicate himself to the establishment of Middle East Peace, January 21, 2005 ...
British Charities Tsunami Appeal Breaks World Record
On 20th January, the Guinness World Records announced that the response from the British public to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Tsunami Earthquake Appeal broke a World Record...
Archbishop of Cape Town Urges Africa to Set its Agenda for Future
The Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndugane, the Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, encouraged Africa to set its own agenda for the future ...
Newspaper's Misinterpretation on Archbishops' Faith Criticised
Triggered by a shocking headline on one of the UK’s leading newspapers, many doubted the faith of the head of the 77 million member worldwide Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury...
WCC's Ecumenical Voice to be Presented at World Social Forum
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is going to participant in the 5th World Social Forum taking place on 26-31 January in Porto Alegre, Brazil...