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St Andrew's Day Celebrations backed by Churches
A member of the Scottish Parliament is bidding to make St Andrew's Day a national holiday...
Leading Newspaper rebukes Evangelical Alliance's views on Chalke
One of the UKs leading denominational newspapers, the Baptist Times has raised its concerns over the recent statement made by the Evangelical Alliance...
Natural Leadership Retreat
Date: 9th - 10th December
Venue: Waverley Abbey House, Farnham, Surrey
Description: Both Christian and non-Christian managers and professionals are welcomed to join the retreat...
Unjust Ukraine Election Sparks Christian Concern
Ukraine’s social and political harmony has been greatly threatened after last week’s disputed presidential vote. Not only have European countries and world political leaders shown their concern about the crisis...
Calls for Blasphemy Laws to be Repealed
Many calls have been made recently for the ancient blasphemy laws to be repealed, after the government announced new plans to outlaw incitement to religious hatred. Some have expected the repealing of the law, which only applies to Christianity – to be announced in the Queen’s speech last week...
Switzerland Endorses Stem Cell Research
Yesterday, in Switzerland, a vote passed legislation on stem cell research. The law will allow scientists to extract stem cells from unwanted embryos to use in research into diseases...
Mexico Becoming a Less Faith-Oriented Nation According to Survey
MEXICO CITY - A recent survey conducted by the World Values Survey, which took place in 81 countries shows that Mexico, like several other countries, is growing in number of people who stop practicing religion...
Protestant Church in Netherlands to Grant ''Blessings'' to Gay Couples
Dutch Protestant church leaders have tilted to more liberal views in recent decades in an attempt to keep pace with society. Six months after the merging of Netherland's...
Williams' Letter expresses concern for Anglican Language against Homosexuals
The Archbishop of Canterbury has rebuked extreme conservative Anglicans who were hostile towards homosexuals during the recent debate over homosexual...
New U2 Album expresses Christian Theology
The new U2 album has been reviewed as lyrically the most “conspicuously Christian record U2 has released” since their 2nd album ‘October’. The latest album was released last week in the UK...
Worldwide Internet Evangelism Day planned for April 2005
A Worldwide Internet Evangelism Day (IED) has been arranged for 24th April 2005. The event, arranged by an evangelistic group of ministries, churches and individuals...
Mercy Ships’ West Africa Mission Heals Hundreds
The US-based global charity Mercy Ships sent the Anastasis to Cotonou, Benin, West Africa earlier this month to carry out its mission. The outreach has proved to be successful so far. An estimated 5,000 people waited in line throughout the day hoping to be selected for free surgery onboard the Mercy Ship...
Call for International Pressure on Kosovo’s Restrictive Religious Law Draft
A new draft religion law in Kosovo has created fears that ambiguities in the law could lead to its being used against religious minorities, especially Christians...
Anglican General Secretary addresses the Pope
Rev Canon John L. Peterson will conclude his ministry as the General Secretary of the Anglican Communion at the end of 2004, and prior to this he has written a letter to the Pope, John Paul II to express his appreciation for the close ecumenical dialogue...
Goats and Chickens as Christmas Gifts?!
In less than a month's time, Christmas will come. As people go shopping and suffer from headache in choosing a Christmas present for their loved ones, the UK-based charity Oxfam has offered a creative alternative through the launch of Oxfam Unwrapped.
Oxfam Unwrapped is a scheme that aims at making a chance for people and their loved ones to devote themselves to charitable work amid the glorious season's tide. People can simply buy gift vouchers which represent some unu
Iran Condemned for Harassment of Media, NGOs and Christians
In light of increasing arrests and harassment of journalists and members of religious minorities in Iran, the EU has formally launched a protest...