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Church Attacks in India lead to Twelve Arrests

Orissa, East India: Twelve people have been arrested by the Indian Authorities for attacking a church last Thursday. Those arrested consisted of Christians as well as Hindus, although official reports of the detainees has not been released yet...

UK Expresses Sorrowful Prayer to Russian Victims

The first Sunday Service in September was held under the gloom of the painful school siege horror in Russia. While the small Russian town of Beslan began burying those who died in the event, many in the UK, including the Royal Family attended special memorial services...

Just10 Preparations Continue with London Prayers

The next massive mission initiative in London - Just10 South London - will start from 13th September. Churches in South London will prepare for the event...

Women Priest may take the Lead in the Church

The debate over women priesthood in the Church of England has been reignited as new figures show that more women than men will be ordained to priesthood next year for the first time in the history...

Over 200 Dead After Russia Hostage Crisis

World leaders sent messages of support and sympathy to Russia after a 53-hour hostage crisis led to the deaths of more than 200 people—dozens of which were children...

Sudan says it has complied with UN Peace resolution

The Sudanese government stated on Thursday that it had largely complied with the United Nation’s demands despite the UN’s own chief Kofi Annan expressing his discontent that most militia still have not been disarmed...

Refugee Conditions in Darfur Worsening, CWS Urges for More Action

Despite massive food and relief aid efforts currently underway by humanitarian and relief agencies, more people in the Darfur region of Sudan are at risk of imminent starvation and death from disease...

Lambeth Commission to recommend Exclusion of the ECUSA from Anglican Communion

The worldwide Anglican Communion may be about to punish the Episcopal Church in America, by excluding them from the communion as a penalty for ordaining a homosexual bishop...

Book ridicules Bush’s Theological Stance in US Administration

A retired theology professor, Joseph Martos has poured scorn on American President George Bush by declaring that he isn’t doing a very good job of following the precepts in the Bible...

LWF President reveals his hope for the World in “Growing Together”

To around 170 participants including 100 Lutheran church representatives from all over the world, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Bishop Mark S. Hanson gave the keynote address to the LWF General Council...

Christian Ministry affected by the taking of 400 Hostages in Russia

More than a dozen militants wearing suicide-bomb belts seized a southern Russian school in a region bordering Chechnya on Wednesday, taking hostage about 400 people -- half of them children -- and threatening to blow up the building if police attempted to storm it...