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AMI Olympic Outreach Update
Evangelists from all over the world with a heavenly sportsmanship have been engaging in the unseen spiritual battle of evangelism in Athens...
Russian Women cry out for Lutheran Church to practice Equality
Attendants at the 2nd Women’s Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia and Other States (ELCROS) expressed their desire to see a defence of women’s rights in the pastoral service...
Iraq Delegates urge Al-Sadr to end Fighting
Tens of thousands of Christians have fled Iraq where fierce battles have raged on over this week, between American forces and the Mahdi Army militia of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The violence in Najaf, which started on 5th August, has threatened to destabilise the new interim government...
Dozens more Montagnard Christians Emerge from Cambodian Jungle
Dozens more Montagnard Christians, many of them sick and exhausted, have emerged from the Cambodian jungle in recent days after fleeing neighbouring Vietnam, refugee groups said on Monday...
True Love Waits Makes Its Way to the 2004 Olympic Games
True Love Waits, a ministry of LifeWay Christian Resources, will host “An Evening with the Olympians: True Love Waits” in Athens. The event will take place at Dora Stratou Theatre which is located at the base of the Acropolis on Aug 22...
Tens of Thousands of Iraqi Christians Flee En Masse
Forty thousand Iraqi Christians have fled Iraq since a wave of church bombings killed up to 15 people two weeks ago, the Iraq's displacement and migration minister, Pascale Isho Warda confirmed...
Intense Grieving Follows Burundi Massacre
Thousands of grieving people attended a grim funeral service on Monday after Hutu extremists slaughtered more than 160 Congolese Tutsi refugees at a U.N. camp in Burundi...
Christians Celebrate Judgment on Anti-Conversion Law
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has given judgment on a proposed Anti-Conversion Bill that has been seen as a great victory not only for CSW and Christians, but also for many other Sri Lankan minority religions...
Extraordinary Cave Findings open the door to History of John the Baptist
Dr Shimon Gibson, a British Archaelogist, has discovered a cave west of Jerusalem with a ritual baptism pool, rock carvings and pottery, after five years of excavation in Israel and the Occupied Territories...
WCC’s Executive Committee to meet in Korea for First Time
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet in Seoul, Korea from 24th – 27th August 2004. The life of the churches and the ecumenical movement in the country will be the focus for discussions...
IAMS meeting - Understanding the Integrity of Mission Today
The International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS) meeting, which was entitled "The Integrity of Mission in the Light of the Gospel-Bearing the witness of the Spirit,", ended last week in Port Dickson, Malaysia...
Nigerian Anglican Primate tells AYF to set up "Living Faith"
The Primate of all Nigeria's Anglican Communion, Rev J Akinola, gave a keynote address for the opening of the 47th Annual Bible Study Conference of the Anglican Youth Fellowship...
An Update on the Persecution of Christians in China
A Christian persecution watchdog group is urging the release of Chinese Christians who have been victims of the most recent crackdowns. While international outcries have led to the release of many imprisoned believers, the Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) reports...
Southern Baptist's send Disaster Relief Units in response to Hurricaine Charley
A total of 175 Southern Baptist disaster relief units may be activated in response to Hurricane Charley over the next few weeks...
UN Computer Game Educates on World Hunger
The rich-poor divide in the world may seem to be getting larger in today's society, however in the virtual world it is about to shorten. The World Food Programme (WFP) has invented a video game to educate youngsters about hunger...
Pope joins in mass at Lourdes
Pope John Paul finished an emotional visit to Lourdes yesterday by completing a sermon which encouraged many other suffering people around him. The crowd of approximately 200,000 gathered to listen to the pope’s words on the banks of the Gave River...