Andrew Clark
Tensions Mount in Fragile Netherlands’ Religious Community
Netherlands’ Christian community faced a series of attacks this past week, as church after church has been targeted by arsonists. Recently two churches were nearly burned to the ground in the latest collection of attacks, which have followed the murder of a controversial Dutch filmmaker police reported yesterday...
Catholic Priest begins UK Speaking Tour amidst Death Threat
A Colombian Catholic priest, who is also a world renowned human rights advocate, will soon begin a speaking tour of the UK. Father Javier Giraldo is constantly under death threats because of his 25 years of constant efforts...
15th Annual International Christian Human Rights Conference
The 2004 International Christian Human Rights Conference has seen more than 1,000 delegates attend. The conference which is sponsored by Premier Christian Radio, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and Release International...
Catholics speak out against ‘Rich Poverty’
Caritas, the Italian section of the leading international Catholic charity has re-iterated its warning that there may be a risk of increasing social unrest. The warning comes from figures released that state that 7 million live below the breadline...
WCC General Secretary’s Latin America Tour moves to Brazil to discuss Poverty
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Rev Samuel Kobia continued on his Latin America tour recently with a visit to Brasilia, the Brazilian capital on 5th November 2004. The he met with the Brazilian vice-president, José Alencar...
Church Society call for Windsor Report to be dismissed
The Church Society has heavily condemned the recently released Windsor Report on homosexuality. The conservative group within the Anglican Communion released a statement saying that it was “bitterly disappointed”, and called on leaders to scrap the report...
Salvation Army Open New International HQ in London
The Salvation Army will officially open its brand new, state-of-the-art premises today, 9th November 2004, on the original site which was acquired by the organisation’s founder, William Booth in 1881. The building will be opened by UK’s Princess Royal...
Rebecca St. James releases New Book and sets Europe Tour
Rebecca St. James, the multi-million selling Grammy winner has launched her new book entitled "SHE" on November 1st...
Christian Family flee from Death Threats in Pakistan
A whole Christian family in Pakistan has been forced to flee their home and move to a private location, after their daughter received numerous death threats by people claiming that she had desecrated the Qu’ran. The Justice and Peace Commission reported that the family was told of “terrible consequences”...
Windsor Report Reaction Group Release First Details
After the Windsor Report was released last month on 18th October, the Archbishop of Canterbury appointed a group to tackle the worldwide response to the document. The group have just released the first details of its much-awaited reception process...
WCC’s Kobia proposes Ecumenical Agenda for Bolivian churches
The general secretary for the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev Samuel Kobia has put forward a number of issues for the Bolivian ecumenical agenda. The WCC representative suggested discussion on the following...
Report may lead to Women Bishops by 2009
The Church of England has admitted that the first women bishops could be ordained by the end of the decade if the proposals put forward by a new report are implemented. The report is the result of a three-year study headed by Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester...
ELCA offers Prayers for Re-Elected Bush
The presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Rev Mark S. Hanson, who leads the 5-million member ELCA community has offered his “commitment to all who have been elected and in particular to President George W Bush.”
WCC writes to US member Churches regarding Presidential Elections
The WCC general secretary, Dr Samuel Kobia has written to the WCC members in their USA member churches in relation to the US presidential election race...
Bush Re-elected for 2nd Term as US President
George Bush gained a historical victory in the race for American presidency after a long night of counting votes on November 3rd 2004. Much speculation arose of the victory late last night...
Bringing the Gospel from Korea to Middle East
While many have lost their hope in the future of Christianity in Iraq, claiming that Iraqi Christians will come to extinction next year, the history of salvation of God is still advancing through some Korean missionaries. Continued violence targeted at Christians in Iraq has driven a mass exodus of 40,000 Christians to neighbouring countries such as Jordan and Syria...