Andrew Clark

World Council of Churches and Evangelical Church in Germany strengthen ties

Bishop Dr Wolfgang Huber, the chair of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) expressed his “support and solidarity” for the World Council of Churches (WCC) during his visit to Geneva from 22nd to 24th September 2004...

BBC bow to pressure to scrap Offensive Pope Cartoon

The BBC have buckled under pressure to scrap a new cartoon released that seemed to make fun of the Pope following an outcry by Roman Catholics, it was reported. ‘Popetown’, which was a new office comedy set in the Vatican...

‘Network’ Stories cleared up by Lambeth Palace Statement

Lambeth Palace have released a statement in response to the 'Network' rumours and have stated that the term ‘network’ offered just one appropriate model to help to support those dissenting from the Anglican resolution...

World’s first Online Church facing closure this weekend

Church of Fools’ pilot project will end this weekend on Sunday 26th September 2004. The Church of Fools, which is the world’s first 3D place of worship was initially created as a three-month experiment, and was launched at the NCR Exhibition on May 11th...

Ceremony to Celebrate WCC’s Effort in Combating Racism

The World Council of Churches (WCC)Programme to Combat Racism (PCR)is recognised by worldwide ecumenical community. A ceremony will be held on 27th September in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. The ceremony will also be used to honour the programme’s first director, Baldwin Sjollema...

Salvation Army Fights Â£10m Shortfall in Budget

The Salvation Army have recorded a serious decline in membership over recent years, and news of a deficit in the Salvation Army’s annual financial budget has been revealed. It has been reported by the Times newspaper that the Salvation Army encountered a Â£9.6 million shortfall...

World’s Churches join UN to celebrate International Day of Prayer for Peace

The world’s ecumenical communities joined together with the UN for the first time on 21st September 2004 to observe an International Day of Prayer for Peace. Christian leaders gave short broadcast messages...

Religious Conflicts - International Community’s Biggest Challenge

Canadian Prime Minister, Paul Martin has said that religious conflicts were one of the biggest challenges that face the international community today. He gave the statement as he prepared to leave for the UN General Assembly...

United Bible Societies celebrate Past and Future at World Assembly

Recently the United Bible Societies (UBS) World Assembly took place, and the event saw delegates from numerous cultures and languages gather together with the common passion to see the world enriched by the Bible...

Rowan Williams warned by North American Bishop over Homosexual Debate

Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury has been warned that Anglican Bishops in North America will attempt to cut off funds from the Church in Africa if they are disciplined because they supported the election of the gay bishop Gene Robinson...

Spain’s liberal government to approve gay marriage within 2 weeks

It has been rumoured that Spain’s Socialist government will approve homosexual marriage when they convene for a Cabinet meeting on October 1st. This move will continue to outrage Church leaders within the country which is traditionally a Catholic country...

Archbishop Williams seeks reconciliation with Muslims

Dr Rowan Williams, the current archbishop of Canterbury has discussed one of the major misunderstandings that Muslims have of the Christian religion. In a lecture he was giving at al-Azhar in Egypt, Williams spoke of the misunderstanding that Christians worship three Gods...