Andrew Clark
Pope Urges Bishops in France to Stand Up Against Secularism with the Gospel
The Pope has made a passionate address and urged French bishops to create a new generation of Catholic professionals to counteract the rising French and European secularism with true Gospel values...
Archbishop Fights to Save Anglican Schism over Homosexuality Debate
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams this week has the task to save the 78-million worldwide Anglican Communion. In South Armagh, Northern Ireland today, Anglican Primates come together with the task to avoid a schism over homosexuality in the Church...
Fundamentalists blamed for Spate of Christian Attacks in India
The Secretary General of the Catholics Bishops Conference of India, Bishop Percival Fernandez has commented that the recent wave of violence against Christians in India is part "of a plan led by fundamentalist groups...
Survey Reveals Discipleship and Evangelism as Top Priorities of Protestant Churches
The ministry priorities that Protestant churches have set themselves for the coming year have been revealed after a recent study by the Barna Group. The top three objectives were Discipleship, Evangelism and Preaching...
Evangelical Group Protest against ECUSA's Griswold Preaching in Ireland
The Dean of Belfast has received a letter from the evangelical group, Reform Ireland objecting to American bishop Frank Griswold's scheduled appearance to preach at St Anne's Cathedral next week ahead of the Primates' Windsor Report meeting...
Government Grants to Hillsong Church worry Australian MP
It has been reported that the Hillsong Church, which has been linked to the Liberal Party in Australia, has been receiving Federal Government departmental grants over the past five years. Since 1999 the evangelical church...
Christian Aid launches Initiative for New Evangelical Churches
A new initiative has been launched by Christian Aid to raise finances in order to help 'new churches'. Christian Aid's 'Act Justly Appeal' will be launched on today (Friday 18 March) at Christ Church and Upton Chapel...
Conservatives Shocked as US Plans to Increase Stem Cell Research Funding
The US have alarmed conservative Christians with news from Washington of a bill that will increase funding for research into human embryonic stem cells. The news follows that from the British government announcing the issuing of a second human cloning license...
York Diocese asks for Conservative "Theologically Orthodox" Archbishop
It has emerged that the next Archbishop of York will be a theologically orthodox minister. The news comes as the York diocese releases a 'statement of needs' regarding Rev David Hope’s successor...
Anglican Delegates to Lobby at UN Forum for Women's Lives
In response to the upcoming 49th session of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), 81 Anglican women from all over the world are going to gather in New York. For two weeks meetings will be held...
Christian Evangelicals Petition for USA to Lift Israel Travel ban
Evangelical Christian leaders have signed a petition attempting to apply pressure and influence USA President George Bush into lifting a four-year-old travel warning to Israel...
American Nun Killed as she Read Bible to Killers in Brazil
An American nun has been brutally killed in the Amazon rainforest region of Brazil. Dorothy Stang, 73, read Bible passages to her killers moments before she was shot dead, despite being a passionate defender and worker for the area...
Six GFA Students Beaten by Extremists
Last Saturday, Gospel for Asia (GFA) reported that six students from its Biblical Seminary were abducted by a group of extremists while they were carrying out their mission. They were all severely beaten...
Archbishop Tutu calls for Better Governance in Africa to Support Debt Relief Efforts
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has commented that president Mugabe's dictatorial rule over Zimbabwe could potentially harm the rest of Africa's chances of receiving aid from international agencies as well as debt relief...
Six Trainee Evangelists Attacked in Kerala, India
Six trainee evangelists have been badly beaten up in India on Sunday. Police reported that the six were members of the Believers Church, and were allegedly beaten at Budhannur, Alappuzha district of Kerala...
Church Leaders in Kenya call for Resignation of Senior Ministers
Church leaders in Kenya have backed the British High Commissioner in Nairobi, and have called for senior ministers to resign amid government corruption claims...