Janet Dean
Ukraine Patriarch Believes No Obstacle between Orthodox- Roman Catholic Dialogue
Since Pope Benedict XVI declared that healing the divide between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches should be one of the top priorities of his papacy, after he was elected two months ago, leaders from both churches...
CEC to Elect New General Secretary at Annual General Meeting in Greece
From 3rd June, the Central Committee of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) will meet for its annual session in Aghios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece. A prime issue will be the election of the new General Secretary of the CEC...
Peaceful Protests Outside Embassy in US Against Arrested Christians in Eritrea
This year increasing persecutions in Africa have revealed that most Evangelical Christians are being arrested, jailed and beaten in Eritrea. It is believed there are about 1000 Christians imprisoned in the country...
Bible Ministry Continues Work in Russia & Uzbekistan Despite Recent Violence
Bible Mission International (BMI), which delivers the gospel to all generations of people in the former Soviet Union, has continued its work despite the recent violence in one former Eastern bloc country...
Saudi Arabia Officials Condemned for Abuses Against Bibles & Christian Symbols
Reports have indicated that a continuing problem is ocurring regarding abuses against the Bible and other Christian items in some parts of the Islamic world. Rumours have emerged that visitors to Saudi Arabia...
Christian Broadcasting Station in Madagascar to Reach Five Billion
World Christian Broadcasting has begun a new project to build a broadcasting facility on Madagascar. This new radio station will increase the potential audience from three to five billion people...
Murderer of Australian Missionary in India Given Lighter Sentence
The High Court in Orissa, India has overturned a death sentence imposed on Dara Singh and has released another 7 men during an Appeal Court hearing on May 19th. In September last year an Australian missionary and his two sons...
GTS Commences Construction of New Tutu Desmond Education Centre
The General Theological Seminary (GTS) has decided to commence the construction of the new Desmond Tutu Education Centre in Chelsea, New York. The name of Tutu Desmond Centre was given after the Anglican leader and Nobel...
Catholic Bishops Call for Kenya's Debt to be Cancelled
This week, in a pastoral statement, Catholic Bishops called for the cancellation of Kenya's foreign debt, of more than Sh700 billion (£5 billion). The statement, read by Bishop Peter Kairo...
International Christian Concern Call on Pakistan to Control its Police
The International Christian Concern (ICC), a Washington DC-based human rights group helping persecuted Christians worldwide, has reported on a recent incident of police beating and arresting human rights activists in Pakistan...
Africa Bishop calls for Ghana to Embrace Christian Education to Change Society
The Association of Christian Schools has urged Ghana's government and policy makers to embrace a new education system based on Christian moral values. The Association has stated that a nation with Christian education always shows developments...
Pakistani Authorities urged to Intervene in Saudi Arabia Christian Arrests
The Catholic Church and human rights groups have made a call to Pakistan’s government to intervene on behalf of arrested Pakistani immigrants by Saudi Arabia’s religious police. 40 Pakistani Christians were arrested...
WCC Calls for the Repeal of Pakistan Death-Carrying Blasphemy Law
Dominicans for Justice and Peace, Franciscans International and Pax Christi International have united together with the World Council of Churches (WCC) to submit a report to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva...