Maria Mackay

India Releases Controversial Anti-Christian Short Film

A short film by the Gujarat Government in India has been criticised as intending to agitate the Hindu population against Christianity, according to a German Christian news site. The short film concerns a law...

"We Must Change Our Method", Kim tells Baptist Centenary Congress

The president of the BWA has told those in attendance at the Baptist World Centenary Congress that the Church must re-think its method on bringing the Gospel to the people of the world. Flamboyant president Dr Billy Kim...

City Festival aims at Community Renewal in Liverpool

The city of Liverpool is set for a full-scale community initiative to clean up the city. Planned activities include sports, crafts, Kidz Klubs, shore line clean ups and graffiti removal...

Oxfam: UN Must Stop Niger Food Crisis Ever Happening Again

Oxfam has called for a US$1 billion emergency food fund to be set up by the UN at its summit of world leaders in September. The fund would require UN members to make regular payments in order...

Baptist Centenary Congress Kicks Off

The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Centenary Congress kicks off today at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Birmingham, with guest speakers former US president Jimmy Carter and Rick Warren sure to draw in crowds...

Southern African Church Opens Relief Fund for Zimbabwe

The Anglican Church in Southern Africa has started a relief fund to help those displaced by the Zimbabwe Government in its 'Operation Murambatsvina' or 'Restore Order'...

CAFOD Saving Lives in West Africa Food Crisis

The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development is helping in the fight to save thousands of starving men, women and children in one of the world's poorest regions, with Â£100,000 grants to aids partners in the region...

Church of England Denies Blessings for Same-Sex Unions

The Church of England announced yesterday it will not give Christian blessings to same-sex couples wishing to ‘marry’. The decision was announced by a group from the House of Bishops and is a response to the Civil Partnership Act...

Japan’s Bishops Deliver Message of Peace at 60th Anniversary of A-Bombs

Japan’s bishops have called for greater commitment to peace in a 60th-Anniversary Message of Peace, issued to commemorate the 60 year anniversary of the dropping of two atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945...

Growth of Christian Video Gaming

The Christian video game sector is predicted to grow considerably over the next few years with more Christian and non-Christian games developers expand this as yet marginal market. Developers are reporting a slow but stable growth in the U.S. religious gaming market, giving hope to a market on the verge of boom similar to that of the Christian music market ten years ago.

Not Enough Schools Hold Collective Worship, according to Report

Schools are failing to meet Government requirements for providing collective worship, according to a report by Ofsted, the education inspectorate. Schools in Britain are obligated to meet the required...

London Triathlon Aiming to Raise Â£1 Million for Charity

The Michelob ULTRA London Triathlon, one of the world’s largest triathlons, is aiming to raise Â£1 million for charity when it takes place at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre, or Royal Victoria Dock, in Docklands, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August. The four main charities which have put forward their own entrants to run in all three race categories are the British Red Cross, the National Autistic Society, Get Kids Going, and Leukaemia Research ...