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'Real Progress' Expected in Creation of U.N. Human Rights Council

As weeks remain before the regular session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights commences in...

Gaza Violence Rises; Bible Society Threatened

As Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is set to hold talks on the formation of a new Palestinian...

Archbishop Eames to Commission Church of Ireland Project to Fight Sectarianism

A new project is to be commissioned by the Archbishop of Armagh to improve the role of the Church of Ireland in fighting sectarianism...

Burmese Army Atrocities Continue

The situation in Burma has deteriorated as fresh atacks have been carried out against Christians and minorities by the Burmese Army...

Violence and Threats against Sri Lankan Christians increases

Attacks and threats against Sri Lankan pastors and church-goers have increased, prompting fears of a new wave of anti-Christian violence...

Muslim Cartoon Protests Claim Over 100 More Lives in Nigeria

Violence has erupted in Nigeria in response to the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad that were published in Europe, with over 100 killed in...

Bible.com Relaunches With Online NIV

Bible.com recently relaunched its newly re-designed website with NIV English Scripture translations provided by the International Bible Society...

Salvation Army Continue Response to Philippine Mudslide

The Salvation Army has responded powerfully to last week’s mudslide in the Philippines...

I Dreamt I Stood At Calvary

I dreamt I stood at Calvary And saw three crosses there; On left and right were nailed two thieves, The cross between was bare.

Passionate Obedience

Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ

Evangelicals Embrace “Connections” at WCC 9th Assembly

World Evangelical leaders have joined with their Pentecostal counterparts to welcome better relations...

Church of Scotland asked to allow Gay Ceremonies

The Church of Scotland’s highest court will be asked to allow its ministers and deacons to allow civil partnership church ceremonies...

Grief of Local Priest Over Parishioners Lost in Mudslides

A local priest has told of his grief over the hundreds killed in his parish...

Brown Considers Ending PM’s Vote on Bishops

Gordon Brown has revealed he will return the power to choose bishops to the Church of England if he becomes prime minister. Brown told colleagues...

Church Calls Government to Help Fund Essential Heritage Repairs

Bishop Chartres and the General Synod have called upon Church members to lobby the Government for more money to pay for essential church repairs...

Church claims Patenting Human Genome Could Create "Genetic Underclass"

Last week the Church of England warned that the patenting of the human genome could mean the creation of a “genetic underclass”...