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Church Army’s New Approach to Select Evangelists for the New Era
The Church Army has recently adopted new selection criteria to recruit evangelists to match the needs of today's society. The new approach, a conclusion from a two-year study, will be centred at the entrepreneurial characteristics...
Nine British Methodist Pilgrims Die in Jordan Car Crash
On Thursday 28th October, a car accident on the Desert Highway near the ancient city of Petra in Jordan killed nine British Christians who were on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Two Jordanians and an Egyptian also lost their lives...
African Anglican Bishops’ Joint Statement Responds to Windsor Report
Three hundred bishops have gathered for the first ever African Anglican Bishops’ Conference over recent days in Lagos, Nigeria. In light of the heated debate over homosexuality in the Anglican Church, discussions on future ties with the rest of the impaired Anglican Communion...
Incoming European Commission steps back under Homosexual Row
In the midst of the homosexuality debate across the arena of politics in Europe, the upcoming 'European Commission' have announced that they will temporarily withdraw their team...
Britain Religious Education Reform to Dilute Christianity
The British Qualifications and Curriculum Authority today published the first national framework for teaching religious education in English schools. The current Religious Education (RE) curriculum is based on introducing the Christian faith...
Salvation Army return to New International HQ in London
The Salvation Army International Headquarters have moved out of their temporary home for the past three years at William Booth College in Denmark Hill, London, and back to their newly redeveloped offices...
Survey reveals half Darfur households are Starving
The continued violence caused by the Janjaweed militias in Darfur, Sudan has led to many other problems. More still has to be done to support the Sudanese, especially in terms of food supply, the World Food Programme (WFP) revealed yesterday...
Luis Palau in UK for 100th Anniversary of Welsh Revival
This weekend marks an extraordinary historical date for Welsh people in the UK: the centenary of the 1904 Welsh Revival. Churches in Wales are joining hands to organise the celebration with a heart of rejoice. Running from Friday 29th October until Sunday 31st October...
Hillsong + Delirious? Worship Album Coming Soon
The most exciting live worship album produced by the two strongest world-known worship teams: Hillsong and Delirious? will be released on Monday 1st November...
African Anglicans gather in Nigeria
The first All African Bishops Conference (AABC) begins in Lagos on Wednesday to address the problems facing the Anglican Communion on the continent. Over 300 bishops from all over the continent will come together to discuss the major challenges that the Church faces such as Aids, war and poverty...
Methodists Join Mass Lobby to Back Children’s Right
Organised by the “Children are Unbeatable!” Alliance, a mass lobby at Westminster Parliament will be held on Tuesday 26th October. The lobby aims to persuade MPs to amend the Children Bill to give children full protection from all kinds of assault...
Assyrian Christians Look to Breakdown Roadblocks
Following a series of Church Bombings, targeted attacks and bullying of Assyrian Christians in Baghdad, a mass exodus of Assyrian Christians from Iraq to the neighbouring countries was recently revealed by various media reports. Most Assyrian Christians...
Catholics to Stand up to Extreme Spanish Government in Demonstration
The Roman Catholic Church in Spain has projected itself into a position of political opposition to the country’s new Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. The Church has called its first major demonstration to protest against its plans to introduce homosexual marriage...
WCC Launches Anti-Violence Campaign for Women and Children
The World Council of Churches (WCC) yesterday announced an upcoming campaign to address violence against women and children, entitled “On the Wings of a Dove”. The campaign’s theme is from the Book of Psalms 55 which gives hope for God’s help in hopeless situations...
SGA Plans Outreach after Visit to Grieving Beslan
Dr Bob Provost, the President of the Slavic Gospel Association (SGA), recently visited the grieving city of Beslan, and started planning outreach for all the broken hearted...
Dutch Christians mostly found outside the Church
A recent survey has revealed a moving trend of religion in the Netherlands. The drift away from the Christian denominations in the Netherlands has continued to increase...