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Gospel for Asia relief teams in action after Cyclone Phailin
Gospel for Asia distributing medical supplies, clean water, food and clothing in the aftermath of Cyclone Phailin
Christian Aid launches appeal after Cyclone Phailin
Christian Aid has launched an appeal after Cyclone Phailin left a trail of destruction in eastern India.
Call for prayer as massive cyclone approaches India's east coast
Tearfund and Gospel for Asia are calling for prayer as India's east coast braces itself for a cyclone that may be as big as Hurricane Katrina.
Authorities failing to protect Egypt's Christians from violence - Amnesty International
Authorities in Egypt are failing to prevent "deeply disturbing" attacks against the Coptic Christian minority, says Amnesty International.
Ruthless clampdown on shack dwellers in Durban
Christian Aid partner the Church Land Programme has strongly condemned the heavy-handed put down of peaceful protests in Durban, South Africa.
From the occupied Palestinian territories to the European Union
Jenny Derbyshire, a volunteer for the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), previously based in Bethlehem, was part of a team that travelled to Brussels recently to bring to light stories of Palestinians living under siege. Derbyshire, from Ireland, used her eye witness accounts from the occupied territory to urge the European Union to support the two-state solution for peace and stability in the region.
Kenya: Salvation Army church in Mombasa razed after cleric's murder
Murder causes riots in days after siege of Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi
Billboards in New York's Times Square reach out to atheists
Billboards inviting atheists to explore the case for God are going up in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
African migrants risk lives to flee war and persecution
Freedom to choose faith one factor driving them into smugglers' boats
Leaving home: Christians who remain in Syria face a grim future
Fears that Islamic extremism is gaining ground in Syria
India: Violence against Christians on the rise in Karnataka
Incidents of violence against Christians in India's Karnataka state have spiked since June, including hospitalisation of a school helper this month after Hindu extremists beat her and marched her through the streets.
Call to protect migrants after Lampedusa sinking
The EU and Italy must take urgent action to prevent more migrants dying at sea after the tragic sinking off the Italian island of Lampedusa this week.
Church leader urges Pakistan to protect people from terrorism
The head of the World Council of Churches has written to the prime minister of Pakistan urging him to take steps to prevent further terrorist attacks.
Promised legal reforms disappoint Turkey's religious minorities
Latest reforms positive but inadequate, say minority groups
Chuck Smith dies at 86: Passes away after cancer struggle
Chuck Smith, the evangelical pastor who preached the Gospel to a generation of hippies, died on Thursday after battling lung cancer. Â
Churchmen attacked in Central African Republic
Two Catholic clerics in the Central African Republic were bound and robbed by armed men on Friday, Sept. 27. Italian missionary Fr Beniamino Gusmeroli, and Fr Martial Mengue, a Central African deacon, were attacked by men believed to be Sudanese.