LWF Hails Mission of African Churches in Healing the War-Torn Country
On behalf of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the president bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Rev Mark S. Hanson, has made an 8-day visit to Lutheran ministry sites in West Africa....
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Hundreds of Coptic Christians End Conversion Protests
An alleged forced conversion of two Egyptian Christians to Islam has triggered a large scale demonstration of hundreds of believers in Cairo. The dispute began on Sunday as news circulated that two young Christian...
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Evangelical Movement Shifts Centre of Christianity to the South
Amid the crisis over homosexuality in Western churches in America and Europe which has consumed their unity and power, Christians in the Southern Hemisphere are rising as a new hope to revive the religion...
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Prayer Breakfast Build-Up to Evangelical Alliance's "Hope for London 2005"
The annual prayer initiative of the Evangelical Alliance United Kingdom (EAUK), Hope for the City, will kick-off very soon. A series of prayer breakfasts are to be held as a prologue to the event...
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British Churches Recognise Crucial Role in Supporting Chinese Christians
At the assembly of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) yesterday, British and Irish church leaders have broadened their horizons from local mission to a wider world, in support of the development of Christianity in China...
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SAT-7 to Broadcast First TV Show Made by Iraqi Christians
Church Mission Society, the UK-based mission agency which is well-known for its focus on the unreached countries in Africa and the Middle East, reported that its partner SAT-7 is going to air the first Christian satellite-TV show made by Iraqis in Feb...
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Missionaries Face Continuous Threats in Colombia Churches
Native missionaries working in remote jungle areas of Colombia face the constant threat of violence and extortion from the war-torn nation's powerful guerrilla groups, an indigenous missions agency have reported...
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"Churches Together" Launches Major Mission Training at Cliff College
The desperate need to renew the face of churches across the UK has been addressed by evangelicals. In response to this, the Churches' Commission on Mission (CCOM), part of the ecumenical body - Churches Together in Britain & Ireland...
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CEA Evangelistic Outreach Based on Contemporary Culture Proves Fruitful
The Christian Enquiry Agency (CEA) in the UK announced a recorded high number of enquiries about Christian faith in 2004, according to a report in the Baptist Times. Films such as the Passion of the Christ...
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31 Christians Arrested as Eritrea Continues Religious Crackdown
Eritrean authorities have arrested another 31 Eritrean Christians in towns north of the capital Asmara over the past 10 days, news agencies and persecution watchdog groups reported yesterday...
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Tortured Chinese House Church Leader Testifies Openly in US
According to a new release from the China Aid Association, a member of an underground house church in China openly testified at a press conference in Washington DC about her experiences of torture during imprisonment by Chinese police...
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Christian Aid launches Initiative for New Evangelical Churches
A new initiative has been launched by Christian Aid to raise finances in order to help 'new churches'. Christian Aid's 'Act Justly Appeal' will be launched on today (Friday 18 March) at Christ Church and Upton Chapel...