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08/09/2008World Vision Calls for Ceasefire in Georgia Conflict
A global aid agency has called upon the international community to help broker an immediate ceasefire and protect civilians caught up in the conflict over Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region.
- 08/08/2008
Christian Rights Group Wants U.N. to Intervene in Burma Crisis
Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling for “urgent, specific and meaningful action” from the United Nations to address Burma’s ongoing political and humanitarian crisis.
Tags Human Rights - 08/05/2008
Non-Believers Take On Challenge in 'Make Me a Christian'
An atheist, lesbian and playboy are just some of the non-Christians who agreed to participate in Bible studies and Christian mentoring as part of a new television series airing in the United Kingdom this month.
Tags Television - 08/04/2008
Evangelical Group Enlists New Technology to Communicate Good News
“If we are to present Christ as good news, we need to take advantage of every tool at our disposal,” says Joel Edwards, General Director of the Evangelical Alliance UK.
Tags Technology - 07/18/2008
Evangelism Tour Spreads Gospel to Chinese Restaurants in Europe
The Chinese Christian Herald Crusade (CCHC)’s Restaurant Gospel Ministry is taking the Gospel to hundreds of Chinese restaurant workers across Europe this summer.
Tags Evangelism - 06/26/2008
Authors Demystify Church, Explain Why People Still Go
A new book hitting shelves this week flies in the face of gloomy predictions of church decline by setting out exactly why so many people still head to their local churches each Sunday.
Tags Church Bodies - 06/16/2008
Zimbabwe Bishops Call for 'Immediate' End to Violence
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Zimbabwe has condemned the widespread violence that followed the country’s March 29 presidential election and appealed to political parties to “exercise restraint.”
- 06/14/2008
Obama Web Site Fights 'Smears' on Faith, Patriotism
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama launched a new Web site this week in a bid to quash a number of rumors that question his faith and the extent of his patriotism, as well as his wife’s views on race.
Tags Barack Obama Politics - 05/01/2008
Hope08 Challenges Christians to Give 1 Million Hours of Kindness
Hope08, a yearlong grassroots initiative, is challenging Christians across the United Kingdom to give a million hours of kindness during the country’s public holiday on the first Monday in May.
- 03/29/2008
World Readies for Global Lights Out
Cities and communities around the world are getting ready to switch off their lights in a powerful and united statement to world leaders that they need to take immediate action on climate change.
- 03/02/2008
New Bible Reveals God's Heart Towards Poverty, Injustice
The Poverty and Justice Bible, the latest release from Bible Society, has broken new ground as the first ever to literally highlight the more than 2,000 passages that reveal God’s sorrow over poverty and injustice, and His command to believers to act to eradicate them.
- 02/04/2008
World Vision Fears Humanitarian Disaster Amid Chad Chaos
World Vision staff in Chad fear that the violence and chaos surrounding attempts to overthrow the country’s president could spiral into a humanitarian disaster if the fighting is not brought to a halt soon.
- 01/09/2008
Airport Worker Loses Cross Row Case
A British Airways check-in worker who refused to hide her cross necklace at work lost her case for religious discrimination.
- 01/01/2008
Man Arrested Over Plot to Kill Turkish Priest
Turkish police have uncovered a plot to murder a priest, throwing the spotlight once again on religious freedom and security for Christians in the predominantly-Muslim yet secular country.
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11/23/2007Report: Global Warming Could 'Push Asia into Reverse'
Global warming could undo decades of social and economic progress across Asia unless immediate action is taken by the international community, a new environmental report alleges.
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