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10/21/2008Tributes Paid to Slain Christian Aid Worker in Afghanistan
Tributes have been paid to a Christian aid worker who was shot dead in Afghanistan on Monday. "She was killed violently while caring for the most forgotten people in the world; the poor and the disabled."
Tags Persecution - 10/20/2008
European Protestants Collaborate on Common Euthanasia Position
Europe's Protestant churches are “grappling intensively” with the tension between individual autonomy, the safeguarding of life and support for the suffering. A group of Protestants met to begin drawing up a common position on euthanasia.
Tags Ethics/rights - 10/02/2008
Poll: Credit Crunch Turning People to Unhealthy Food
The credit crunch is having a knock on negative effect on people's diets, a specialist debt counseling charity has warned. Christians Against Poverty said just under a third of the UK's population were eating less healthily.
- 09/30/2008
Missionaries Pray, Fast for God's Intervention in India
Youth With A Mission is calling on its 17,000 workers worldwide to join in three days of prayer and fasting for the church in India as it continues to face violent attacks from Hindu radicals.
Tags Persecution - 09/16/2008
'Promised Land' Conference Gives Fresh Perspective on Israel-Palestine Conflict
The World Council of Church's 'Promised Land' conference has thrown up fresh theological perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Delegates agreed that the Bible 'must not be utilized to justify oppression or supply simplistic commentary on contemporary events.'
- 09/09/2008
Orissa Christians: Attacks Will Glorify God, Bring More to Christ
Christians in the Indian state of Orissa are refusing to abandon their faith despite weeks of killings, beatings and attacks on their homes and churches.
Tags Persecution - 09/05/2008
U.K. Churches Challenged to Read Bible Cover-to-Cover
CWR, the ministry of Selwyn Hughes, is inviting hundreds of churches across the United Kingdom to rise to the challenge of reading the whole Bible cover-to-cover throughout 2009.
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09/03/2008Anglican Head Calls Christians to Express Horror at Orissa Violence
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has added his voice to calls for an immediate end to the violence being waged against Christians in India’s Orissa state.
Tags Persecution - 09/02/2008
YMCAs Remember Slain Guatemalan Volunteers
YMCAs around the world are remembering three young volunteers who were shot dead while working for the Guatemalan branch in August.
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08/29/2008Thousands of Christians Flee from Violence in India
At least 12 people are believed to have been killed and thousands forced to flee from their homes amid a campaign of violence being waged against Christians in the Indian state of Orissa.
Tags Persecution - 08/28/2008
Church Puts Vows at Heart of New Marriage Prep
The Church of England is undertaking a major overhaul of the marriage preparation it offers to engaged couples in a bid to better reflect their number one priority on the big day – the vows.
- 08/27/2008
Anglican Priest Cracks Charles Wesley Code
An Anglican priest has finally cracked the code Methodist co-founder Charles Wesley used when writing about sensitive matters in his diary some 250 years ago. The transcribed pages reveal the extent of Charles’ anger with his brother, fellow Methodist founder John Wesley.
- 08/18/2008
Chinese Officials Seize Bibles from US Missionaries
Officials at Kunming International Airport in China seized suitcases full of Bibles being carried into the country by four American Christians on Sunday. The officials told them that the Bibles were “illegal religious literature.”
Tags Persecution - 08/07/2008
Group Calls for 31-Day Prayer to Protect China's Believers During Olympics
With the start of the Olympics just a day away, an international persecution watchdog group is inviting Christians throughout the world to join in a monthlong strategic prayer campaign to protect the unregistered church in China as it faces the prospect of even greater persecution during the Games.
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07/31/2008Report: Women of Faith Could Help Curb Extremism, Religious Conflict
Women of faith have the potential to curb religious extremism and reduce the role of religion in conflict, says a new report from Catholic aid agency Progressio. "They have great potential to enhance the contribution of religion to peace, and to mitigate its role in violent conflict," the report states.
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