This year, more than 200,000 churches in 175 nations will participate in the largest Israel-focused prayer event in history, according to the DPPJ Web site. The Jerusalem Celebration will be broadcasted live across 192 nations through GOD TV.
0The Church of England has cleared the way for engaged couples to marry in the church of their choice with a new law launched Wednesday. The new law places fewer conditions on which of the Church of England’s 16,000 churches couples are able to choose from.
1Lutherans in Germany and around the world have begun a decade of celebrations, honoring an Augustinian monk who helped spark the Protestant Reformation. "The Luther Decade is very important for Lutherans throughout the world because what began in Germany is clearly now a global movement."
24Church leaders must set aside sentimental attachment to buildings and concentrate on delivering the Gospel message, says one of the Presbyterian Church of Wales’s leading figures.
1Theologians and church leaders convened Wednesday in the Swiss capital of Bern for the first day of an international conference to “re-frame the religious dimensions” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
10Despite protests and divisions leading into the recent global Anglican meeting, Anglican leaders who gathered for the conference have succeeded in rebuilding trusts and relationships, said the spiritual leader of the religious body.
9Two global church bodies representing tens of millions of Christians are looking forward to closer ties in their “pursuit of Christian unity.”
4The Evangelical Fellowship of Asia (EFA) officially changed its name to the Asian Evangelical Alliance this week and witnessed the installation of the Rev. Dr. Richard Howell as its new general secretary.
0Bishops set their sights on a more united future on Sunday as their global conference drew to a close with appeals from the Archbishop of Canterbury for all Anglicans to walk the road forward together.
10Bishops at the Lambeth Conference were expected to agree Sunday on a document they hope will safeguard the future of the Anglican Communion as the once-in-a-decade gathering draws to a close.
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