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  • 1 Oct 2007
    Christians urged to remember animal welfare pioneer William Wilberforce

    Clergy and congregations are being asked to celebrate the life and animal welfare work of William Wilberforce this Animal Welfare Sunday (Sunday 7 October 2007).

  • 29 Sep 2007
    Bradford church blockades Total garage over Burma crisis

    A progressive church in Bradford is calling on all churches to advocate a boycott on Total garages during the present crisis in Burma - because the company is seen as an important prop to the murderous regime there.

  • 28 Sep 2007
    Trade should be about justice for the poor, say UK church leaders

    Senior church leaders in Britain have joined their counterparts in Europe and Africa in urging the UK government to play its part in seeking to make trade negotiations between the EU and some of the world’s poorest countries about justice not greed.

  • 28 Sep 2007
    Church corporate responsibility group targets water usage

    A church lobby group that seeks positively to influence corporate business behaviour in Britain and Ireland is turning its attention to the issue of water, which the group says now affects regions once thought to have plentiful supplies.

  • 27 Sep 2007
    Christians thank God for impending closure of UK arms export agency

    Christians from a range of backgrounds held a service in London yesterday evening to thank God for a major success in campaigning against the arms trade - the shutting down of the government-backed DESO.

  • 27 Sep 2007
    Church leaders will quiz government minister on 'healthy communities'

    Church leaders and Christian activists are being urged to voice their commitment to being agents of change and inclusion to the Cabinet Minister responsible for the government's community agenda, at a Faithworks Conference later this year.

  • 27 Sep 2007
    Methodists launch new resource pack for Britain's carers

    The Methodist Church is promoting 'Encircled in Care', a resource for all those who care for others, which it has produced in partnership with the charity MHA. The pack is designed to train, empower and enable pastoral support.

  • 27 Sep 2007
    Church of Scotland urges peaceful change in Burma

    The Church of Scotland’s church and society convenor, Morag Mylne, has called for democracy and a “peaceful and speedy resolution” to the civil unrest in Burma after the country’s military rulers began to use force to break up demonstrations yesterday.

  • 26 Sep 2007
    Gordon Brown told 'cut the carbon for global justice'

    Two Christian Aid campaigners took their Cut the Carbon message to the highest level of government this week when they told the prime minister that he must act to stop climate change because the poor are suffering the most.

  • 26 Sep 2007
    Government minister urges more faith in action

    Political and social activism, rooted in faith, has a vital role to play in shaping modern Britain, says Stephen Timms, the Labour Party's vice-chair with special responsibility for faith communities.