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  • 4 Jun 2007
    Church assesses carbon footprint ahead of World Environment Day

    The Church of England will celebrate the first anniversary of its Shrinking the Footprint campaign tomorrow, the 5th June, World Environment Day 2007.

  • 3 Jun 2007
    Christian challenge hots up on climate change deliberations

    Ahead of a report on 4 June 2007 with Practical Action, Oxfam and Tearfund - illustrating why a 2°C limit to global warming is essential for poorest - Christian Aid is urging industrialised nations to take proper responsibility.

  • 2 Jun 2007
    Churches welcome alcohol warning label plan

    Church groups, alcohol protection campaigners and parents' groups are among those who have welcomed a plan to include warning labels on bottles of alcohol sold in pubs, shops and off-licenses.

  • 31 May 2007
    Evangelicals organise anti-poverty rally ahead of G8 meeting

    Micah Challenge UK, a coalition of evagelical churches, organisations and leaders, is gearing up to put more pressure on world leaders with a‘The World Can’t Wait’ rally in London this coming weekend.

  • 31 May 2007
    Trainee priests and ministers to blockade nuclear base

    A group of trainee priests and ministers, supported by their theological colleges, will risk arrest next weekend as they protest against Britain’s Trident weapons nuclear programme.

  • 30 May 2007
    Churches to face challenge on Jesus and family values

    At a seminar in London tomorrow, a leading biblical scholar will suggest that churches anxious about family values will get a shock if they pay more attention to Jesus and the Gospels - which don't appear very 'family friendly'.

  • 30 May 2007
    Methodists go for major cyber revamp

    The Methodist Church in Great Britain has re-launched its website with the aim of linking becoming more interactive and cyber-oriented in the twenty-first century.

  • 22 May 2007
    C of E joins asylum campaign

    The Church of England is joining a campaign which is calling for the Government to end the destitution of people refused asylum in Britain.

  • 21 May 2007
    Climate change revolution house unveiled

    From 26 May, visitors to one of the UK’s favourite tourist attractions, the Eden Project, will be able to step into the homes of Central American, African and Asian people and experience a little of the reality of trying the survive the daily challenges of a changing climate.

  • 19 May 2007
    Blair mooted as possible future World Bank chief

    As the World Bank reels from the Wolfowitz scandal and Tony Blair steps into the shadow of Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown, rumours abound that he is on the list to head up the international loans institution.