Category - churches

South African churches denounce Zimbabwe poll farce

staff writers — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:42:21 +0100

While some African national leaders continued to court Robert Mugabe at an African Union meeting in Egypt, despite their own observers saying that the presidential election was unacceptable, South African churches have spoken candidly.

Welfare should be based on fairness

Press Office — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:30:42 +0100

Responding to the Labour Party's new consultation with faith communities, launched by the Prime Minister at a reception at Number 10 Downing Street, the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia ha

Canadian churches welcome PM's apology on forced assimilation

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:33:28 +0100

Church leaders in Canada want action to follow a public apology by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to victims of a situation where aboriginal children were placed in residential schools run by churches in a policy of enforced assimilation.

Churches in China mobilise in support of earthquake victims

Ecumenical News International — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:18:16 +0100

Christian communities in mainland China and Hong Kong, both Protestant and Catholic, have been offering practical support and prayers to victims in Sichuan, who have suffered a devastating earthquake, China's worst in 30 years,

Chinese churches and NGOs respond to earthquake crisis

agency reporter — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:22:51 +0100

Chinese churches and Christian agencies, as well as the government and army, have begun responding to the recent earthquake. The quake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, has devastated a region west of the provincial capital Chengdu.

Churches mobilise for the greening of India

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:02:01 +0100

The National Council of Churches in India has joined the battle to turn green by calling for Christians to mobilise in the world's second most populous nation, and to join in the fight against global warming.

British churches still homophobic, says outgoing LGCM leader

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:55:55 +0100

An Anglican deacon who steps down during 2008 after three decades leading the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, believes that if the Anglican communion separates over homosexuality the onus will fall upon "those who walked away".

Church report says the rich benefit from global corruption

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:32:34 +0100

Rich nations are the real beneficiaries of the "boom industry" of global corruption that is making the world's poor even poorer, says a hard-hitting new report from the United Church in Australia. It calls for an end to tax havens.

Churches to meet with Muslim leaders in Denmark

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:21:47 +0100

With tensions running high on blasphemy and other issues, church leaders in Denmark say they will seek further conversations with their Muslim counterparts following the open letter by 138 prominent Islamic scholars.

Sudan churches face up to war and peace challenges

agency reporter — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:17:51 +0000

Amid ongoing fighting and humanitarian crises in several regions of Sudan, the Sudanese people and churches face "tremendous tasks and challenges", an international church visitors on an eight-day solidarity visit have been told.