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  • 31 Mar 2011
    Brain drain destroying Nepal's health prospects, says pioneer

    Competition for cheap doctors from health-rich nations, including Britain, is threatening the future of one of the world’s poorest countries.

  • 27 Aug 2009
    Churches must face up to global change, says WCC moderator

    Both the world and the world Christian movement stands "at a crossroads" on issues of global change, says the World Council of Churches' moderator at the WCC's central committee.

  • 5 Jan 2009
    British missionary couple seek clemency in Gambia

    A British missionary couple sentenced to one year's hard labour for writing emails which were interpreted as criticising the Gambian government are hoping for a pardon after a public apology.

  • 1 Jul 2008
    Whose mission is it anyway?

    Some sections of the Anglican Communion are convinced that only their narrow vision of what is permissible in faithfulness to the Christian message is adequate, says Simon Barrow. But they are confounded by the biblical texts they claim loyalty to.

  • 22 Oct 2007
    Methodists to invest more in pioneer church congregations

    Britain's Methodists, who have suffered a decline in membership in recent years, along with other historic UK Christian denominations, will invest more in pioneer congregations under the 'Fresh Expressions' programme, the October Methodist council agreed.

  • 6 Oct 2007
    Who would Jesus discriminate against? ask pro-gay evangelicals

    Contrary to the popular media image, many evangelicals are not anti-gay, says a UK campaigning network which draws hundreds of evangelical Christians and their friends together. This week they are backing the launch of a church education initiative on Jesus and prejudice.

  • 28 Aug 2007
    Church of England looks to deacons to further its mission

    In a move which could signal a longer-term shift in its ministry, the role of deacons as missionaries to their local communities should be taken more seriously, argues a report from the Church of England’s Faith and Order Advisory Group published last week.

  • 11 Aug 2007
    Strong challenge issued to Christian groups in Afghanistan

    An leading Indian church worker, who recently returned from a visit to Afghanistan, says that the expatriate Christian community there need to present a "more inclusive Jesus" in the war-ravaged nation.

  • 25 Jul 2007
    Koreans seek to end Afghanistan mission activity

    The National Council of Churches in Korea has said that all "missionary activity in Afghanistan, where abductions and dangers to life continue, must be stopped," says the Japanese online edition of JoongAng Daily.

  • 15 Jun 2007
    Churches challenged to radical re-think of mission strategies

    The general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches has renewed calls for greater efforts at achieving equality and justice in global Christian mission relations, continuing a long-standing debate.