http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/tags View tagged content by tags en http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5783 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>A US Christian leader has asked a World Council of Churches peacemaking team visiting the United States for assistance to rid his country of the "scourge" of gun violence during the team's September 2007 visit.</p> </div> </div> </div> http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5783#comment Community and Family Crime and Justice Life and Death Peace and War People and Power Religion and Society News Brief arms trade decade to overcome violence gun culture National Council of Churches USA shootings wcc world council of churches World News Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:12:21 +0100 Ecumenical News International 5783 at http://www.ekklesia.co.uk http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5633 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>Christians across all London's 33 boroughs, including many from the Black Majority Churches, are coming together for a Week of Peace which will look at practical community-based methods for reducing violence throughout the capital.</p> </div> </div> </div> http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5633#comment Crime and Justice People and Power Race and Identity Religion and Society News Brief black churches Crime gangs guns london shootings street pastors UK News week of peace youth culture Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:24:46 +0100 staff writers 5633 at http://www.ekklesia.co.uk