churches

April 1, 2019

Churches called to 'break new ground' in gender justice

World Council of Churches representatives involved in the UN Commission on the Status of Women have called for churches to be active agents for justice in the lead-up to a critical UN review in 2020.
February 14, 2019

Union Chapel to hold major conference on migration

Union Chapel Church is organising a major event entitled Those who dream, to examine Christian responses to the complex issues surrounding migration in Europe.
January 29, 2019

Christian and Muslim NGOs call for prayer for world’s ‘worst humanitarian crisis’ in Yemen

Leaders of faith-based international development agencies have united to call on churches and mosques to pray for the desperate humanitarian situation in Yemen this week.
January 18, 2019

UN demining agency rejects desecration accusations involving historic Mosul churches

The United Nations Mine Action Service in Iraq has issued a statement rejecting allegations by a non-profit organisation there, alleging that personnel had carried out explosive hazard clearance inside two historic churches in Mosul "in a barbaric and arbitrary manner."
December 24, 2018

The nativity, child poverty, and where the church stands

At Christmas, Christians focus their thoughts and prayers on a traditional nativity scene, with the baby Jesus at its centre.
October 5, 2018

Lutheran World Federation seminar on conflict resolution

With the aim of equipping member churches to prevent or resolve conflict, the Lutheran World Federation International Seminar on Prevention, Conflict Management and Peacebuilding was held from 17-21 September 2018, in São Leopoldo, Brazil.
August 10, 2018

Church leaders ask Home Secretary for end to hostile environment

Twenty Church leaders have called for an end to the hostile environment in an open letter to the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP.
August 8, 2018

Churches in Zimbabwe advocate against violence

Churches in Zimbabwe have spoken up against the shooting of unarmed protesters after the elections.
August 5, 2018

WCC and local churches express deep concern about Jewish Nation-State Law

Heads of churches in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories have reacted with dismay and concern to the Israeli Knesset’s adoption on 19 July 2018 of a new Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People.
August 4, 2018

More than 5,500 UK churches convert to renewable energy

More than 5,500 churches have put their faith in clean energy, with church leaders encouraging more to follow suit.