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June 10, 2019

Disturbing evidence on Sri Lanka Easter bombers’ connections

The Sri Lankan authorities face tough questions after alarming allegations about terrorists linked with the Easter Day bombi
June 10, 2019

World Council of Churches Pentecost message: to prophesy is to tell the truth

The regional presidents of the World Council of Churches have sent special greetings to churches around the world celebrating Pentecost.
June 10, 2019

Churches invited to mark Tax Justice Sunday

Sunday 7 July 2019 has been designated Tax Justice Sunday, with a range of resources available to help churches mark the importance of Tax Justice, including worship resources, sermon notes, and hymns.
May 15, 2019

'Innovative' rough sleeper shelter hailed at Holyrood

People who run an “innovative” emergency care shelter for up to 75 rough sleepers have been recognised in the Scottish Parliament.
May 1, 2019

Churches urged to declare climate emergency

Green Christian is asking anyone who has access to their church's national decision-making process to propose a Declaration of Climate Emergency through their church's governance structures.
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.