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  • 31 Jul 2009
    Anabaptist churches destroyed in Nigeria

    At least two churches of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria have been destroyed in the city of Maiduguri, and several Brethren members have been killed or injured since the beginning of this week.

  • 25 Jul 2009
    Anabaptism in the C21st

    What role does Anabaptism have to play in renewing Christianity in the new century? How do we appropriately take our past into the future?

  • 4 May 2009
    Baptist gathering looks forward from 400 year historic landmark

    Over 2,000 people have been gathering at the Baptist Union of Great Britain and BMS World Mission's annual assembly in Bournemouth, which ends today. The meeting marks 400 years since the first Baptist church was formed in Amsterdam.

  • 26 Apr 2009
    US peace church mobilises for international day of prayer

    On Earth Peace, a Church of the Brethren agency in the USA, is calling on churches and organizations to join its annual campaign to participate in the World Council of Churches' International Day of Prayer for Peace (IDOPP) on 21 September.

  • 27 Feb 2009
    Cartoon racism highlights continuing prejudice, say Anabaptists

    An Anabaptist denomination in the USA has said that apologising for a racist cartoon in the New York Post is not enough - the hardline and violent prejudice it embodies has to be tackled.

  • 3 Feb 2009
    Faiths back non-violent action against gun violence in US

    A religious peace gathering in Philadelphia, USA, featured daily acts of opposition to gun violence held at a gun store in the city. The actions included non-violent protest, prayer, and civil disobedience.

  • 21 Jan 2009
    Lutherans give Britain its first woman bishop

    History was be made on Saturday 17 January 2009, as the first woman bishop to serve in a British church took office.

  • 18 Sep 2008
    Young Anabaptists seek to strengthen world church ties

    The woman heading up the Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network, which enables members of churches in different parts of the world to meet together, believes such exchanges are vital to a shared global future.

  • 29 Feb 2008
    US peace church forges historic links with North Korea

    A delegation from the Church of the Brethren has made a historic visit to North Korea, to make direct contact with four farm enterprises that have received support from the church - an act yet rarely extended to people from the United States.

  • 8 Jan 2008
    Gospel message needs witness for peace, say Latin American Anabaptists

    Anabaptism, a dissenting Christian tradition associated with the world's historic peace churches, provides a specific way of understanding what it means to follow Jesus, a leading presenter at a major Mennonite consultation has declared.