by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
Global church development agencies, including the UK-based Christian Aid, are calling on the international community and the Burmese government to use all available means to help those affected by cyclone Nargis. Cyclone Nargis hit Burma on 2 May 2008. There are...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
The United Methodist Church is urging justice for migrants worldwide and reform of U.S. immigration laws. Delegates to the denomination’s top legislative body, meeting from 23 April – 2 May 2, adopted resolutions covering both global migration and...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
Indian church leaders attending a once-every-four-years meeting of the National Council of Churches in India in Shillong have spoken out against what they describe as the growing commercialisation of the Christian faith – writes Atto Akkara. “Churches too...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 29, 2008
A Christian activist who is campaigning against his country’s involvement in Iraq has welcomed a statement by a Japanese court that the operations there of his Japan’s military personnel violate the country’s constitution – writes Hisashi...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 28, 2008
Two senior black clergy in the United Methodist in the USA, who are also longtime civil-rights advocates, say there are striking parallels between the struggles of blacks in the 1960s and those of gays and lesbians working for full inclusion in the churches today. At...
