In this issue
In this issue
- Advent Reflection – 30th November
- First Sunday in Advent: God’s Alternative
- Advertise with Ekklesia this winter
- Church leaders urge Governments to act on climate change
- Quakers look beyond the Paris climate talks
- UK pilgrims witness delivery of climate change petition
- UK attempts to remove asylum seekers to other EU countries
- Reports suggest juvenile executions in Saudi may be imminent
- Botswana Bushmen continue to suffer from diamond mining
- New UNICEF study warns on adolescent AIDS deaths
30 Nov 2015
Advent Reflection – 30th November
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.” (Isaiah 43. 2)
29 Nov 2015
First Sunday in Advent: God’s Alternative
Advent, the season of expectation, begins today
In biblical times it started with an unexpected messenger (angel) announcing an ordinary event in an unlikely place to a lowly person.
Monday 30 November 2015
30 Nov 2015
Advertise with Ekklesia this winter
Do you want to advertise with Ekklesia? Why not take up one of our winter offers?
28 Nov 2015
Church leaders urge Governments to act on climate change
Senior leaders of four major UK Churches have welcomed the Government’s commitment to limiting climate change, and have called for more to be done to keep global warming below 2°C.
30 Nov 2015
Quakers look beyond the Paris climate talks
At the weekend, ahead of the Paris climate summit, Quakers joined thousands across the world on the People’s March for Climate, Justice and Jobs to call for climate justice.
30 Nov 2015
UK pilgrims witness delivery of climate change petition
Climate campaigners mobilised by Christian Aid, Tearfund, CAFOD and the Church of England marked the end of their 200-mile ‘Pilgrimage2Paris’ yesterday by joining faith leaders and pilgrims from across the world, to deliver petitions with nearly 1.8 million signatures to the UN climate chief.
27 Nov 2015
UK attempts to remove asylum seekers to other EU countries
Britain is continuing to attempt to send asylum seekers back to other EU countries to have their claims examined, despite the chaotic conditions in Europe’s bordering nations as countries struggle to cope with the number of people arriving via the Mediterranean Sea.
27 Nov 2015
Reports suggest juvenile executions in Saudi may be imminent
The international human rights NGO Reprieve has raised concerns over Saudi media reports, which suggest that juveniles Ali al Nimr and Dawoud al Marhoon could be executed in days.
27 Nov 2015
Botswana Bushmen continue to suffer from diamond mining
Despite ever increasing profits from multinational diamond mining operations in the country, Botswana’s Bushman communities continue to suffer.
30 Nov 2015
New UNICEF study warns on adolescent AIDS deaths
The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years with 26 new infections occurring every hour, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced.