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09/02/2010 06:32 AM
Tearfund appoints new International Director
Tearfund has announced the appointment of David Bainbridge as its new International Director
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09/02/2010 03:06 AM
Thousands of youths sign up to read Bible in one year
This years Soul Survivor summer event saw at least 10000 young people commit to reading the Bible over the next year
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09/01/2010 07:34 AM
Wycliffe Bible Translators celebrates 50th anniversary
Wycliffe Bible Translators marks 50 years of bringing the Bible to the worlds people in their own heart language
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08/27/2010 02:09 AM
Touching lives through Bible camp in Ukraine
Bible camp brings hope to children from broken homes in Ukraine
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08/24/2010 03:55 AM
More students taking Religious Education GCSE
Young people are clamouring for deeper understanding of religious perspectives says the Church of Englands Head of School Improvement
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08/21/2010 06:44 AM
Christendom is over in the West says new ICC principal
The end of Christendom is the biggest challenge facing the church in the West says the new principal of the International Christian College in Glasgow
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08/20/2010 07:34 AM
Livability seeks to put disabled people at centre of church communities
Christian disability charity Livability is inviting church leaders to attend a conference addressing the place and role of disabled people in their congregations
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08/20/2010 05:39 AM
Liberian President visits OM ministry ship
The President of Liberia has paid a visit to the ministry ship of Operation Mobilisation the Logos Hope
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08/18/2010 04:00 AM
Church of Scotland minister to take up top Royal Navy chaplaincy post
A minister in the Church of Scotland has been appointed to the most senior chaplaincy post in the Royal Navy
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08/17/2010 06:55 AM
Secularists angry with groups Bibles for the courts campaign
The Scottish Bible Society SBS has come under fire from the National Secular Society for sending thousands of Bibles to Scottish law courts and judges
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09/08/2010 01:00 AM
Florida Minister Still Plans To Burn Quran
Florida evangelical church leader Terry Jones plans to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11. His threat to go ahead comes despite warnings from senior military leader General David Petraeus, and senior administration officials about the potential damage to relations with the Muslim world.
09/07/2010 09:02 PM
New College Teaches Young American Muslims
Late last month, the 15 students who comprise Zaytuna College's inaugural class settled in to their first day in a classroom near the University of California, Berkeley. For these students, this is a chance to study with top Islamic scholars. For the school's founders, it's a chance to hone a new image for American Islam.
09/08/2010 12:44 AM
Florida Minister Pressured Not To Burn Quran
The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said he was still praying about whether go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, which the White House, religious leaders and others are pressuring him to call off.
09/07/2010 08:49 PM
Imam: N.Y. Islamic Center To Include Other Faiths
A proposed community center near ground zero will include separate prayer spaces for Muslims, Christians, Jews and people of other faiths, the imam behind plans for the facility wrote in an op-ed published on the New York Times website. Feisal Abdul Rauf has been largely absent from the debate surrounding the project while traveling abroad for the past few months.
09/07/2010 02:30 PM
Petraeus: Burning Quran Endangers Americans
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could put U.S. troops in the country in harm's way and inflame anti-Americanism.
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09/07/2010 04:26 PM
Hitchens: Don't Trouble 'Deaf Heaven' With Prayers for Me
With less than two weeks before “Everybody Pray for Hitchens Day,” cancer-stricken Christopher Hitchens is encouraging believers to hold off on praying for him.
09/07/2010 04:59 AM
Petraeus: Burning Quran Could Endanger Troops
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Monday that a Florida church’s plan to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 could be detrimental to American troops overseas.
09/07/2010 01:15 PM
U.S. Muslims Give Pakistan Flood Donation to Christian Agency
A U.S. Muslim group decided to help Pakistani flood victims through a Christian humanitarian aid agency, the latter group reported Tuesday.
09/07/2010 05:05 AM
'To Save A Life' Week Kicks Off to Help Hurting Teens
The creators of faith-based film "To Save A Life" launched on Monday a weeklong campaign aimed at touching one million lives.
09/07/2010 10:16 AM
Cuban Church Leader Released, Cleared of Charges
A respected Cuban church leader who was unexpectedly arrested and tried in court last week has been cleared of all charges, reported a Christian human rights group Monday.
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09/08/2010 04:59 AM
Call for Sept 11 true over New York Muslim Center (Reuters)
Reuters - Families of September 11 victims are arguing whether to call a truce on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as debate rages over plans for a Muslim center near the World Trade Center site.
09/08/2010 04:48 AM
Pastor defiant as Clinton slams Koran-burning (AFP)
AFP - An evangelical pastor insisted his plans to torch the Koran would go ahead after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the "disgraceful" burning ceremony in Florida.
09/08/2010 03:40 AM
U.S. religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad.
09/08/2010 12:26 AM
Abstinent Mormon farmers grow barley for beer (AP)
AP - Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo might seem like an unlikely person to be pushing a bill to cut federal taxes on small beer-makers: A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he abstains from alcohol.
09/07/2010 09:58 PM
Religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad.
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09/07/2010 04:26 PM
Hitchens: Don't Trouble 'Deaf Heaven' With Prayers for Me
With less than two weeks before “Everybody Pray for Hitchens Day,” cancer-stricken Christopher Hitchens is encouraging believers to hold off on praying for him.
09/07/2010 04:59 AM
Petraeus: Burning Quran Could Endanger Troops
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Monday that a Florida church’s plan to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 could be detrimental to American troops overseas.
09/07/2010 01:15 PM
U.S. Muslims Give Pakistan Flood Donation to Christian Agency
A U.S. Muslim group decided to help Pakistani flood victims through a Christian humanitarian aid agency, the latter group reported Tuesday.
09/07/2010 05:05 AM
'To Save A Life' Week Kicks Off to Help Hurting Teens
The creators of faith-based film "To Save A Life" launched on Monday a weeklong campaign aimed at touching one million lives.
09/07/2010 10:16 AM
Cuban Church Leader Released, Cleared of Charges
A respected Cuban church leader who was unexpectedly arrested and tried in court last week has been cleared of all charges, reported a Christian human rights group Monday.