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- The Barnabas Fund has launched an appeal to help Christians suffering in Lebanon’s deepening financial crisis. As one of the project partners to Barnabas said: “You can’t imagine how many requests I have for people in need. Especially the elderly, who cannot find work or leave the country. They still must eat and pay medical...Help Christians in Lebanon survive
- Compassion, the humanitarian aid organisation, is very worried about the rising cost of living in the developing world. As a spokesman explains, there are already 365 million children worldwide living on less that £1.45 a day. No wonder that the UN has recently declared that social conditions in many developing countries are now “at a...Middle East and Africa facing a “toxic” crisis
- Russian church leader defends war C of E has good skills, says new bishop Church Mission Society refreshes its vision Trends in Persecution Eritrean Christians mark 20 years of church closures Drought in East Africa Debt leaves you so lonely ** Russian church leader defends war Patriarch Krill of Moscow recently again defended the Russian...Looking at Church (all articles) for July 2022
- Patriarch Krill of Moscow recently again defended the Russian war on Ukraine. He said it was wrong to call it an invasion. “Russia has never attacked anyone,” he told the congregation of the Cathedral of the Archangel, in the Kremlin. “It’s amazing that such a great and powerful country has only ever defended its borders....Russian church leader defends war
- The next Bishop of Bath and Wells, Dr Michael Beasley, has said that the CofE learned valuable lessons during the pandemic. “There’s been a huge amount that we’ve seen in our response to an emergency. It shows we have a flexibility and a resilience and an ability to respond to situations that we might not...C of E has good skills, says new bishop
- Church Mission Society has unveiled its recently “refreshed vision and purpose” for this generation, which is to make disciples of Jesus ‘at the edges of society’: the ‘edges of Church’ and the ‘edges of people’s comfort zones’. It will thus prioritise mission “at the margins and cultural fringes.” Alastair Bateman, CEO of Church Mission Society,...Church Mission Society refreshes its vision
- Release International’s 2022 Persecution Trends has highlighted the growing violence and discrimination against Christians in Nigeria, the Sahel, Afghanistan, India and North Korea. In India religious nationalism is on the rise. Attacks against Christians are increasing, and more states are imposing anti-conversion laws – Karnataka is the latest. In Afghanistan Christians are afraid of being...Trends in Persecution
- Christians in Eritrea have just marked 20 years of state persecution. The East African dictatorship shut down most of its churches in May 2002, outlawing every religion except Sunni Islam, Eritrean Orthodox, Roman Catholicism and the Lutheran Church. Today, 20 years later, the persecution continues. “Eritrea is like a giant prison,” says Release partner Dr...Eritrean Christians mark 20 years of church closures
- Extended drought is fuelling a hunger crisis in East Africa that has been called “one of the worst climate-induced emergencies in its history.” So warns the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, Martin Griffiths. Speaking recently, he said that an estimated 7.2million Ethiopians are already not getting enough to eat, and in...Drought in East Africa
- Christians Against Poverty has warned that more people are suffering loneliness and isolation as the cost-of-living crisis pushes them ever deeper into debt. The charity has recently reported finding clients “too worried to answer the door or answer the phone.” Before contacting CAP for debt advice and support, 60 per cent of respondents said they...Debt leaves you so lonely
- Up to 500,000 children’s story books on faithfulness distributed for Platinum Jubilee How to handle a new Curate. Ten tips. Prayer cards for comfort and hope Growth of Christianity worldwide Scripture translations completed for 10 per cent of the world’s population in 2021 Churches embark on historic friendship journey Cost of living crisis: your support...Looking at Church (all articles) for June 2022
- Up to half a million story books are being given to primary school-aged children for Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by the Church of England and Thy Kingdom Come, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York’s global prayer movement. The book, ‘Queen CJ and the Bouncy Castle’, is the latest development from the Cheeky Pandas,...Up to 500,000 children’s story books on faithfulness distributed for Platinum Jubilee