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Stories of Christians in action, both at home and around the world
- 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
- With care! Put yourself in his or her shoes. Only a few days ago Curates were trying on their dog collars for the first time and probably feeling pretty self-conscious. They will be both excited and daunted at the prospect of putting ‘Rev’ in front of their names. With respect. The new curate has been trained...How to handle a new Curate. Ten tips.
- More than a million free prayer cards are being delivered to cathedrals and churches of all denominations to help people find comfort and hope. The cards, which will be available for visitors in cathedrals and other churches, are designed to help people discover prayer – whether to express grief, loneliness, fear or worry, or simply to...Prayer cards for comfort and hope
- Not everyone agrees that religion is declining! Once a year the World Christian Database (WCD) issues an article (in the International Bulletin of Mission Research) showing the latest global figures on religion. The latest issue shows that the number of Christian adherents worldwide in 2022 has increased to some 2.56 billion people in total, 32.2% of...Major world religions – some figures
- Bible Societies across the world completed Scripture translations in 90 languages last year used by 794 million people – just over 10 per cent of the world’s population. Despite a second year of disruption caused by Covid, 48 language groups – a total of 11 million people – received first Scripture translations, meaning that they were...Scripture translations completed for 10 per cent of world
- The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has been invited to welcome an historic Declaration of Friendship with the Catholic Church in Scotland that offers ‘a decisive and irrevocable statement of our friendship with one another, based on our shared faith in Christ.’ The culmination of more than 100 years of ecumenical relationship building...Churches embark on historic friendship journey