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31st May, 2016
Christians in Norway have embarked upon a 29 day pilgrimage from the capital of Oslo to Trondheim, where the World Council of Churches' central committee is meeting late next month.
Rev Knut Refsdal, general secretary of
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30th May, 2016
North Korea's ruling regime ordered the abduction of a Christian missionary involved in contacts with the persecuted but thriving underground church in the Communist-run nation, an official and other Christians with close knowledge about the situation
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27th May, 2016
Almost 6,000 people turned out across the three days of a series of events featuring US evangelist Will Graham in Alice Springs earlier this month with more than 800 of them responding to the invitation to
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27th May, 2016
A US-headquartered mission organisation has unveiled plans to reach the entire population of Ukraine - that's 42 million people - with the Gospel by 2020.
Russian Harvest Ministries, which is based in North Dakota in
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27th May, 2016
Sudanese authorities on Wednesday re-arrested Sudanese church leader Kwa Shamaal, who along with a denominational colleague could face charges calling for the death penalty, attorneys said.
Pastor
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26th May, 2016
Hindu villagers in Chhattisgarh state last month attacked 28 Christians, drove them from their homes and set their houses on fire, sources have told Morning Star News .
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AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS CALL ON POLITICAL PARTIES TO COMMIT TO HALVING HOMELESSNESS BY 2025
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25th May, 2016
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Australia's largest providers of services for the homeless have joined
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION - INCLUDING OF CHRISTIANS - CONTINUED TO ESCALATE IN CHINA DURING 2015, CLAIMS REPORT
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25th May, 2016
There has been a seven-fold increase in the persecution of Christians in China in the past nine years, according to the latest annual report from US-based persecuted church advocacy group China Aid Association.
The organisation said
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- David Adams
24th May, 2016
Almost 24,000 Queenslanders have signed an e-petition calling on the State Parliament to reject an abortion reform bill put forward by independent Cairns MP Rob Pyne.
The e-petition, which was created by Wendy Francis, Queensland
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23rd May, 2016
Veteran dissident and Catholic priest, Fr Nguyen Van Ly, was reportedly released from prison in Vietnam ahead of an official visit to the country this week by US President Barack Obama.
Church officials reportedly said that
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20th May, 2016
Global life expectancy increased by five years between 2000 and 2015 to 71.4 years but major inequalities in how long we can be expected to live still exists both within and between countries, according to the
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20th May, 2016
The area of Qasr al-Yahud, which extends around the western bank of the Jordan River, claimed as the site of Jesus' baptism, will be cleared of mines and other ordnance that still lie scattered some
80 PER CENT OF PEOPLE AROUND WORLD WOULD WELCOME REFUGEES TO THEIR COUNTRY; ONE IN 10 TO THEIR OWN HOMES, SAYS REPORT
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19th May, 2016
Four of five people across the globe would welcome refugees fleeing danger into their own country while one in 10 would let them stay in their own home, according to a global survey conducted for Amnesty
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19th May, 2016
Church leaders in India's eastern state of Jharkhand say the murder of a Lutheran pastor by suspected Hindu militants marks a new chapter in an ongoing crackdown on Christians in the region.
The body of
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18th May, 2016
The Australian Christian Lobby has called on Labor's leader, Bill Shorten, to clarify his position on the controversial Safe Schools program, saying it was concerning that the party was not ruling out reinstating elements of the
