Tributes flow after the death of UK Christian leader Joel Edwards
Tributes have flowed following the death of prominent UK Christian leader Rev Dr Joel Edwards, who passed away at the age of 70 from cancer. Edward’s family posted a letter he had written on social media in which he thanked people for their “prayers, love and holding on to me with that fingernail miracle”. “Words […]
British PM pledges to exempt prayer from LGBT+ conversion therapy ban
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said prayer for someone exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity will not be criminalised in any conversion therapy ban, as LGBT+ activists and conservative Christians clash over the issue. Johnson said that “appropriate pastoral support (including prayer)” would remain legal, in a letter […]
CAR: CLERICS SAY ‘WAR MUST STOP’ AS KILLINGS CONTINUE DESPITE PEACE AGREEMENT
World Watch Monitor reports that despite a peace agreement, fighting continues in the Central African Republic – again prompting further calls from prominent Christian leader Rev Nicolas Guérékoyamé-Gbangou for an end to the conflict…
CHRISTIAN THINKING: NEW BODY AIMS TO PROVIDE GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH LAY CHRISTIANS “BEYOND THE SUNDAYS”
DAVID ADAMS reports…
MIDDLE EAST: WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE CHIEF GEOFF TUNNICLIFFE VISITS THE HOLY LAND
Geoff Tunnicliffe, international director of the World Evangelical Alliance, has returned from the Holy Land after a weeklong visit to give encouragement to evangelicals and other Christian communities in the region, and promote peaceful resolutions to the conflict among Israeli and Palestinian political leaders. In an interview supplied by the WEA, he talks about his […]