December 1, 2006 Asian partner falls prey to e-mail scam

Churches and their partners around the world are being warned not to fall prey to e-mails seeking cash and/or credit card information in exchange for a sizeable donation or in order to claim a prize or an award.

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December 1, 2006 Anti-graft pamphlet quotes from holy books, prophet

A Russian organization with close ties to the Kremlin is quoting the Bible, the Jewish Torah and a saying attributed to the prophet Muhammad in an anti-corruption drive to warn against the evils of bribery.

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December 1, 2006 Bishop pleads for Palestinian children to be allowed back to school

A Lutheran Holy Land leader who was shocked to encounter school children begging by the road side has pleaded for Palestinians, Israelis and the international community to get more than 700,000 Palestinian students back to school.

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December 1, 2006 Cross dispute

British Airways has become embroiled in a dispute with a check-in official at Heathrow Airport in London who refused a company request to cover up the cross she was wearing around her neck. Nadia Eweida, aged 55, who is on unpaid leave until the dispute is resolved, claims the right to display her Christian religious affiliation in a discreet way.

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December 1, 2006 Nuclear protest

A grouping of Japanese churches and Christian organizations has protested North Korea’s nuclear weapon test but would like to see the United States have direct negotiations with Pyongyang.

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December 1, 2006 Climate ‘chaos’

Churches in Britain have joined the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition and hope to mobilize Christians to take stewardship of a threatened earth just as a critical United Nations conference on the planet was taking place in Nairobi.

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December 1, 2006 BCP: a finished product or a work in progress?

These two books are different in content and purpose. One is a devotional commentary on the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer (BCP), which appeared in substantially finished form 450 years ago in the Church of England.The other...

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December 1, 2006 Classic story retold

Keisha Castle-Hughes, as Mary, brings food to children in The Nativity Story. Before the film’s release, an evangelical group and the distributor arranged for special advance screenings for select media and “Christian leaders and...

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December 1, 2006 Calgary church band’s CD wins Christian music award

Christmas Presence, a CD produced by the Holy Trinity Church Band in Calgary, won a Covenant Music Award on Oct. 27 for best seasonal album of the year. Together with other band members, Anthony Packwood, worship leader at Holy...

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