February 1, 2008 In the shadow of the cross

Priests hold Sunday mass inside a Lutheran church burnt during post-election violence in Nairobi’s Kibera slum. In recent weeks, Kenyan churches have helped provide humanitarian assistance for hundreds of thousands of people...

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January 2, 2008 Churches growing in Asia, Africa

Asia and Africa may become the centre of gravity for 21st century Christianity, says World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Samuel Kobia, who challenged Philippine church leaders to prepare for this shift.

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January 2, 2008 Deposed bishop still vexes Zimbabwe

The former bishop of Harare, Nolbert Kunonga, has reportedly resorted to forgery in an attempt to discredit and stop the appointment of Sebastian Bakare as the diocese’s interim bishop, the Church Times has reported.

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December 14, 2007 'My contribution made a difference'

Hilda Shilliday is no typical overseas volunteer; she is 77 years old, but like many others she has always wanted to help people abroad.

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December 1, 2007 ‘No urgency’ to oust Zimbabwe bishop

Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled that there is no urgency in hearing a case in which the Anglican Province of Central Africa is seeking the expulsion of Bishop Nolbert Kunonga of the Harare diocese, after he sought to withdraw his diocese from the province.

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November 1, 2007 ‘Schismatic’ Zimbabwe bishop should resign, says colleague

Bishop Nolbert Kunonga of Harare in Zimbabwe should resign his post following his attempt to withdraw his diocese from the Anglican Communion’s Central Africa Province, said his counterpart in Botswana, Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba. The Botswana bishop cited Bishop Kunonga’s opposition to the granting of what he described as “Christian rights” to homosexuals.

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October 1, 2007 Conference urges religious leaders to step up war on AIDS

An international interfaith conference on HIV/AIDS has called on religious leaders to use their places of worship, and educational and health facilities to help in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

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October 1, 2007 Trouble brews over gay issue

The General Synod of the Anglican province of Central Africa, which met in early September in Malawi, replaced the provincial dean because of his “pro-gay” and pro-American viewpoints, according to The Living Church magazine.

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October 1, 2007 The Darfur Response

The figures are startling for what has  been called “the forgotten war” – Darfur. The continuing conflict between the government of Sudan and the southern rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army began in 2004 and has,...

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October 1, 2007 Grin and bear it

A child displaced by fighting in Darfur, Sudan is weighed. The heights and weights of displaced children are carefully monitored at a nutrition and health centre in Kubum, which is sponsored by Action by Churches Together (ACT) International and Caritas. The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund is an ACT partner. Please see p. 2 for more photographs of the ACT-Caritas Darfur Emergency Response Operation.

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