November 1, 2005 Relief agencies on the ground in quake region

The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has released an initial grant of $10,000 in response to an appeal by Action by Churches Together (ACT) for funds to assist 10,000 families displaced by the massive ...

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October 1, 2005 The last Anglican bishop

Editor's note: An ecumenical delegation from the Anglican, Presbyterian and United churches in Canada visited Christian churches in China last April. During a stop to Nanjing, the delegation met briefly with Bishop Ding Guangxun...

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October 1, 2005 Churches work to fill void in social services

Kunming Some had their hands outstretched as though imploring, others closed their eyes as they sang a hymn whose refrain, translated from Mandarin, said, "I will praise you all my life." They could have been members of any...

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October 1, 2005 A tradition of hospitality

Kunming, otherwise known as the "City of Eternal Spring" is by far the most colourful place we've seen seven days into our 13-day journey last April visiting China's Protestant churches. With a year-round temperate climate,...

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September 1, 2005 Mother's Joy

Warm hello A mother and child from the Miao tribe in Kunming, Yunnan province, were among those who greeted an ecumenical delegation from the Canadian Anglican, Presbyterian and United churches, which visited the People's...

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September 1, 2005 The hard choices that China's churches make

Beijing Westerners are often baffled at the rate of Christian conversions in China – where public evangelism is banned, where the state imposes regulations on religion and where Christianity continues to carry the baggage...

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September 1, 2005 Bible printing press thrives in China as demand grows

NanjingDecades ago, only a few brave souls dared to own a Bible in Communist China. Owning one – whether smuggled from overseas or copied by hand from dog-eared Bibles that managed to survive the turmoil of the Cultural...

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September 1, 2005 The lure of old China

We traveled by train from Shanghai to Nanjing, the old capital, for four-and-a-half hours. After bumper-to-bumper traffic and rows upon rows of humongous buildings in Shanghai it was a relief to see vast fields of green and...

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September 1, 2005 Activists decry 'diversion' of aid

Some donations given by Canadians for the victims of last December's tsunami have in a perverse way ended up contributing to human rights violations in Aceh, Indonesia and funding so-called reconstruction projects that benefit...

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September 1, 2005 Australia has a new primate

Archbishop Phillip Aspinall of Brisbane was elected Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia on July 11 by the board of electors of the primate, which comprises diocesan bishops, and representative clergy and lay members of...

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