As WCRC Executives Meet in Indonesia, a History of Integrating Local Culture and Christianity
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
As executives of the World Communion of Reformed Churches meet in Indonesia to discuss the group’s plan for the coming year, they also got a lesson in Christian history as a local denomination’s Pastor described some churches’ favorable experiences decades ago in integrating traditional music and dances into Sunday worship.
U.S. Church Group Appeals for Food, Emergency Aid in West Africa
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Low rainfall and devastated food crops in west Sub-Saharan Africa have prompted a U.S.-based multi-denominational church group to issue a $100,000 appeal to help provide food and other emergency assistance to more than 83,000 people.
Help Curb Arabian Gulf Migrant Abuses, Church Groups Say
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Amid explosive growth in Arabian Gulf countries, the need to protect migrant workers human rights is growing and churches and ecumenical groups can lobby and raise awareness to help curb abuses, a global and Asian church body says.
Methodists Reject Divestment in Companies Trading with Israel
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Delegates to the United Methodist Church’s 2012 General Conference voted against divesting from three large US companies who advocates say profit from the sale of equipment that enforces Israeli policies that repress Palestinians.
Pursue Peace at All Costs, Sudan Church Leader Says
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Pursue peace at all costs, a prominent Sudanese church leader said, as the heaviest attacks in a weeks-long standoff between Sudan and South Sudan threatened to flare into a full blown war.
‘Grave Concern’ for Escalating Sudan Conflict, Church Bodies Call for Restraint
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
A global and regional church body called for “maximum restraint” by Sudan and South Sudan forces amid an armed dispute that has escalated into violence in the past two weeks along a border established last year.
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