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Friday, 06 April 2018 11:11
Nigeria: Archbishop’s mediation in violent region
In January Archbishop Justin Welby tweeted his sadness about the killings and displacements in Nigeria. Writing to the country’s primate, Nicholas Okoh, he offered to contribute towards negotiating peace. He has now repeated that offer, saying,…
Friday, 06 April 2018 11:09
North Korea / USA: a call to prayer
Proposals for dialogue between North Korean and American national leaders in the midst of increasing tensions, conflicts, and fear of war have inspired International Prayer Connections (IPC) to call on Christians to pray for a just…
Friday, 06 April 2018 11:05
Papua New Guinea: ‘witchcraft’
Archbishop Allan Migi, the Anglican primate in PNG, has condemned the increasing number of alleged witches and sorcerers being killed. He said killing a child suspected of witchcraft is strongly opposed to the way of Christ;…
Friday, 06 April 2018 10:40
Saudi Arabia and Israel
Historically, Saudi Arabia has a hatred for Israel and Jews. No Jew may live in the kingdom, which has never opened diplomatic relations with Israel. For 70 years no Israeli passenger planes have been allowed over…
Friday, 06 April 2018 10:30
Global witness of the Church
Christians are to stop putting politics ahead of the Gospel as they advance racial reconciliation, according to comments at an event held in memory of Martin Luther King Jr. While focusing on racial tension in the…
Friday, 30 March 2018 00:22
Reflection on the cross
The cross reminds us of the point in history when the world was changed. Two thousand years ago, a cross was an ancient instrument of torture and death for criminals. Christ the accused criminal king, wearing…