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One Million Evangelicals Called to Huge Prayer Rally Against Religious Hatred Bill

One Million Evangelicals Called to Huge Prayer Rally Against Religious Hatred Bill

The Evangelical Alliance and the African & Caribbean Evangelical Alliance in calling on its combined membership, consisting of more than a million Christians, to protest next month against the proposed Racial & Religious Hatred legislation..

  • WCC Calls for Better World at International Day of Prayer for Peace

    The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, called on the world’s Christian community to renew its commitment to working for a different world at yesterday’s International Day of Prayer for Peace, reports Ekklesia.

  • Pearl Seeker Provides Forums For Spiritual Discussion

    On the 23rd September 2005 Online Catholics report that the Pearl Seeker Project (a NSW Hunter Valley Project) is receiving ‘Overwhelming feedback from participants indicates that the major strengths of Pearl Seekers are its "comfort level", "spiritual approach", "anonymity of the website" and "quality of interaction".

  • Stem Cell Research Must Be Banned Says Archbishop

    On the 21st September 2005 CathNews is reporting that George Pell the Catholic Archbishop wants the stem cell research laws to be pushed back, warning the destruction of embryos for science has created "a class of human life which is statutorily expendable".

  • A Man Charged Over Destruction of Statue

    On the 20th September 2005 the Sydney Morning Herald has reported that a 61-year old homeless man will appear in Central Local Court today who is accused of smashing a 120-year-old statue at Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral at 4.45pm yesterday.

  • Leaders at UN World Summit make Call for Action against Poverty

    As the faithful marked day two of a three-day prayer and advocacy campaign to overcome global poverty yesterday, heads of states and governments continued to meet in New York for the United Nations World Summit.

  • Christian Medical Fellowship Calls for Moratorium on ‘Virgin Conception’ Research

    In response to the creation of Britain’s first ‘virgin conception’ human embryo, the Christian Medical Fellowship has called on the government to restrain the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) who approved the research. In a press briefing at the British Association festival of science, Paul de Sousa, a researcher at the Roslin Institute which cloned Dolly the sheep, said that his team had created so-called parthenotes, which are early-stage embryos that are m

  • Babies Treated As Consumer Products

    On the 14th September from the Catholic Weekly Bishop Anthony Fisher responded saying babies can become consumer products to Carl Djerassi (Stanford University Emeritus Professor) comments that in as little as 10 years sexual intercourse can be entirely separated from reproduction where women will be ‘happy’ to be: ‘Sterilised after having their eggs frozen, knowing they can have eggs thawed, fertilised and implanted when they choose to have a child.’

  • Christian Leaders Express Hope in UN Negotiations, Call for Prayers

    Only one day remain before the U.N. World Summit begins in New York City on Sept. 14. While member nations are still divided on the issues despite intense negotiations over the weekend, Christian leaders are hopeful.

  • Nativity Scene in Melbourne

    On the 8th September 2005 the city of Melbourne is holding a nativity scene having baby Christ after a period of at least six years absence. The scene is part of the festive decorations where the Melbourne city council bowed to church group pressure of bringing Christ to Christmas which delighted the church. The Age reported that a large diorama can be seen in City Square depicting the story of Jesus birth.

  • Tribes & Nations Co. Helping Third World

    On the 8th September 2005 Grant and Mignonne Murray both former CMS missionaries who spent six years working in rural Tanzania are starting Tribes & Nation an online fair-trading company (http://www.tribesand nations.com.au) from their garage in Springwood which aim to do two things. “Firstly we want to educate people about being ‘fair’ when we shop, and secondly it’s about Christians helping Christians who are producing great products but don’t have a market to

  • Australian Prays for Katrina Victims

    On the 7th September 2005 the destruction left by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in New Orleans and its surrounding areas has Archbishop Francis Carroll the head of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference sending a message of prayerful solidarity to his counterpart in the USA.