Category - evangelical

Resurrection is no Easter conjuring trick

Simon Barrow — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:41:09 +0000

The modern temptation is to dismiss resurrection as fantasy or reduce it to spiritualised sophistry, says Simon Barrow. The shape of the core Christian hope is both more substantial and more subtle than that.

Theology, science and the problem of ID

Simon Barrow — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:17:10 +0000

This paper briefly sets out the religious, philosophical and political context of both the 2007 government guidelines on science teaching and the recent report and statement of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR), explaining why 'intelligent design' (ID), popular among some religious groups, is neither sound science nor good theology. It includes notes, an overview of 2005-7 Ekklesia comments on creationism and ID, and a select bibliography.

Simon Barrow

Black campaigners say UK mental health services are failing

staff writers — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:58:25 +0000

Churches, faith groups, racial justice campaigners and civic and community organisations need to work together more determinedly in the face of continuing serious failures in mental health provision, says Black Mental Health UK.

Grappling with change as a global church

Sara Speicher — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:33:44 +0000

This year the World Council of Churches, the primary post-war instrument of global church cooperation, is 60 years old. Sara Speicher explores its role and future in a radically changed world, and asks how churches today can negotiate togetherness and difference.

Broadest ever grouping of US Christians focuses on poverty

agency reporter — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:03:00 +0000

The new cooperative body Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT), bringing together representatives of 43 participating churches and organizations across America, is giving priority to work on poverty and witness.

Tearfund recruits leading US church figure in HIV-AIDS struggle

staff writers — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:46:21 +0000

Kay Warren, Executive Director of the HIV initiative at Saddleback Church, California, USA, is adding her support to a Tearfund programme raising the awareness of HIV-AIDS with UK churches. She says the church has a key role to play.

Calendar makes Advent a time to remember AIDS struggle

staff writers — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:25:20 +0000

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, evangelical leaders Rick and Kay Warren and the Rev Gideon Byamugisha, the first African Anglican priest to openly say he is HIV-positive, are contributors to an Advent Calendar focussing on HIV-AIDS awareness.

Evangelicals to explore eco-crisis and Christian hope

staff writers — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:12:39 +0000

As more evangelical Christians become involved in ecological causes a leading training college in the UK is to hold a conference exploring the relationship between notions about 'end times' and working for the environment.

Pentecostal leader greets world Christian gathering as a new beginning

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:56:05 +0000

A prominent US Pentecostal leader has hailed a world gathering that has been described as bringing together the broadest range of Christian traditions ever assembled at a global meeting, saying that it is "a new Pentecost".

Global Christian Forum is 'most diverse Christian gathering ever'

staff writers — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:55:00 +0000

A unique gathering of high level church leaders starting on Tuesday 6 November 2007 near Nairobi, Kenya, features the broadest range of Christian traditions ever represented at a global meeting, says its organisers.