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Help Beat Cholera Threat

Rt Rev Dr Sebastian Bakare, Anglican Bishop of Harare in Zimbabwe, has called on the Australian Government for help in applying Australian water-drilling expertise to save Harare residence from a potential catastrophe from the rapid spread of cholera..

  • Iker Inhibited, Common Cause to Unveil Vision for Separate Body

    Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church Katharine Bishop Jefferts Schori has inhibited the Bishop of Forth Worth, Jack Iker, from "exercising the gifts of ordination" in the ordained ministry of The Episcopal Church, after having found he had "abandoned the Communion of this Church". The standing committee of the Diocese of Forth Worth have however stated that the inhibition, which was made on 21 November, has no effect since the Diocese had already voted to align with the Diocese of the Southe

  • Capetown Conference to Address the Big Issues Facing Christianity

    Lindsay Brown, evangelist at-large for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) and international director of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, will be sharing the vision of Lausanne for a Third World Congress in Cape Town in 2010, at a morning tea at St Philip's Anglican Church, York Street, Sydney on December 4th. This is one of a series of meetings to be addressed by Lindsay during early December.

  • Christmas Gifts for Persecuted Christians

    Persecuted Christians may be among the last things on people's minds this Christmas, but a ministry is seeking to change that with its 2008 Christmas Catalog that features gifts for the oppressed and too often forgotten believers.

  • Pope Questions Path of Interfaith Dialogue

    Pope Benedict XVI questioned the current direction of interfaith dialogue on Sunday, but maintained that talks between religious groups are still needed albeit it might need some changes.

  • Indigenous People Have Significant Contribution to Anglican Spiritual Life

    Archdeacon Brian Kirk, from the Gamilaroi tribe in north-western New South Wales, and Vicar of the Parish of Moree (Armidale Diocese), was elected Chair of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council (NATSIAC), by members at their annual meeting in Cairns on 5 September.

  • International Ecumenical Delegation to Visit Haiti

    The visit aims to express solidarity with the Haitian people and listen to the churches in the country. Through visits to local Christian communities, civil society organizations, humanitarian agencies and political representatives, the international ecumenical representatives will learn about their concerns and hopes.

  • Fierce Storm Tears Through The Gap

    Members of The Gap Uniting Church are still struggling to come to terms with being at the centre of one of the worst storms ever to hit Brisbane.

  • Churches to Make 2009 a Special Year for Children

    Church leaders are being encouraged to help make 2009 'a year to remember' for young people and the church with the launch of an interdenominational Year of the Child, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the United Nations' International Year of the Child.

  • Anglican and Catholic Bishops in Talks on Common Christian Witness

    Members of the Church of England House of Bishops and the Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales are in London today for their second bi-lateral meeting on shared Christian witness.

  • New Dean for Christ Church Cathedral

    The Anglican Bishop of Newcastle, Dr Brian Farran, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Dean of Newcastle and Christ Church Cathedral.

  • United Methodists Grant Deacons Sacramental Authority

    The United Methodist Council of Bishops recently adopted guidelines for granting deacons sacramental authority under certain circumstances during a meeting earlier this month.