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Anglican Women Play Part at Key UN Gathering

More than 100 Anglican women representing 37 provinces of the Anglican Communion are gathered in New York for the current 50th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting, which opened last Friday..

  • Pray for Reconciliation and Christian Unity

    On the 27th February 2006, the National Council of Churches in Australia is inviting Christians to devote a 10 days period (starting from May 26th to the June 4th 2006) to pray for reconciliation and Christian unity.

  • WCC Looks to New Leadership for Next Decade

    Delegates at the largest ecumenical gathering in a decade elected a new decision-making body on Wednesday to lead the World Council of Churches (WCC) into the next decade.

  • New Winners In World Youth Day Design Competition

    On the 24th February 2006, four students were winners of the Sydney World Youth Day 2008 ‘Ignite the Flame’ logo competition, reported the Catholic Leader. The winners will be invited to Rome to handover the World Youth Day Cross and Icon in April.

  • The Catholic Church Approaches To The Media Must ‘Be Open’

    On the 23rd February 2006, the Archbishop of Perth, Archbishop Barry Hickey addressed religious leaders and the media at the new Notre Dame University campus in Perth, calling on the church to enter into ‘open dialogue’ to keep up with the media trend in Australia, reported the Catholic Weekly.

  • WCC 9th Assembly Looks for Churches to Protect “The Right to Life”

    Churches and Ecumenical partners have been called to work together to preserve and protect water resources against over-consumption and pollution, at the 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), currently meeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

  • Evangelicals Embrace “Connections” at WCC 9th Assembly

    World Evangelical leaders have joined with their Pentecostal counterparts to welcome better relations with World Council of Churches (WCC)...

  • No Anglican Archbishop for Melbourne Yet

    On the 20th February 2006, the Synod Diocese had not reached a consensus on who would be the next Anglican Archbishop in Melbourne causing the election process to revert back to the selection of new candidates for the position.

  • NCLS Prepares To Undertake Survey

    On the 20th February 2006, National Church Life Survey (NCLS) Research is undertaking another church life survey in the later half of the year.

  • Equitable Solution To Unfair Law

    On the 19th February 2006, the Evangelicals Members within the Uniting Church (EMU) had presented an information meeting discussing their current progress as well as a new draft state bill prepared by the Reverend Honourable Dr. Gordon Moyes MLC.

  • World Christian Leaders Discuss Challenges of Globalisation & Diversity

    In an historical event, religious leaders from two hemispheres came together at the World Council of Churches (WCC) 9th Assembly on Feb. 15th, 2006, to discuss the issues on which cultures and civilisations clash.

  • Lutheran Numbers Grow Worldwide, Shrink in Global North

    The number of Lutherans worldwide rose by nearly a quarter million members, largely through the sharp growth of Christians in Africa.