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    Friday
    Feb242012

    Can you worship with us in this way?

    The Rt. Rev. Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, on the traditional Prayer Book
    The Bishop of London is third in seniority in the Church of England after the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

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    Monday
    Jan022012

    Seeking God after child abductions – Jesus wept. (John 11:35)

    By Tom Froese

    KAMPALA, UGANDA – Remember Kienan Hebert, the three-year-old in one of Canada’s biggest feel-good stories of 2011? In September Kienan was abducted from his B.C. home and later returned by, of all people, his abductor.
    Twitter and Facebook lit up. Christians proclaimed God is alive and well and listening to prayer.
    One wrote the Toronto Star online: “To those who aren’t aware that God answers prayer, I show you the return of Kienan Hebert. Now if we prayed on an ongoing basis for the protection of children and for those disturbed in mind and spirit, abductions like this would rarely occur.”
    Now come to Uganda and consider my personal top story of the year. It unfolded soon after Kienan’s return,

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    Monday
    Jan022012

    Crèche lovers come to Canada

    A North American aboriginal creche.

    (Photo: Lorraine o’donnell Williams)

     

    By Lorraine O’Donnell Williams

    WILL YOU BE displaying a crèche this Christmas in your church or home? The Protestant Reformers did not encourage nativity scenes and the Nazis tried to ban them. Nonetheless, according to Dr. Janet Ritch, “St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1276) “knew the need people have to see…the sacred events of their salvation.” The York University social historian said, “The saintly friar did see clearly the need to visualize in a tangible manner the events surrounding Christ’s birth.”
    Dr. Ritch was speaking at the fifth bi-annual conference

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    Monday
    Jan022012

    Canadian appointed Area Bishop for Horn of Africa

    (Photo: www.tsm.edu)

    By Debra Fieguth

    CANADIAN Grant LeMarquand has been appointed an area bishop to the Episcopal Diocese of Egypt, responsible for the Horn of Africa.
    A professor of Biblical Studies and Mission at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania for the past 14 years, LeMarquand will move with his wife, Wendy, to the city of Gambella in western Ethiopia,

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    Monday
    Jan022012

    Global Discipleship 

    Dr. Titus Presler, an American serving as Principal of Edwardes College in Peshawar, Pakistan, offered these comments on Grant LeMarquand’s appointment:
    “Grant is a mature missiologist with a passion for exploring the interface between God’s mission and scripture studies.
    “It is significant that a Canadian of Caucasian descent has been appointed to this ministry,

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    Monday
    Jan022012

    Kashmir priest arrested for baptising Muslims 

    A PRIEST has been arrested in the Indian state of Kashmir and charged with promoting religious enmity and outraging religious feelings after he baptised 15 Muslim young men who had converted to Christianity.
    The Rev. Chander Mani Khanna, rector of All Saints Church in Srinigar in the Church of North India’s Diocese of Amritsar, was jailed on Nov. 19 by police following complaints made against him

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    Monday
    Jan022012

    AMiA breaks with Rwanda 

    By David Virtue with Sue Careless

    IN A SURPRISE MOVE on Dec. 5th, the Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA) withdrew from the pastoral oversight of the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda. There was a breakdown in talks between Rwanda and AMiA, which was exploring the possibility of reorganizing

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    Monday
    Nov142011

    No public church in Afghanistan

    THERE IS NOT a single, public Christian church left in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. State Department. This reflects the state of religious freedom in that country

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    Monday
    Nov142011

    Retrial for Iranian pastor sentenced to death for apostasy

    (www.faith2share.net)

    IRAN’S SUPREME COURT has ordered a retrial for a pastor sentenced to death for apostasy. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has refused to recant his faith in Jesus Christ in appeal hearings, despite being told that the death sentence

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    Monday
    Nov142011

    New malaria vaccine offers hope  


    DRAMATIC new results from a malaria vaccine have raised hopes that the world might be on the verge of defeating a disease that kills nearly 800,000 people every year. If confirmed by future trials

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