WEA Applauds U.S. Sanctions on Sudan [Deutsch, Chinese]
The International Director of World Evangelical Alliance, Geoff Tunnicliffe, responded to President Bush's announcement for sanctions on Sudan on Tuesday to help put an end to the conflict in the country's Darfur region, where the experts say more than 400,000 people have died and 2.5 million displaced since 2003.
Micah Challenge: Christian Leaders Blow the Halftime Whistle on G8 [Deutsch, Chinese]
Speaking from Rostock, Chair of the global Micah Challenge campaign Rev Joel Edwards, and International Director of the World Evangelical Alliance, Rev Geoff Tunnicliffe, said that 2007 was halftime for the Millennium Development Goals, the promise made by all heads of state at the Millennium Summit in 2000 to halve poverty by 2015.
Head of WEA and German Chancellor’s Office Agree to Annual Meeting [Francais, Deutsch, Portugues, Chinese]
Rolf Nikel, of the Office of the German Chancellor, and the head of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Geoff Tunnicliffe, have concluded a meeting in Berlin on Monday, June 4, by agreeing to meet annually to discuss issues of extreme concern to Christians such as poverty, climate change and religious liberty.
WEA Head Calls Christians to Fight Poverty at End of Germany Visit
[Espanol, Francais, Deutsch, Portugues, Chinese, Japanese]
The head of the World Evangelical Alliance has concluded his weeklong visit to Germany with a challenge to Christians in the country to engage more with issues of poverty, particularly HIV and Aids. Geoff Tunnicliffe made the appeal at Kirchentag, a massive five-day Christian exhibition and conference which has brought at least 100,000 Christians to Cologne in Germany.
Head of WEA Responds to G8 Agreements on Climate Change and Africa
[Espanol, Francais, Deutsch, Portugues, Japanese]
The head of the World Evangelical Alliance, Geoff Tunnicliffe, has responded to the agreements on climate change and Africa reached by the G8 leaders in Heiligendamm in Germany last week.
WEA International Director Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree
[Espanol, Francais, Deutsch, Portugues, Chinese, Japanese, Korean]
On Friday, June 15, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) International Director Geoff Tunnicliffe received an honorary doctorate degree from Olivet University, a Bible-based institution of higher learning based in downtown San Francisco.
WEA and Lausanne Formally Launch Partnership for Lausanne III: Cape Town 2010
[Espanol, Deutsch, Portugues, Chinese, Japanese, Korean]
The Executive Chair of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation, Rev. S. Douglas Birdsall, and the head of the World Evangelical Alliance, Rev. Geoff Tunnicliffe, have formally launched their new partnership for the next International Congress on World Evangelisation, Lausanne III, to take place in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010.
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Religious Liberty:
UK: Sexual Orientation and Religious Liberty
The British government's controversial Sexual Orientation Regulations (SORs) which outlaw discrimination against homosexuals in the provisions of goods and services became law in England, Wales and Scotland on 30 April 2007.
Egypt: keeping the Copts subjugated
On 11 May, Muslims in the village of Bimha (or Bamha) in Ayat district (around 70 kilometres south Cairo) left their mosques after Friday prayers, armed and zealous for jihad against the indigenous Coptic Christian community and their solitary, partially built church.
Iraq: Dire Need for Safe Haven from Genocide
After celebrating evening mass on Sunday 3 June, Fr Ragheed Ganni (35) left Mosul's Chaldean Church of the Holy Spirit at 6.40pm with his three young and vibrant sub-deacons Basman Yousef Daud, Wahid Hanna Isho, Gassan Isam Bidawed, and Gassan's wife. As their car approached the corner it was ambushed by armed Islamic militants who pulled the Christians out of the car, ordered Gassan's wife to stand clear and then shot the four men dead.
Malaysia: The Islamisation of Malaysia
We must now ask: Is Malaysia essentially an Islamic state that is in the process of bringing its citizens and institutions and even eventually its minorities into submission to the Sharia (which is the constitution of
political Islam)?
Head of WEA’s Religious Liberty Commission on Turkey, Europe and the Challenge of Islam - by Maria Mackay, Christian Today (U.K.)
India: Bangalore - The Barometer of India?
Middle East: Praying for an Arab Awakening
Youth:
Youth Commission Report, June 2007
Australia:
Evangelical Alliance Celebrates 50th Anniversary
India:
Rally held to protest violence against Christians
About 3,000 Christians, Dalits, and human rights activists courted arrest in New Delhi yesterday while protesting against violence on Christians and the government’s silence in this regard.
Anti-Child Labour Day - 12th June
As India gets ready to observe the Anti Child Labour Day on June 12th, EFICAR (Evangelical Fellowship of India Children at Risk) requests your prayers for the child-labourers in our country.
Sri Lanka:
Statement on the Execution of Two Sri Lanka Red Cross Workers
Forced Expulsion of Tamils from Lodges in Colombo
Sri Lanka: Another Abduction - 19th June 2007
The following is a collection of reports and commentaries on ISLAM by Prof. Dr. Christine Schirrmacher
The Islamic Studies Scholar, Prof. Dr. Christine Schirrmacher, is Academic Director of the Islamic Studies Institute in Bonn and author of several books about Islam. Her most recent is Islam und christliche Glaube: Ein Vergleich (Islam and the Christian Faith: A Comparison), published by Hännsler Verlag in Germany
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