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Since the war broke out more than six months ago, Bible Society has been making the Bible available to soldiers as well as civilians in Ukraine. Recently, Serhii, the commander of a military unit, told Bible Society colleagues in Ukraine how vital the Bible is to his troops. He said, “It is very important for...

A prolonged drought in Ethiopia has killed untold numbers of livestock and brought millions of people to the brink of famine. And as the crisis escalates, more and more girls are at risk of child marriage. Tearfund has warned that Ethiopia now has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with an...

The Barnabas Fund has launched an appeal to help Christians suffering in Lebanon’s deepening financial crisis. As one of the project partners to Barnabas said: “You can’t imagine how many requests I have for people in need. Especially the elderly, who cannot find work or leave the country. They still must eat and pay medical...

Compassion, the humanitarian aid organisation, is very worried about the rising cost of living in the developing world. As a spokesman explains, there are already 365 million children worldwide living on less that £1.45 a day. No wonder that the UN has recently declared that social conditions in many developing countries are now “at a...

Russian church leader defends war C of E has good skills, says new bishop Church Mission Society refreshes its vision Trends in Persecution Eritrean Christians mark 20 years of church closures Drought in East Africa Debt leaves you so lonely ** Russian church leader defends war Patriarch Krill of Moscow recently again defended the Russian...

Patriarch Krill of Moscow recently again defended the Russian war on Ukraine. He said it was wrong to call it an invasion. “Russia has never attacked anyone,” he told the congregation of the Cathedral of the Archangel, in the Kremlin. “It’s amazing that such a great and powerful country has only ever defended its borders....

The next Bishop of Bath and Wells, Dr Michael Beasley, has said that the CofE learned valuable lessons during the pandemic. “There’s been a huge amount that we’ve seen in our response to an emergency. It shows we have a flexibility and a resilience and an ability to respond to situations that we might not...

Church Mission Society has unveiled its recently “refreshed vision and purpose” for this generation, which is to make disciples of Jesus ‘at the edges of society’: the ‘edges of Church’ and the ‘edges of people’s comfort zones’. It will thus prioritise mission “at the margins and cultural fringes.” Alastair Bateman, CEO of Church Mission Society,...

Release International’s 2022 Persecution Trends has highlighted the growing violence and discrimination against Christians in Nigeria, the Sahel, Afghanistan, India and North Korea. In India religious nationalism is on the rise. Attacks against Christians are increasing, and more states are imposing anti-conversion laws – Karnataka is the latest. In Afghanistan Christians are afraid of being...

Christians in Eritrea have just marked 20 years of state persecution. The East African dictatorship shut down most of its churches in May 2002, outlawing every religion except Sunni Islam, Eritrean Orthodox, Roman Catholicism and the Lutheran Church. Today, 20 years later, the persecution continues. “Eritrea is like a giant prison,” says Release partner Dr...

Extended drought is fuelling a hunger crisis in East Africa that has been called “one of the worst climate-induced emergencies in its history.” So warns the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, Martin Griffiths. Speaking recently, he said that an estimated 7.2million Ethiopians are already not getting enough to eat, and in...

Christians Against Poverty has warned that more people are suffering loneliness and isolation as the cost-of-living crisis pushes them ever deeper into debt. The charity has recently reported finding clients “too worried to answer the door or answer the phone.” Before contacting CAP for debt advice and support, 60 per cent of respondents said they...