Ethan Cole

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• Sep 8, 2009

  Businesswoman to Church: Financial Crisis Golden Opportunity for Economic Justice

  The global financial crisis is a golden opportunity for an economic justice movement, said a South African businesswoman at a Reformed Church conference in Johannesburg.

• Sep 4, 2009

  Web Site Invites Churches to Engage in Online Mission

  Churches are invited to involve their congregants in online mission work through a recently launched Web site that brings spiritual seekers to them.

• Sep 4, 2009

  Reformed Church Gathers to Analyze Economic Crisis

  Members of Reformed churches began a theological critique of the economic crisis Thursday at a global gathering in South Africa.

• Sep 2, 2009

  WCC Calls on Israel to Dismantle Settlements

  The World Council of Churches on Wednesday called on Israel to cease and dismantle its settlements in the occupied territories.

• Sep 1, 2009

  Egypt Muslim Council: Building of Churches is 'Sin' Against God

  Egyptian Muslim leaders are caught in a storm of controversy after a human rights group confronted them about a fatwa (Islamic edict) that stated the building of a church is "a sin against God."

• Aug 31, 2009

  American Jewish Group Blasts WCC Head for Israel Comment

  The American Jewish Committee, one of the oldest Jewish advocacy organizations in the United States, denounced a statement made by the World Council of Churches General Secretary the Rev. Samuel Kobia who called Israel\'s "occupation" of Palestinian territories "a sin against God."

• Aug 26, 2009

  China Gives Secret Order to Attack Major House Churches

  The Chinese government has reportedly issued a secret directive to crack down on at least several major house churches in Beijing, a U.S.-based group reported Tuesday.

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  Aug 26, 2009

  World Council of Churches to Elect New Leader

  The largest ecumenical church body in the world will elect its new general secretary within the next week during a Central Committee meeting that opened Wednesday in Geneva.

• Aug 25, 2009

  Huckabee: Evangelicals More Supportive of Israel than U.S. Jews

  Mike Huckabee, most widely known as a former Republican presidential candidate, said recently that evangelicals are more supportive of Israel than even American Jews.

• Aug 25, 2009

  Priest Risks Life for Churchless Christians in Egypt

  A Coptic priest who renovated his home to accommodate Christian ceremonies in his churchless village is not afraid of the death threat Fatwa issued against him, he declared.