Ethan Cole

Latest

• Nov 1, 2007

  Iraqi Church Head Pressing for Peace

  The head of Iraq’s largest Christian group said violence is worse in the country for Iraqi Christians than before the U.S.-led offense, but he is praying and making efforts so that “peace will prevail.”

• Oct 31, 2007

  U.N. Chief Reaffirms Importance of Church Relations

  The United Nations and the World Council of Churches reaffirmed their commitment to collaborate at a meeting earlier this week at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

• Oct 30, 2007

  Gaza Christians Fear New Extremists Over Hamas

  The small Christian community in the Gaza Strip says it is more fearful of a new generation of extremists than of Hamas.

• Oct 30, 2007

  Holy Land's Only Christian TV Station to Shut Down

  The only Christian TV station in the Holy Land will stop its broadcasts at the end of October due to security and financial problems.

• Oct 29, 2007

  Iraq's Endangered Christians Promised Protection

  Iraq’s prime minister vowed Saturday to protect and support the country’s rapidly diminishing Christian population which has been fleeing the sectarian violence in the country.

• Oct 24, 2007

  Tortured Eritrean Gospel Singer Granted Asylum

  An Eritrean Christian gospel singer who was tortured and imprisoned without charge for two years by her government was recently granted asylum in Denmark.

• Oct 23, 2007

  High-Profile Interfaith Panel Tackles Peace Hurdles

  Some of the world’s top religious, political and intellectual leaders from five continents gathered to discuss how to actualize world peace on Tuesday.

• Oct 23, 2007

  Historic Reformed Church Merger Unites 80 Million Christians

  The World Alliance of Reformed Churches agreed Monday to unite with the Reformed Ecumenical Council to create a new global Reformed body representing more than 80 million Reformed Christians worldwide.

• Oct 23, 2007

  U.S. Evangelicals Coax Iranian Jews into Israel

  American evangelical Zionists have helped entice dozens of Iranian Jews to move to Israel in recent months by offering cash incentives and warning of potential danger to Iran’s Jewish community.

• Oct 22, 2007

  Iraqi Priests Freed by Kidnappers

  Two Iraqi Roman Catholic priests were freed in good condition on Sunday, church negotiators said.