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Bishop Advises Community Against Deities, Secret Cults

Bishop Advises Community Against Deities, Secret Cults

OGWASHI-UKU (DELTA) - The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Asaba, Most Rev Justus Mogekwu, has called on the Chiefs and inhabitants of Ogwashi-Uku to do away with the worship of deities.

02 February 2012

Boko Haram Is A Distraction

Boko Haram Is A Distraction

The Anglican Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Reverend Emmanuel Chukwuma, has warned those, including Boko Haram, scheming to distract the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to retrace their steps and turn a new leaf.

31 January 2012

Nigerian conflict mixes religion, poverty and politics

Nigerian conflict mixes religion, poverty and politics

27 January (ENInews)--Christian and Muslim leaders worldwide are being urged to act together to address the violence being unleashed in northern Nigeria that has been blamed on Boko Haram, a self-proclaimed Islamist group.

30 January 2012

WCC asks Nigerian president to support Christian/Muslim peace

WCC asks Nigerian president to support Christian/Muslim peace

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit expressed deep sadness over the current wave of violence in Nigeria, calling on the churches to pray for the victims, and asking Nigerian president to support solidarity efforts for peace by both Christians and Muslims in the country.

27 January 2012

Kenyan faith leaders urge calm after court indicts politicians

Kenyan faith leaders urge calm after court indicts politicians

Nairobi, Kenya, 23 January (ENInews) Faith leaders in Kenya called for calm after the International Criminal Court in The Hague committed to trial high-ranking politicians for crimes against humanity in connection with violence following elections in 2007.

25 January 2012

Archbishops Visit to Bor Town, Jonglei State

Archbishops Visit to Bor Town, Jonglei State

Archbishop Daniel Deng along with a provincial support team travelled to Bor in order to meet with the newly-formed Inter-Church Committee for Peace, Mediation and Reconciliation.

25 January 2012

Be humble, Anglican cleric tells leaders

Be humble, Anglican cleric tells leaders

An Anglican cleric, Ven Ugochukwu Ekeada of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Egbu in Owerri North Local Government of Imo State, has challenged leaders at all levels, to humble themselves in their services to the nation and mankind. 

19 January 2012

Persecution Increased Most in Sudan, Nigeria, Report Says

Persecution Increased Most in Sudan, Nigeria, Report Says

Open Doors’ 2012 World Watch List ranks countries where Christians suffered in 2011.

19 January 2012

South Sudan, agencies aid victims of inter-ethnic fighting

South Sudan, agencies aid victims of inter-ethnic fighting

17 January (ENI news). Christian humanitarian agencies are delivering relief aid to thousands of people displaced in inter-tribal conflict in South Sudan, the world's newest nation.

18 January 2012

Archbishop of Cape Town's Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury - 'A Necessary Covenant'

Archbishop of Cape Town's Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury - 'A Necessary Covenant'

The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, has written to the Archbishop of Canterbury in response to his Advent Letter to the Primates of the Anglican Communion and Moderators of the United Churches. In his letter, Dr Makgoba reflects on the Anglican Covenant as ‘necessary’ for Anglicans ‘in recalling us to ourselves’.

10 January 2012