• Religious Aid Groups Seek to Dispel Myths of Inter-Faith Work

  We will only end world poverty by working with people who have faiths other than our own – so let’s do it right,” said Christian Aid’s Inter-Community Initiatives Manager, Nigel Varndell, following a major conference on inter-faith humanitarian work this week.

• Zimbabwe Crisis Worse than Imagined, Says Carter

  Former U.S. president and prominent Baptist Jimmy Carter expressed his shock on Monday at the extent of Zimbabwe’s humanitarian crisis, saying that it appeared to be far worse than he had imagined.

• G20 Not Enough to Solve 'Financial Meltdown,' Says Church Head

  The head of the World Council of Churches has challenged the legitimacy of the G20 group of the world's 20 leading economies as the leaders meet in Washington, D.C., this weekend to discuss the future of the global economy in the midst of the global economic crisis.

• Bishop tells Christians to oppose BNP

  The Bishop of Stafford has told Christians that they have a “moral duty” to oppose the British Nationalist Party.

• God Does the Extraordinary Through the Ordinary, Says Lutheran Leader

  “We are not great because of what we have achieved but because God achieves extraordinary things through us ordinary people,” the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation told the European Church Consultation last week.