• Churches Say Beslan Slaughter Revulsive and Inhumane

  ''The event evokes a particularly strong sense of revulsion, because the armed insurgents who planned it and carried it out deliberately targeted children. No cause can justify such inhumanity"

• WARC and LWF Urged to Strengthen Ecumenical Ties

  The 77-million member WARC and the 62-million member LWF urged to grow together in the near future through the joint Lutheran-Reformed Commission

• Texas-Sized Hurricane Frances Batters Florida

  Christian relief groups gather volunteers as they prepare the full-on recovery launch; meteorologists advise relief groups and people to stay put through mid-afternoon Monday

• Hurricane Frances Makes Landfall; UMCOR Organizes Relief Efforts

  All Christians urged to give to the Hurricane relief effort as Florida residents brace themselves for the second round of destruction

• CBF Youth: Turning the Sept 11 Destruction into Construction

  ''Our idea was to try and do something constructive on a day that is remembered as destructive. We want to promote world peace, by spreading God's love in our own community''