Christian Aid, the relief and development agency of the British Churches, has launched an innovative Internet access scheme to raise money for charity on the Internet. The scheme called SurfAid enables Internet users to contribute towards Third World projects while surfing the Internet.
21 October 1997
A new academy for inter religious and intercultural studies which has been launched in Bethlehem is expected to promote relationships between Christians and Muslims. To be known as Dar Al-Kalima (House of the Word), the academy will serve Christians and Churches in the mainly Muslim countries of Asia and Africa, and will research the theology and church practices of these Christian communities. The academy will also provide information about the Palestinian people in an attempt to break their relative isolation.
21 October 1997
The Church of Ireland is launching its new Website on the Internet on Thursday 2nd October 1997 at 9am.
21 October 1997
Three years of preparation and planning came to an end when, on Tuesday, July 8, 12 young people from the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney boarded a plane at Aberdeen Airport bound for the Diocese of St John's, South Africa. The youth exchange teams were led by the Rev Ian Thompson as diocesan youth chaplain, and Mrs Gwynneth Lloyd of St Mary's, Aberdeen
21 October 1997
The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch, last weekend launched Church in Community, a new initiative aimed at highlighting existing links and forging new relationships between the church and community.
21 October 1997
Aid agencies have to adopt a twin strategy to combat poverty, according to Michael Taylor, the outgoing director of Christian Aid, one of Britain's main church-sponsored development agencies. Mr Taylor believes that aid agencies must work to alleviate poverty and at the same time struggle to change the system.
21 October 1997
"A Celebration of the Gospel". Canterbury Cathedral, Friday 19 September 1997
Let me say first of all how delighted I am to be back in the Diocese and to be here at this Celebration Service.
26 September 1997
The Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Revd David Smith, will lead a joint Christian-Muslim visit to Pakistan next month (October 12-27). Travelling with the Anglican Bishop will be Ishtiaq Ahmed, Information Officer for the Bradford Council of Mosques and Director of the Racial Equality Council in Bradford.
26 September 1997
Last week the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, paid tribute to the Churches' work with and for the unemployed in Britain.
23 September 1997
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev and Rt Hon George Carey, led the prayers at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in Westminster Abbey on Saturday, September 6th. On his shoulders he carried the concerns and thoughts of millions of people throughout the world. The prayers spoke clearly of much of emotion of a week that we would never forget; included one of thanksgiving to God for Diana for her "sense of joy and for the way she gave to so much to so many people." Additional prayers were offered for her family, in particular, for Prince William and Prince Harry and her mother, brother and her sisters.
13 September 1997