Religious communities in Thailand are responding to a continuing flood crisis resulting from heavy monsoon rains in the last three months. At least 373 people are reported to have died and flooding has reached the capital city of Bangkok.
04 November 2011
Dr Rommel F. Linatoc reflected on the issues of water and sanitation from an ecumenical perspective in the Philippines at the Global Forum of the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) of the World Council of Churches titled "Like a tree planted by the water", which took place from 25-27 November in Nairobi, Kenya.
01 November 2011
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 17 October (ENInews)--Timithy Jerry, a master's student in theology at Sabah Theological Seminary (STS) in eastern Malaysia, relishes his weekends -- but not for time off.
19 October 2011
The Most Revd. Dr. Philip P. Marandih, Bishop of the Diocese of Patna, has been elected as the Moderator and The Rt. Rev. Pradeep Kumar Samantaroy, Bishop of the Diocese of Amritsar, as the Deputy Moderator of the Church of North India for the next triennium.
09 October 2011
A pastor's wife was killed and churches and schools destroyed in the 18 September earthquake that killed more than 100 people in several countries in the Himalaya mountains north of India.
23 September 2011
The Province of South East Asia has elected its fourth Primate
22 September 2011
A two-year Bible Study course for women offered by the Women Desk of Lahore Diocese, Church of Pakistan, together with the Catholic organisation Maktaba Anaweem has recently concluded with the awarding of Certificates.
22 September 2011
The Diocese of Hyderabad has launched an appeal for funds to help its local flood-stricken community, and the ACT Alliance has issued an appeal for Pakistan – hit by severe flooding for the second time in just two years.
21 September 2011
Bangalore, India, 20 September. Muslims in Kashmir, in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, are supporting the re-building of a Christian school that was destroyed by fire during anti-Christian violence one year ago.
21 September 2011
The Anglican mission agency USPG has sent an emergency grant to Pakistan where major flooding has submerged villages, claimed lives and destroyed crops.
21 September 2011