Army chaplain Revd Henry Fischer founded the church of St John the Baptist, Meerut, India, in 1819 as a garrison church. After three years of construction, the building was consecrated in 1824 by the Rt Revd Reginald Heber, the then Bishop of Calcutta.
08 March 2000
Bishop Datuk Yong Ping Chung, a Malaysian of Hakka descent, was born on 20th February 1941, the 2nd son in a family of 4 brothers. One of his brothers is also in the ministry. He is a convert from a Chinese traditional family. He has held the distinction of being the youngest member ever elected to the Diocesan Standing Committee when the Diocese of Sabah was inaugurated
24 February 2000
This press conference gives me the opportunity to inform you and the public concerning the installation of the 2nd Archbishop of the Province of the Anglican Church in South East Asia. This will take place on 22nd February 2000 at 4.00 p.m. at All Saints' Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu.
24 February 2000
Rikkyo University in Japan was founded by the American bishop Channing Moore Williams in 1874, since when it has upheld the importance of a Christian education. As part of the 125th Anniversary events, an exhibition of "The Bible and Japanese Culture" was held on the University campus in Tokyo.
19 January 2000
The joy of the Wise Men is understandable. The Gift of Christ to our world is beyond our comprehension. Christmas is always a joyful time for Christians, a time to reflect, with thankfulness to God, upon the full richness of his gift to the world of the Word made Flesh.
16 December 1999
China is going through a period of economic and social change that is producing some tension and unwelcome consequences.
19 November 1999
Earlier this year the 26th diocese of the Church of North India came into existence. Pune Diocese was formed out of part of the Diocese Kolhapur.
19 November 1999
In December 1984 40 tonnes of methyl isocynate, hydrogen cyanide and other lethal gases leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India. Within hours, 8,000 people were dead, 500,000 more sustained permanent injury, and land and water were catastrophically contaminated.
09 November 1999
New Delhi: A 44-year-old tutor has been accused of murdering a student of St Stephen's Anglican College at her home in Adarsh Nagar, north-west Delhi, on Monday night, just eight days before she was due to be married.
04 May 1999
Launched officially on the anniversary of Lesslie Newbigin's death at the end of January, the Bishop Newbigin Institute for Church and Mission Studies is an exciting venture sponsored jointly by the CSI Diocese of Madras and the Synod of the Church of South India.
04 March 1999