This feature was taken from an Editorial in "The North India Church Review"...It is true that the Indian Christians in the broader categories fall within the religious minorities, which somehow have been wrongly linked up with the colonial rule of the Europeans, particularly British which in fact is not true. Because well established traditions and historical evidences tell us that Christians have been living in the state of Kerala (India) right from the first century A.D.
07 November 1997
Fifty years after Indian independence, the Christian impact on India has been "out of all proportion to the number of Christians in the country", according to George Koshy, General Secretary of the Church of South India. (Prof. Koshy is an ACC member and author of an article on the CSI in a forthcoming issue of Anglican World magazine).
03 September 1997
Hong Kong's chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, has guaranteed to a major Church gathering that Hong Kong's religious freedoms - both of individuals and organisations - will not be tampered with following the return of the territory to China.
11 July 1997
More than 700 Anglicans gathered in St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong, last Saturday afternoon to give thanks to God for the peaceful reunification of the former Crown colony of China. They offered prayers for strength and courage to follow Christ into the uncharted waters of the future.
11 July 1997
At the end of April the 24th diocese of the Church of North India was inaugurated. The Diocese of Phulbani was inaugurated by the Most Revd D K Mohanty, Moderator of the CNI.
13 June 1997
The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), the regional ecumenical organisation in Asia representing 119 member Churches and 14 national councils in 16 countries has called on Governments and Churches in Asia and around the world to provide immediate humanitarian assistance and food relief to North Korea.
13 June 1997
Mae La refugee camp on the Burma-Thailand border, which is home to more than 2,000 Anglicans and 23,000 other refugees, came under military attack from across the Thai-Burma border recently, threatening a truce which has lasted for nearly a year.
11 April 1997
On 17 February Bishops of the Philippine Independent Church and the Episcopal Church in the Philippines signed a Concordat of Full Communion between the two Churches.
11 April 1997
The Anglican Communion Office has just received the news that the Philippines Independent Church ordained its first woman priest in February. The Revd Rosalina Villaruel Rabaria was ordained priest on 9 February at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Providence and Guide in Albasan, Numancia, Aklan.
11 April 1997
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, has deplored the violence against the Christian community following recent outbreaks of violence in the Christian villages of Shantinagar and Khanewal in Punjab Province. He said that his Government would ensure the full protection and equal rights of minorities in Pakistan. He pledged that victims of the incident would be compensated and places of worship would be rebuilt at Government expense.
11 April 1997