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Transformation and tradition in global mission to renew our vision for mission

Transformation and tradition in global mission to renew our vision for mission

The task of renewing our vision for mission necessarily leads us to focusing on Jesus and His Cross. On the Cross Jesus Christ grappled with the issues confronting all human beings and societies and their shifting faiths and cultures, a situation that still exists today all over the world.

17 February 2003

Mission activists challenged to make a new community

Mission activists challenged to make a new community

"Transformation and Tradition" is the theme of the Anglican Mission Organisations Conference under way in Cyprus, and some might think those terms, like change and continuity, are mutually exclusive.

17 February 2003

Church Leaders pray for peace

Church Leaders pray for peace

Two days after an estimated 5 million people demonstrated worldwide in an attempt to avert the war with Iraq, an ecumenical delegation arrived in London to attend a service of praise, penitence and prayer for peace. The service took place this evening at St John's Church, Waterloo Road.

17 February 2003

Submission on humanitarian consequences of war against Iraq published

Submission on humanitarian consequences of war against Iraq published

Military action against Iraq has the potential to lead to a serious worsening of the humanitarian situation demanding more extensive collaboration between military and humanitarian planners than was experienced during the war in Afghanistan, according to the Church of England's Community and Public Affairs Unit (formerly the Board for Social Responsibility).

17 February 2003

Christian Leaders lobby to avert war in Iraq

Christian Leaders lobby to avert war in Iraq

Christian leaders from the US will be in London next week (17-18 February) to convey a message of widespread opposition to war with Iraq. They believe there are other ways of solving the issue of Iraq's non-compliance with United Nation's resolutions over Weapons of Mass Destruction.

14 February 2003

Archbishop of Canterbury speaks to the UK press

Archbishop of Canterbury speaks to the UK press

Reflecting upon his childhood with fond memories, the Archbishop described to Mr Moore that one of his first impressions of the Anglican tradition was how the whole Christian enterprise hung together in an imaginative and intellectual way.

14 February 2003

Global Mission leaders gather in Cyprus

Global Mission leaders gather in Cyprus

The 120 delegates, representing almost every province in the Anglican Communion, have leadership roles in voluntary agencies, mission boards and church structures. They were invited because they incarnate in their very lives and work the conference theme, Transformation and Tradition in Global Mission.

13 February 2003

Major initiative to enable Church of England churches to rediscover their role in the community

Major initiative to enable Church of England churches to rediscover their role in the community

Restoring Hope, which has the support of both the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York, encourages congregations to take a fresh look at their primary calling, namely 'To love God and to love our neighbour as ourselves.'

11 February 2003

Archbishop's call to active service in Christ

Archbishop's call to active service in Christ

Technical aids and new technologies are no substitute for lives of active Christian service in a world of evil, need and want, Archbishop Robin Eames said today.

07 February 2003

Cyprus and the Gulf issue statement on Iraq

Cyprus and the Gulf issue statement on Iraq

The Synod of the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf met last week and unanimously affirmed the following statement about Iraq:

06 February 2003