The first ever Harvest Festival was held recently at the rural church in Aheri, Diocese of Nagpur, in North India. The gifts that the congregation brought included onions, cabbages, cauliflowers, beans and tomatoes. Many had brought rice, in varying quantities from one farmer's large sack to children's small newspaper bags.
16 September 2000
A new Centre for Human Potential Development for the Church of North India (CNI) was inaugurated on 28 March 2000. All the dioceses of the church were represented at the event, led by the Moderator of the CNI, the Most Revd Vinod Peter.
08 June 2000
The General Secretary of the Church of South India, the Revd G Dyvasirvadam, inaugurated the Triennial Sunday School Rally for special children recently, sponsored by the church's Christian Education Department.
30 May 2000
The Rt Revd Karam Masih, Bishop of Delhi, has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award 2000, which recognises his outstanding contribution to human rights, Dalit causes, gender justice and interfaith relations.
12 May 2000
This unprecedented storm hit the coastal area causing widespread flooding several miles inland, claiming thousands of human lives and making many more homeless.
28 March 2000
Christian Dalits suffer a degree of social and legal discrimination that is not imposed on Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits.
11 March 2000
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
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
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
"The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, condemns the recent reports of attacks on Christians in India. He is deeply concerned at the tragic loss of life and the destruction of property. He wishes to express his shock at what seems to be the persecution of Christian communities in India.
30 January 1999