Consumer power is forcing British supermarkets to insist on better conditions for Third World workers, the international charity Christian Aid reported this month.
31 October 1997
The Archbishop of Canterbury this week urged the Church of England to continue to adapt and innovate in order to connect more effectively with the spiritual needs of millions of people who feel estranged from organised religion. The Archbishop used his Ashe Lecture in St Helen's Church, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, to set out an agenda for continuing change around the themes of confidence, mission and unity.
21 October 1997
Christian Aid, the relief and development agency of the British Churches, has launched an innovative Internet access scheme to raise money for charity on the Internet. The scheme called SurfAid enables Internet users to contribute towards Third World projects while surfing the Internet.
21 October 1997
A new academy for inter religious and intercultural studies which has been launched in Bethlehem is expected to promote relationships between Christians and Muslims. To be known as Dar Al-Kalima (House of the Word), the academy will serve Christians and Churches in the mainly Muslim countries of Asia and Africa, and will research the theology and church practices of these Christian communities. The academy will also provide information about the Palestinian people in an attempt to break their relative isolation.
21 October 1997
The Church of Ireland is launching its new Website on the Internet on Thursday 2nd October 1997 at 9am.
21 October 1997
Three years of preparation and planning came to an end when, on Tuesday, July 8, 12 young people from the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney boarded a plane at Aberdeen Airport bound for the Diocese of St John's, South Africa. The youth exchange teams were led by the Rev Ian Thompson as diocesan youth chaplain, and Mrs Gwynneth Lloyd of St Mary's, Aberdeen
21 October 1997
The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch, last weekend launched Church in Community, a new initiative aimed at highlighting existing links and forging new relationships between the church and community.
21 October 1997
Aid agencies have to adopt a twin strategy to combat poverty, according to Michael Taylor, the outgoing director of Christian Aid, one of Britain's main church-sponsored development agencies. Mr Taylor believes that aid agencies must work to alleviate poverty and at the same time struggle to change the system.
21 October 1997
"A Celebration of the Gospel". Canterbury Cathedral, Friday 19 September 1997
Let me say first of all how delighted I am to be back in the Diocese and to be here at this Celebration Service.
26 September 1997
The Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Revd David Smith, will lead a joint Christian-Muslim visit to Pakistan next month (October 12-27). Travelling with the Anglican Bishop will be Ishtiaq Ahmed, Information Officer for the Bradford Council of Mosques and Director of the Racial Equality Council in Bradford.
26 September 1997