A new prayer movement has been launched in a bid to mobilize U.K. Christians in praying for lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
An international development agency is reporting that the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing "misery" for the people there. Caritas International estimates that 14 percent of children will die before their fifth birthday
Amid vigorous debate among scholars in China on the status of house churches, one prominent scholar has suggested the government offer more openness and legal standing to house church Christians, but authorities have reacted with raids, arrests, forced church closures and a ban on the Chinese Federation of Christian House Churches.
After years of discussion, the Baptist and Roman Catholic bodies in Italy signed an agreement on "interchurch" marriage this week.