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| 72% of the UK's population describe themselves as 'christian' in the last census. But church attendance remains low, as does understanding of the christian faith. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Salvationist, 14th Febuary 2004. |
| hristian media group Soul Survivor's 'Soul in the City' initiative that has been created to mobilise 15,000 young Christians in community projects across Greater London between 26th July and the 6th August, was launched in the House of Commons in November. Prime Minister Tony Blair gave 'Soul in the City' the thumbs up and said 'It is an immensely worthwile venture, I am delighted to give it my support. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Direction, Feb 2004. |
| Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim country with a population of 220 million. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Response, Feb 2003. |
| ver 40,000 people have accepted Christ through "the first global prayer meeting" according to Liveprayer.com. American preacher Bill Keller, founder of the internet based ministry said he is: "grateful that we now have over 1,000,000 praise reports in our praise archives. These are from people who came to us for prayer and God moved in a wonderful way in their lives and situtaions." At least 1.8 million receive Bill's daily prayer devotionals , and many visit the website for prayer and counselling. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christian Herald - Jan 17th 2004 |
| India's Dalits, who have been virtually enslaved as 'untouchables' for more than 2000 years, have begun to come to Christ in large numbers. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now, Feb 2004. |
| A number of Bible Societies in the Middle East have decided to call 2004 the year of the Bible. They are launching a major media campaign that includes a number of churches and ministries working in the region. SAT 7 will support the campaign by airing a number of new Scripture reading programmes, a new Bible study programme called 'Understanding God's Word', Bible films and other scripture-bassed programmes. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals Now, Feb 2004. |
| Two major forces dominate society in Ethiopia; the Orthodox Church and Islam. Evangelical Christians come under pressure from both groups for their faith in Jesus. The population of 62 million is made up of Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, Animist 12%, Other 5%. Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and one of the world's oldest nations. Number of Christians; 7.4 million (and growing) | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christianity and Renewal, Jan 2004. |
| The UK's first youth project specifically for South Korean teenagers has launched in Kingston, Surrey. The project, which has grown out of the town's Youth For Christ centre, Oxygen, is called Sanso (the Korean word for Oxygen), and is aimed at the 12,000 South Koreans who live in nearby New Maiden - which contains the world's second-largest South Korean population. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Youthwork - Feb 2004 |
| A SAT-7 initiative to support Iranian Christians has reached its first anniversary. The Christian satellite ministry began its programmes in Farsi (the language of Iran) a year ago, and broadcasts for six hours per week. An estimated 175,000 Farsi speaking Christians live in or near Iran. Many have little, if any, contact with other Christians. According to Sonia Home, UK Executive Director for SAT-7, 'Satellite television is a crucial way for Iranian Christians to receive the inspiring support they so desperately need'. Programmes include children's cartoons, discussions, and a youth programe,Youth Cafe Net, in which the young hosts discuss philosophical and spiritual questions. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Baptist Times, Jan 1st 2004. |
| respected academic and journalist has claimed that China could become 'Christianised' within 30 years. Dr. David Aikman, an Oxford graduate in Russian and Chinese history, writes in 'Jesus in Beijing' that the rapid growth of the church could lead up to 20-30% of the population becoming Christians, resulting in government posts being held by belivers and potential changes in China's foreign policy. He said 'Chinese Christians belive that they are called to complete the last phase of the Great Commission. This involves evangelising all of the nations and ethnic groups between China and Israel.' Liz Russell, BMS World Mission Regional Secretary for Asia, said, 'Many China experts are reticent to even hazard a guess as to the number of Christians that are not in China. I am not aware of any nationwide, carefully researched and verified census that makes it possible to state the number with any degree of accuracy. What is clear is that the growth rate is astonishing. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Baptist Times, Jan 1st 2004. |
| More than 3,000 other young people died during the persecution of Christians in Scotland at the end of the 17th century. But their lives are still preaching.Statistics from Billy Graham Ministries show that 95% of people who get saved today are younger than 20 years old, and that 90% of the people who lead someone to Jesus are under 20 years of age, we soon realise, if not before, that the future is in the hands of this generation. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Direction, Jan 2004. |
| A recent MORI poll suggests that between 9.5 and 10 million adults across the UK now know about the Alpha and the numbers are rising. Around 1.5 million people are estimated to have completed an Alpha course in the UK. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Alpha News, Nov 2003 to Feb 2004. |
| Around 500,000 Canadians are estimated to have taken part in Alpha courses before this September and it is running in 2,000 churches. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Alpha News Nov 2003 to Feb 2004. |
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