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• WCC chief welcomes Muslim letter on dialogue

18-Oct-07 Ekklesia,

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has welcomed the peace and dialogue letters sent by a widely representative group of Muslim scholars to various Christian leaders last week.

(Read more here)

• American inter-church body says Muslim-Christian exchange 'a sign of hope'

18-Oct-07 Ekklesia,

The Rev Michael Livingston, president of the National Council of Churches USA (NCCUSA) has said that the letter from 130 leading Muslim scholars to Christian leaders across the world is "a sign of hope in a violent world", and needs to build into a global exchange.

(Read more here)

• Rice speaks in favour of a Palestinian state during West Bank trip

18-Oct-07 Ekklesia,

In a statement which goes beyond anything senior US leaders have said before, Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has said it is time for a Palestinian state to be founded, and that the American government will put its full weight behind such efforts.

(Read more here)

• Christian leaders welcome Muslim letter urging cooperation

15-Oct-07 ENI,

The head of the World Council of Churches, the Rev. Samuel Kobia, has welcomed an open letter by 138 Muslim scholars urging Christians and Muslims to seek common ground and he has said the Geneva-based WCC is ready to help.

(Read more here)

• Lutheran world chief welcomes Muslim peace letter

15-Oct-07 Ekklesia,

The Rev Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and president of the Lutheran World Federation, Geneva, has responded positively to letter sent to him and several global Christian leaders by 138 Muslim world leaders.

(Read more here)

• Waller to share award with parish

13-Oct-07 KRYSTAN KRAILLER,

Rev. Rob Waller, the pastor of St. Andrew Catholic Church in Milford, has been drawing international recognition to his church.

(Read more here)

• ELCA Presiding Bishop Responds to Letter from Muslim Leaders

13-Oct-07 ELCA,

The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and president of the Lutheran World Federation, Geneva, responded today to an Oct. 11 letter sent to him and several global Christian leaders by 138 Muslim leaders from throughout the world.

(Read more here)

• Muslim leaders reach out to Christians around the world

12-Oct-07

One Hundred Thirty Nine Muslim leaders and scholars have written to Pope Benedict XVI

(Read more here)

• Palestinian Christian killed for his faith in Gaza

12-Oct-07 Come and See,

Rami Ayyad, a Palestinian Christian worker in the Bible Society bookstore in Gaza and one of the leaders of the Gaza Baptist Church was brutally killed this morning, as announced by the Palestinian Bible Society in Jerusalem.

(Read more here)

• Church Leaders condemn the killing of a Palestinian Christian in Gaza

11-Oct-07

As leaders of the Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical (Lutheran and Anglican) Churches, we condemn with deep sorrow the deliberate murder of Mr. Rami Ayyad.

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