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Special
note
This is the last issue
of A.C.Press News until September. Thank you for your support
over the past year, and we look forward to renewing contact
after the summer break.
Church services in wake
of London bombings
London,
July 15th, 2005 (ACPress.net).
Dozens of church services
were held across the UK
for the victims of the terrorist attack in London
which occurred on July 7th, leaving around 50 dead and 700 injured.
A service was held in St Pancras Church near King’s Cross Station,
not far from the site of the worst attack where at least 21
died. Prayers were said for those who were injured in the blasts,
including - at the time - those who might still have been trapped
in the wreckage on the Underground line between King’s Cross
and Russell Square.
Rescue workers are having to face temperatures of up to 60 degrees
Centigrade as they work to remove bodies and other debris.
Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London, said “The deeds of Thursday
are a sin against God and against all feelings of human decency”,
at a service in St Martin-in-the-Fields, near Trafalgar
Square. Westminster Abbey offered
a requiem in the High Anglican tradition, while St
Paul’s Cathedral in the City held a Sunday
service of reflection and prayer. The government minister appointed
to tend to the victims, Tessa Jowell, said a funeral service
for those killed would be held at a suitable time.
People have left flowers and other tokens of remembrance at
the sites of the bombings, including Tavistock
Square, where a bomb ripped the roof
and much of the upper storey off a double-decker bus, killing
13. Two groups linked to Al Qaeda have claimed responsibility
for the attack: Abu Hafs al Masri Brigade, who also claimed
to have carried out the Madrid
attack, and the Organisation for Jihad in Europe.
Source: Agencias. Editing:
ACPress.net
World Evangelical Alliance
calls for prayer for the world’s suffering
Miami,
USA.
July 21st, 2005 (ACPress.net).
Geoff Tunnicliffe, International
Director of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), rang his British
counterpart, Joel Edwards, to express his consternation and
the solidarity of the world’s churches in the wake of the terrorist
bombings in the English capital.
Tunnicliffe said “the people of London
have united with those whose daily life is affected by violence.
Our hearts go out to all the victims of terror in London,
and the victims of terrorism and violence all over the world,
especially to those who have lost family or friends. The feeling
of insecurity is part of normal experience for many people in
the world today. They are not just fighting to survive terrorism,
but also are living with the intense suffering caused by extreme
poverty and disease. The fact that the terrorist bombs exploded
on the day the G-8 were meeting brought together both types
of suffering, that of poverty and the terror of violence.”
The WEA has made a call to Christians the world over to pray
for those who are suffering, whatever shape or form it takes,
to pray for an end to violence, for the violent to repent, for
the G-8 to make wise decisions regarding poverty, and for the
Gospel to be proclaimed boldly so that the Kingdom of God might
be established in many lives.
Source: WEA. Editing: ACPress.net
John Stott named Honorary Chairman of Lausanne Committee
Lausanne,
July 21st, 2005 (ACPress.net).
The Anglican clergyman
and writer, John Stott, who was named by Time magazine in April
as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, has
been made Honorary Chairman of the Lausanne Committee for World
Evangelism.
Rev. S. Douglas Birdsall, Executive Director of the Lausanne
Committee, said Stott’s name was virtually synonymous with Lausanne
due to his important role in the movement. He said Stott had
“a heart and vision for the world. From there comes the vision
of Lausanne, the
whole Church taking the whole Gospel to the whole world.”
In 1974, Stott chaired the group which drew up the Lausanne
Pact, and for the following 7 years chaired the Lausanne Theology
and Education group. In 1989, he headed up the committee responsible
for the Manila Manifesto, which along with evangelism, stressed
the need for churches to get involved in social action.
The Lausanne movement
exists to help churches in their evangelistic task, and produces
the ‘Lausanne Occasional Papers’ on current issues it considers
important. Recently it produced 31 papers, each on an issue
which it believes could hinder evangelism in the 21st century.
They can be found in English at www.lausanne.org. A leadership
conference is planned for next year in Manila
and a 3rd Congress is being considered for somewhere between
2008 and 2014.
Source: Entrecristianos. Editing:
ACPress.net A.C.Press:
The News Agency of the AEE (Spanish Evangelical Alliance)
Digital magazine at the website: www.ACPress.net
Telephone: 91 747 14 89; Fax: 91 747 59 24; E-mail: noticias@ACPress.net.
Postal address: Apartado 59198, 28080 Madrid, Spain.
Co-ordinator of A.C.Press News: Jonathan Dawson, E-mail: jdawson@acpress.net
A.C.Press is part of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance, whose
E-mail is: oficina@AEEsp.net (www.AEEsp.net)
The Alliance is a forum for fellowship, reflection and the
development of Christian thought, produces various publications,
and is involved in the struggle for religious liberty. It
is also part of the European and World Evangelical Alliances.
A.C.Press news items may be reproduced as long as their source
is mentioned (ACPress News)
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