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VeggieTales creators release 3-2-1 Penguins!

Hang onto your helmets as those fun-loving space-traveling Penguins take you on a wild ride across the galaxy!

Indian Christians urge help for Sri Lankan refugees

Tamil Christians in India have called on their government to do more to help thousands of Sri Lankans stranded for the last six months in refugee camps, where conditions are reportedly poor.

Big Daddy Weave releases first Christmas record

Eleven years with all original members intact, five No 1 singles and an impressive amount of Top 5 hits later, Big Daddy Weave this week releases their first inspirational Christmas record, Christ Is Come.

Parliament commemorates 200 years of Scottish Bible Society

Following from a motion lodged by Dave Thompson, SNP MSP for the Highlands & Islands, the bicentenary of the Scottish Bible Society was commemorated on Wednesday with a Member's Debate in the Scottish Parliament.

British Methodists laud Fiji Church in face of government pressure

British Methodists have commended the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma for continuing to seek dialogue with the country’s military government in the face of repression.

US Lutheran laments divisions in Church after gay ordination vote

The head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is urging leaders within the denomination to refrain from making decisions that may separate members from one another in the aftermath of the contentious outcomes of last month’s churchwide assembly.

Faith leaders want G20 to move on poverty

Ahead of the G20 summit, faith leaders gathered in Pittsburgh Wednesday to urge world leaders to focus more on the poverty issue.

Church is ‘cautiously optimistic’ over HIV breakthrough

The Church of Scotland says it is “cautiously optimistic” following reports of a breakthrough in the search for a cure to HIV.

Pope to visit Scotland in 2010

Catholics in Scotland have expressed their delight after it emerged this week that Pope Benedict XVI will visit the country early next year.

Christians to seek God’s presence

Christians of all denominations will gather in Birmingham to pray for God’s presence in the nation on 17 October.

Archbishop: Nuclear weapons are attack on faith, hope and love

The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the use of nuclear weapons in international conflict during a visit to Japan.

Change to assisted suicide law may harm vulnerable, Christians warn

Christians are concerned that any change to the law on assisted suicide will only make the seriously ill more vulnerable.

Christians seek new vision of economics and development for Africa

Africa is not only a continent where things have gone wrong. It is also a continent full of potential too, say Christian researchers.

Keeping people in church is the real challenge, says Share Jesus

Thousands of people are expected to return to church on Back to Church Sunday this weekend, but keeping them there is the hard part, says one Christian ministry.

Church leaders brand Brown’s Trident plans ‘feeble and ineffective’

The leaders of three Churches have dismissed the Prime Minister’s plans to reduce the UK’s fleet of nuclear submarines from four to three.

Iran must not obtain nuclear weapons, say Christian leaders

Nearly 50 Christian leaders in the US have called on world leaders to take urgent action to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.