An ecumenical leader in the Netherlands has called on the country’s churches to examine their role in the history of slavery, ahead of next year’s 150th anniversary of the Dutch abolition of slavery. ENI – Churches should be “honest about our past,” said Klaas van der Kamp, general secretary of the Council of Churches in the Netherlands. He was addressing [...]

Seoul, South Korea (ENInews). Japan’s churches and Christian councils should establish a consortium to respond to the devastating 11 March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant accident, an ecumenical meeting said. In addition, the National Christian Council in Japan should “convene a forum of all the Japanese partners to facilitate the exchange of information and activities and explore avenues of [...]

New York (ENInews). Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders greeted the news of the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden with varying degrees of relief, regret and caution. Considered the mastermind of the 11 September 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. that killed nearly 3,000 people, bin Laden was killed [...]

New York (ENInews). In a spirit of repentance, the United Methodist Church is making good on a pledge to support a learning center at the Western site of an 1864 massacre of Native Americans led by a Methodist minister. The UMC’s General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, based in New York City, announced that it has donated U.S. [...]

Warsaw, Poland (ENInews). When Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s only Christian cabinet minister, was assassinated on 2 March, it was only the latest act against Christians to provoke outrage worldwide. Now, church leaders in Europe are debating the best course of action to be urged on governments to counter the wave of violence. Bhatti, 42, was gunned down after he criticised his [...]

Churches and church leaders have sent messages of support for the people of Japan after a devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami rocked the country on 11 March.Toronto, Canada (ENInews). In England, the head of the Anglican Communion,…