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Government minister urges more faith in action

Traidcraft Chief Exec Paul Chandler, Stephen Timms MP and Chino Henriquez of Chilean co-operative ApicoopPolitical and social activism, rooted in faith, has a vital role to play in shaping modern Britain, says Stephen Timms, the Labour Party's vice-chair with special responsibility for faith communities.

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Muslim AID-UMCOR form Landmark Partnership

One of Britain's most influential Muslim charities and one of the Christian world's most prominent relief agencies are announcing a landmark partnership to help relieve poverty currently afflicting millions of people across the globe.

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'Time to Talk' a new HIV information and training resource for churches and faith organisations

Published by the Strategies for Hope Trust

Editors Note: More information, including extracts of the material, can be found on our ''resources' page.

The Strategies for Hope Trust announces the launch of 'Time to Talk: a guide to family life in the age of AIDS'. This is the third title in the 'Called to Care' toolkit of handbooks, designed for use by churches and faith-based organisations.

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Bishop of Chelmsford's speech during a debate on the white paper Making Governance Work for the Poor

Every time I am confronted by these issues, I cannot get the words of Jesus out of my mind. The poor you will always have with you.

Those words are not some fatalistic doctrine suggesting that there is nothing we can do, they are words that encourage generosity, but they also encourage us to face reality. Poverty is persistent, deeply embedded in human experience and profoundly resistant to all our endeavours to shift it. It is an evil, inhuman experience demanding that every generation faces it, fights it and seeks to overcome it.

The full text is available here


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