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| The Gambia is the smallest country in Africa, a former British Colony surrounded by Senegal, and a popular holiday destination for British Tourists. Christians make up 3.7 per cent of the population of 1.3 million, where 90 per cent are Muslim. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Evangelicals now - May 2004 |
| Senior MPs are backing a campaign to protect the rights of Christians who do not wish to work on Holy Days. Good Friday is a day when Christians remember Christ's Passion. To deny someone the opportunity to worship but force them to work is wrong, Peter Kerridge, Managing Director of Premier Media Group added. John Alexander campaign manager for keep Sunday Special commented "We would be absolutely delighted to see Good Friday and Boxing Day protected. We need to restore family time and this would be a wonderful move in the right direction. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Church of England Newspaper - 15th April 2004 |
| Countries in the G8 are responsible for 75 per cent of annual world military expenditure and account for 87 per cent of the weapons trade. Four of the eight are nuclear powers and hold more than 95 per cent of all nuclear weapons. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Church of England Newspaper - 15th April 2004 |
| Eight out of ten British church leaders would recommend Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ, according to a survey by Premier Christian Radio. 81 per cent of them felt the film was a sound reflection of the message of the Christian gospels. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Christian Herald - 17th April 2004 |
| The Archbishops Council Communications Unit, criticised the emphasis placed by BBC news reports on 46 per cent of those polled in the UK saying they had always believed in God, but ignoring the figure of 67 per cent who said they believed in God or a higher power. The BBC has misrepresented the faith communities in the UK by suggesting that less than half the country believe. This is based on only 46 per cent of UK respondents answering yes to a question that specifically asked if they had always believed in God: a highly spurious way of defining current belief. Any committed Christian would recognise that many who hold a strong faith today may well have come to faith late in life, or lived through periods where they lost their belief. No-one could seriously argue that such people are any less believers than those who have believed for as long as they can remember. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christian Herald - 6th March 2004 |
| The BBC poll and follow up programmes on religious observance in the UK seems to be part of a pattern, now greeted with a weary shrug by the public. The national Census of 2001 rather shocked our ruling bureaucracy by revealing that 71.75 per cent of the population of Britain claimed to be Christian, with Muslim the next largest religio-culture grouping, comprising 2.9 per cent. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Church of England Newspaper - March 4th 2004 |
| 300 people attended the London Tavern on March 7th, 1804, for the inaugural meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | The Church of England Newspaper - 11th March 2004 |
| Statistics from the 2001 census show that 73.5 per cent of people in the Diocese of Portsmouth described themselves as Christian - more than the 71.6 per cent who do nationwide. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Pompey Chimes - February 2004 |
| From 26th July to 6th August, 15,000 young Christians from the UK and overseas will take part in community projects, sports initiatives, concerts and other community events across Greater London, in conjunction with local partner churches. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christian Herald - 20th March 2004 |
| This month over 3,500 people have committed their lives to Christ at Impact World Tour's skating, blading, biking, motocross and dancing events in Tauranga and Hamilton. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christian Herald - 20th March 2004 |
| Statistics about Pakistan, An area of 796,095 sq.km, A population of approx 157 million, Religion - Muslim 96.08 per cent (The Ahmadiyya are a sect of Islam that is not considered Muslim by the state. However, they are included in the Muslim percentages here). Christian - 2.31 per cent, Hindu - 1.5 per cent, Bahai - 0.06 per cent, Other - 0.03 per cent, Traditional ethnic - 0.02 per cent. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christianity and Renewal - April 2004 |
| Churches in Bergen, Norway, had been involved in a number of evangelical projects over the years but, according to Noralf, none had really changed the city. They decided instead to pray for their communities - neighbours, friends and work colleagues. This idea slowly spread, and up to 70 per cent of citizens are now being prayed for by name. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christian Herald - 21st February 2004 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses have gained ground in Poland while the predominant Roman Catholic Church has lost members, new data from the country's main statistical office shows. The data shows that 124,300 Poles are now members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, compared to 79,000 belonging to the country's largest Protestant denomination, the Evangelical Augsburg (Lutheran) church. In its report, the Statistics Office said the Roman Catholic Church remained by far the largest religious group, with more than 10,000 parishes and 28,000 priests serving 34.4 million members. However, the data noted the proportion of Catholics had fallen during the 1990s from 95 to 90 per cent of Poland's 38.6 million people. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Reform - April 2004 |
| "Despite persecution, the Christian church in Southern Sudan continues to grow from 5 per cent of the population in 1960 to perhaps 70 per cent in 2000, with the growth figure amongst evangelical Christians running at 20 per cent compared to 6 per cent overall." SUDAN - The Facts, Population - 33.6 million (UN, 2003) Capital - Khartoum Major Languages - Arabic, Nubian, others Major Religions - Islam, Christianity Life Expectancy - 54 years (men), 57 years (women) (UN) Monetary Unit - 1 dinar = 10 Sudanese pounds Main Exports - Oil, cotton, sesame, livestock and hides,gum arabic Average Annual Income - US $340 (World Bank, 2001) | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Enough - Issue 6 2004 |
| 70 per cent of the Sri Lankan population is Buddhist, 15 per cent Hindu, and just 8 per cent Christian. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Joy - April 2004 |
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