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| The annual charity appeal Operation Christmas Child has received a boost as Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United, is to back its 2003 campaign. Sir Alex said "I am very pleased to be involved with Operation Christmas Child's 2003 Shoebox Appeal. It is a very practical way of bringing some happiness into the lives of needy children in many countries, particularly in the Balkans an Eastern Europe." |
| Enough - Issue 3 2003 |
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| Tony from pop band Liberty X announced the results of an online viral campaign in which 11-16 year olds were asked what they would do if they were given £500 for free. 10% said they would give it all away to charity and keep none for themselves. |
| Enough - Issue 3 2003 |
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| In the entire world, over 50,000 people become Christians every day. Certainly a quarter - perhaps even a half - of that number come to Christ in China alone. |
| Enough - Issue 3 2003 |
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| Four years ago the Prime Minister pledged to eliminate UK child poverty within 20 years. With 3.9 million children - one in three - currently living in poverty in the UK, this was an ambitious pledge. Many in poverty are struggling with debt - not as a form of financial sophistication, but as a means of survival. |
| Enough - Issue 3 2003 |
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| There are now more than 50 different ethical investment funds in the UK, with over 500,000 investors and the estimated value of these funds stood at £4 billion in August 2001 and is growing year on year. |
| Enough - Issue 3 2003 |
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| The American Episcopal Church meet in October to decide their response to the unprecedented decision to ratify the election of a practising gay bishop. An estimated 22-25 Primates of the Anglican Communion out of a total of 38, representing the vast majority of the world's Anglicans, are likely to oppose the American decision in the strongest possible terms. |
| The Church of England Newspaper - Thursday August 14 2003 |
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| The 'Nazareth of North Norfolk' was voted as the Nation's Favourite Spiritual Place in a BBC poll on the weekend, narrowly defeating the Scottish island of Iona. |
| The Church of England Newspaper - Thursday August 14 2003 |
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| The South Africa Aids pandemic is as big a world disgrace as apartheid, charged the Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane last week. "The fact that 600 people are dying daily is a serious indictment on our elected government and leaves the impression that it doesn't care whether we live or die." |
| The Church of England Newspaper - Thursday August 14 2003 |
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| Young people are often dismissed as a troublesome minority. Yet 20 per cent of the world's population - often a much higher proportion in developing countries - is aged between 15 and 24. They face problems on an unprecedented scale, unknown to previous generations - from the spread of HIV/Aids to mass unemployment and exodus from rural areas into large cities where sprawling slums offer few opportunities. With 70 million young unemployed people around the world, youth unemployment is a serious and growing problem. |
| The Church of England Newspaper - Thursday August 14 2003 |
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| Every year, 100,000 people leave hospital with a brain injury. Memory loss, changes in personality and problems controlling anger mean life is difficult enough. |
| The Church of England Newspaper - Thursday August 14 2003 |
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| 70% of crime is drug- or alcohol-related. |
| The Church of England Newspaper - Thursday August 14 2003 |
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| Fame Academy vocal coach Carrie Grant and pop producer Pete Waterman have been named as the celebrity judges for next year's Celebrate, the Songs of Praise Festival of School Choirs. |
| The War Cry - 23 August 2003
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| Nearly 10,000 new Christian groups were started in Northern India last year, more than doubling the number of churches established in 2001. |
| Joy - September 2003 |
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| Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of the campaign to bring freedom to Burma and has recently been re-arrested by the nation's military Government. This brutal regime seized power by coup in 1962 and is responsible for the murders of some 10,000 people each year. |
| Joy - September 2003 |
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| In a recent survey carried out among AoG churches in the UK, we found that 12.3% have full-time youth workers and 5.9% part-time workers. Then 39.9% had a designated youth leader but 41.9% have no appointed youth leader in their church. |
| Joy - September 2003 |
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