http://www.womanalive.co.uk/NewsRss.ashxThe latest news and events from Woman Alive.en-gbinfo@womanalive.co.uk[General]http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4761http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4761[General]J John says Stephen Hawking's change of view on the creation of the universe is not as big a shift as it seems ...Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4756http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4756[General]Faiths in Action has awarded funding to more than 100 organisations to run projects to strengthen communities ...Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4759http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4759[General]A Manchester based charity aims to unleash the full potential of the nation's young people ...Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4725http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4725[General]Share Jesus International has worked with a range of Christian ministries to tackle the challenge of reaching and discipling young men ...Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4757http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4757[General]A partner project of the UK charity Life For the World Trust is launching Cambodia's first Christian addictions conference ...Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4754http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4754[General]Environmentally minded charities are among the organisations invited to enter the Environment Agency's inaugural awards ...Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4753http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4753[General]Feed the Minds is launching a new fundraising initiative to mark International Literacy Day ...Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4758http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4758[General]Rupert Haydock, the National Director of the Peterborough based charity ...Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4752http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4752[General]Christian drummers and percussionists have an opportunity to come together to worship and improve their skills ...Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4698http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4698[General]Two women from the Diocese of Peterborough describe how returning to church has given them a sense of belonging ...Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4755http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4755[General]More than 10,000 young people left the summer youth event committed to reading the Bible in one year ...Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4749http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4749[General]Inspiration for Traidcraft's harvest worship resources this year comes from Gospel House in Sri Lanka ...Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4747http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4747[General]Schools for refugee children on the Thai-Burma border desperately need more help to feed malnourished ...Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4748http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4748[General]The fourth annual I Will Tell International Film Festival takes place in south London from 30 August ...Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4751http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4751[General]Christian authors and speakers Jeff Lucas and Adrian Plass are going on tour together for the first time ever ...Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4750http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4750[General]A special weekend has been organised to celebrate the partnership of Centre Ministries and OM UK ...Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4738http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4738[General]A recent survey by the Barna Group has identified a big gap in the US between church affiliation and life priorities ...Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4735http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4735[General]A packed Humberstone Gate in Leicester city centre is expected for next month's worship, prayer and thanksgiving event ...Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4732http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4732[General]A UK-wide photography competition has been launched to highlight the positive impact that different faiths can have on communities ...Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4743http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4743[General]A women-only Lebanese aid ship named after the Virgin Mary plans to break the Gaza blockade imposed by Israel sometime next week ...Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4734http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4734[General]Wandsworth Council has been accused of acting in a "draconian" way over the dismissal of a Christian worker for mentioning God in a housing interview ...Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4727http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4727[General]Patients, doctors and the organisations that represent them are being invited by the General Medical Council to provide comments on the three-year plan for its Equality Scheme ...Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4739http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4739[General]Donations for the Pakistan floods have now reached £24m, according to the Disasters Emergency Committee ...Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4724http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4724[General]The Church of England’s Weddings Project and the Royal School of Church Music have teamed up to offer fresh advice to encourage more church weddings ...Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4719http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4719[General]Five years after the death of founder Brother Roger, the Taizé community has been celebrating its 70th anniversary ...Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4714http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4714[General]Thousands of people in Tanzania are now reading the Bible for the first time thanks to Bible Society’s work to put God’s Word into their own language ...Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4710http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4710[General]Several hundred Christians from across the globe gathered at Emmanuel Christian Centre in Westminster, London for the launch of an historic prayer chain ...Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4709http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4709[General]The Keswick Convention is taking steps to support its home town, in an area hit by everything from floods to shootings ...Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4705http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4705[General]The DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal has reached £2.5 million within 12 hours of the first television appeals being broadcast last night (5 August) ...Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4700http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4700[General]The Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury has called on Christians to take stock, count their blessings and relax ...Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4701http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4701[General]A Church of Scotland minister turned action hero scaled the heights of her church’s steeple to raise funds for the building ...Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4699http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4699[General]The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has announced details of the radio and television broadcasts to run on Thursday ...Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4696http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4696[General]The Disaster Emergency Committee has opened the DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal ...Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4694http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4694[General]A Vietnamese evangelist has received death threats after a gang of youths, allegedly spurred on by officials, attacked his home and house church twice in six weeks ...Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4695http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4695[General]Christian disabilities charity Livability has welcomed the idea of a simpler benefits system, but warned against leaving society's most vulnerable people worse off ...Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4688http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4688[General]A TV programme giving a biblical perspective on HIV/AIDS is prompting encouraging responses from young people in the Central African Republic ...Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4693http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4693[General]The plain Gospel message is still the best way to bring people to conversion, says Keswick speaker Rev Derek Tidball ...Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4691http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4691[General]Luis Palau will lead a major new mission in Vietnam next year, as part of the churches’ celebrations marking 100 years of evangelical Christianity in the nation ...Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4678http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4678[General]Global Day of Prayer London is partnering with a Korean revival prayer movement to launch an historic prayer chain for Britain ...Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4675http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4675[General]The UN must investigate human rights atrocities committed by the Burmese junta as a matter of urgency, say Christian campaigners ...Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4668http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4668[General]Broadcaster Trans World Radio has distributed more than 2,000 solar panel radios to Roma people ...Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4677http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4677[General]ITV series My Long Lost Family is harnessing a team of experts to try to locate separated and lost relatives ...Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4680http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4680[General]CCPAS, part of the Safeguarding Children's Rights initiative, has spoken out following C4's Dispatches programme this week on faith-based abuse of children ...Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4682http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4682[General]Churches Together in England and the Evangelical Alliance have hit out at a lack of proper Christian representation in a C4 report into practices in a small number of rogue African churches ...Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4672http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4672[General]Christian charity Toybox have just launched a national competition to find the Young Global Education Ambassadors for 2011 ...Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4667http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4667[General]A church in Deddington, Oxon is already using broadband to extend its ministry and hopes to conduct joint services with partner parishes overseas ...Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4669http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4669[General]As news emerges of a priest's family's murder, Christians are living in fear of further attacks ... Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4665http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4665[General]Bill Clinton and Bill Gates called for a more efficient use of funds to tackle AIDS ...Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4659http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4659[General]Mary Stuart and Caroline Michel made it two years running in the Surrey Christian Golf Cup ...Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4661http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4661[General]Production is currently underway to release a brand new musical inspired by one of the most famous stories in the Bible – and a famous piece of art by Rembrandt. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4670http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4670[General]Woman Alive Editor, Jackie Stead, is thoroughly entertained at Chichester Festival TheatreThu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4654http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4654[General]Relationships Foundation urges Government not to let families task force be sidetracked by coalition issues ...Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4656http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4656[General]Staff at Cross Rhythms City Radio are celebrating the renewal of their licence for another five years, broadcasting to the Potteries ...Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4651http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4651[General]A Christian woman is said to be in a critical condition in hospital after being attacked by a knife-wielding mob who accused her of forcible conversion ...Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4652http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4652[General]Are you up for a marriage made in cyberspace? Increasing numbers of couples are using a creative website to plan their CofE wedding ...Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4647http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4647[General]The Church is out on the streets helping people at weekends up and down the UK's towns and cities, a recent conference heard ...Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4643http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4643[General]The London hospital where Princess Diana shook hands with AIDs patients is to be knocked down ... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4642http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4642[General]London School of Theology's class of 2010’s outstanding examinations results were celebrated last Saturday at Soul Survivor in Watford ...Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4639http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4639[General]Two Christian trade union activists at the BBC have won the right for staff on sales tills to have chairs available ...Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4638http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4638[General]At least seven people, including a mother of six, were killed by Islamic militants in Nigeria’s Kaduna state ...Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4637http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4637[General]While Asian Christians have often felt neglected by mainstream churches in the UK, there is also the need for them to take the initiative, says one leader ...Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4635http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4635[General]Church schools have been defended by former government minister Frank Field MP at celebrations to mark the 180th anniversary of a CofE primary school in Telford ...Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4626http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4626[General]UCB has teamed up with global mobile TV network Yamgo to launch what they are calling "the world's first live Christian mobile TV channel" ...Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4621http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4621[General]Church-led foodbanks run by The Trussell Trust charity anticipate a rise in people using its emergency food service as heavy cuts hit ...Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4628http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4628[General]The Revd Hayley Matthews has been appointed to serve as Chaplain to MediaCityUK at Salford Quays ...Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Zhttp://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4624http://www.womanalive.co.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4624[General]Rev Lionel Osborn and Ruth Pickles have been voted President Designate and Vice-President Designate of the Methodist Conference from 2010-11 ...Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 Z