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In June 2010, mission leaders, theologians and church leaders from Protestant, Pentecostal, Catholic and Orthodox traditions met in Edinburgh at the Centenary of the historic 1910 Edinburgh Missions Conference. They worked to forge new alliances and new vision for mission in the 21st century, to open up a new conversation...
New work with student nurses After discussions at General Committee and CMFBoard, as well as long standing discussions withinthe leadership of Christian Nurses & Midwives(CNM), we are recruiting a new staff worker forstudent nurses and midwives. Based in the Londonarea and out of the CMF London office, this willpioneer a strong...
A high profile campaign was launched in February to levy a 0.05% tax on all major bank transactions (currency trading, share dealing, derivatives, etc). This would raise tens or even hundreds of billions towards international development, supporting poorer nations in reducing carbon emissions, and sustaining UK public services in health,...
This January a consultation closed about standards and competencies for spiritual care delivery in the NHS in Wales. Final standards and guidelines should be out soon. Several Christian organisations (including Healthcare Christian Fellowship, Christian Nurses and Midwives (1) and Evangelical Alliance) made submissions, and most agreed the only real deficit...
The Copenhagen Climate Change Talks happen in December, and at the time of writing media comment suggests that the chance of meaningful agreement on curbing emissions rests on whether the West can persuade India, China, Brazil and much of the developing world to sign up.At the same time, recent reports...
Allied professions There are moments when you get a sense that God is moving, and all you can do is either get on board with what he is up to, or just get left behind. This year has had that sense very strongly in terms of CMF's ministry with Christians in...
Now in its third imprint, the Thomas's book was written to answer the many questions and concerns they have responded to in the course of two decades of ministry around the world. Aimed at the lay reader, including the worried well, the bereaved, those living with HIV and AIDS, and...
The author writes from two decades' experience responding to the AIDS crisis in his native Zambia, in Botswana, and most recently in the UK. During that time, as well as caring for and treating affected individuals and families, he has also been actively developing a strategy for educating whole communities...
Triple Helix has previously highlighted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (1), eight key commitments made by 192 member countries of the United Nations to address global poverty, with explicit targets to be achieved by 2015 (2). With six years left to that deadline, the next three editions of Triple Helix...
The case of Caroline Petrie, a community nurse suspended for asking a patient if she wanted prayer, hit the headlines in January and created a national and international storm. (1) It prompted Bernadette Birtwhistle and others to table motions at the BMA ARM recognising the importance of spiritual care, (2)...
