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Bishop Rubin Phillip (pic courtesy Diakonia)
If Archbishop Denis Hurley were alive today, he would be disappointed with the dark cloud of greed and corruption that is hovering above the nation and growing darker each day, Bishop Rubin Phillip of the Anglican Diocese of Natal said this...
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The impact of war is felt long after specific hostilities exist and long after the global community has forgotten all about it.
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Prophetic voices break open boundaries, create inclusivity; help the voiceless to find their voice and then place that voice within the very community that would have...
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On 24 March, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism pre-assembly event invoked renewed thinking and commitment on evangelism,...
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