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World Mission Council

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NEWS AND EVENTS

Publications

We offer two free news publications for you to read, reproduce and share with your congregations and mission partners.

UPDATE, delivered by email weekly, provides the latest news about issues affecting the world church, a diary of events around Scotland and prayer requests from our partner churches and mission partners.

WM, our free magazine, published six times a year, provides detailed articles on the work of our partner churches and mission partners, as well as congregations in Scotland.

Click here to find out how to join our mailing list to access these resources.

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UPDATE

Keep up-to-date with the latest news and events with UPDATE, our weekly email newsletter. Download the latest issue in Word [.doc], or pdf [.pdf] format below.

2 July 2009
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WM29: Minority Christians
Many of our partner churches live in a situation where Christianity is a minority religion. This issue of WM magazine provides an informative briefing about all these churches, and also reports in more depth about the current situation for Christians living in India, Pakistan, Israel & Palestine and China.

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Audio

World Mission Council records occasional news items for this website and for radio broadcast, transmitted by stations both in Scotland and abroad. The audio is also available for use by churches and schools.

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Bishop Mano Rumalshah, the Anglican bishop of Peshawar, recently spoke at a conference in Perth organised by World Mission concerning Christians living in a minority situation. He also took the time to record this short interview to talk about the situation in Peshawar. You can download the interview here in mp3 format.

> Robin Hill, Convener of the Church of Scotland's HIV/AIDS Project spoke to Gillian McKinnon about the work of the Project in the context of the 21st World Aids Day. Download the audio here in mp3 format.
> John and Mary Miller are currently working in Zimbabwe with World Exchange. They spoke to us in November 2008 about their work. You can download the audio here in mp3 format.
> During the Moderator's visit to Nepal in October 2008, Maggie Lunan spoke with Christine Preston who works with the United Mission to Nepal. You can download the audio here in mp3 format. Read more about David and Maggie Lunan's visit in the Mod's Blog.

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Join our mailing lists

To receive these free news and events resources by email send your details to us at wmeditor@cofscotland.org.uk

In order to satisfy data protection legislation, by emailing us to join our list, you agree to the following:

"I consent to the central agencies of the Church of Scotland holding my name and email address and processing this information for the purposes of contacting me from time to time about the work of the Church. This information will only be used for church-related matters, and will not be passed to any outside individual or agency."

To view [.pdf] files you require Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download here for free. This link will take you out of the Church of Scotland website and open a new browser window.


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In this section

Introduction
Welcome to the World Mission Council pages

Linking worldwide
Our vision and work with partners across the world

Getting involved
How you can help support our work and campaigns

News and events
The latest updates from the council

Resources
A range of information and resources to download

Contact us
How to get in touch with the council and our staff

 

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