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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.

As a supplement to our news publications, this web page provides Background Briefings.These are longer versions of articles, and additional background documents for news items, which appear in WM magazine and UPDATE.

World Mission Council also records audio items. These are occasional news items and features 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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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.

10 March 2010
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WM


WM33: WHAT PRICE THE EARTH?

The latest issue of WM magazine considers consumerism, the wide impact of our buying and selling, climate change and fair trade. Alastair McIntosh writes on the front page "Too many of us for too long have aped the mores of the rich. But the Earth can no longer afford the rich." Out in time for Fairtrade Fortnight (22 Feb - 7 Mar) the magazine raises these important issues for us and for our partners worldwide.

Download WM33: pdf icon
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Background Briefings

Currently available to download in pdf format:

Christian Aid/Faithshare visit
by Joy Tudu, Church of North India


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Internally Displaced Persons
in Pakistan

[.pdf]
(147KB)
What is Climate Change and how it will affect Bangladesh
by James S. Pender

[.pdf]
(780KB)
Switched on to the Media
by Andrew Graystone

[.pdf]
(34KB)

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Audio

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Feed the Minds is an organisation supported by World Mission Council. We spoke to Judy Amunga Naibo recently about a Feed the Minds youth project based in Kenya. You can download the interview here in mp3 format and find out more at www.feedtheminds.org.

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Rev Robin Hill, Convener of the Church of Scotland's HIV/AIDS Project talks to Gillian McKinnon about Souper Sunday, a forthcoming fundraising event. He also reflects on his recent trip to Malawi where he saw some of the work of the Project in action. You can download the interview here in mp3 format.

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Bishop Mano Rumalshah, the Bishop of Peshawar, spoke to us in March 2009. You can download the interview here in mp3 format.


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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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