The Registrar of Companies, through an inspection audit last year and a series of income-tax audits since 2010, found the institution was not providing a clear picture of its accounts and not maintaining a list of properties. CSI Trust Association, incorporated as a religious and charitable company under Section 25 of Companies Act, faces various other allegations including making amendments to its rule book without the Centre's approval.
Read more"It's our job to be the hands and feet of peace in the world, and how do we do that is by loving one another," she told CBS News in an interview posted on Thursday.
Farooq Syed, who coordinates the Friday prayers, said "I don't know if they ever thought that Muslims would come here and pray, and become one of the biggest congregations of Church of the Epiphany. This is the biggest congregation that Church of the Epiphany has, the Muslim prayers."
Read moreI was born in 1964 in a large and polygamous family. My father, considered one of the richest men in his area, had 11 wives and my mother was the 7th. Unfortunately he passed away in 1969 when I was only four years old. Around the time my father died agriculture also began to be a new way of life in Masai culture and so land acquired new meaning and economic value.
Read moreThe archbishop first expressed worry in May, after the recently re-elected parliamentary speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, visited her ancestral shrine in eastern Uganda to allegedly thank her ancestors for her good luck.
Since then, several politicians have been sighted at shrines, according to news reports.
Ntagali has reacted sharply to what he called unacceptable syncretism in the majority Christian nation, and urged the leaders to be true to their Christian faith.
Read moreThe Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others, The Rt. Rev. TJ Johnston (First from the left) Bishop TJ Johnston was originally a member of both the Anglican Church in North America and the Anglican Mission, but left the College of Bishops in 2010 when the Anglican Mission withdrew from full participation in the ACNA. Over the last three years, he has engaged a process of reconciliation and restoration. Bishop T.J.
Read moreChristians are slightly more likely to be harassed by individuals or groups in society rather than governments as a whole. Government harassment took place in 79 countries, while social harassment was recorded in 85.
There has been an increase in the number of countries that have experienced terrorist activity related to religion. Eighty-two countries had such terrorist activity in 2014, and in 60 countries that activity led to injuries or death.
Read moreHe had just locked up the church and was walking back to his office when a man popped up from behind a tombstone and put a gun to his head. For the next horrifying hour, the gunman forced Lawrence back into his office, then tied him up, took his car keys and headed for Lawrence's car. Lawrence managed to free himself and call police, but the man was never caught.
Read moreThe vote to withdraw from the European Union means that now we must all reimagine both what it means to be the United Kingdom in an interdependent world and what values and virtues should shape and guide our relationships with others.
Read moreThis has been a good year for the Province. We continue to grow in membership, attendance, churches, church plants, conversions, baptisms, giving, and mission. As we have continued to attempt to be faithful to our God and the teaching of His Word, he has blessed us and honored us, and continued to pour out his favor.
Read moreGAFCON was greatly blessed by both the initial conference and the second meeting in Nairobi in 2013. When Anglicans from across the Communion come together in unity it is a tremendous blessing, and we are excited to see the Church built up in the land where it was given its foundation.
Dates and further details will be announced in due course.
Go here to listen to Nigerian Archbishop and GAFCON chairman Nicholas Okoh: http://gafcon.org/
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