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One plane can change the ending by Mission Aviation Fellowship

31st May 201924th May 2019 Becky Wybrow 1363 Views 0 Comments #MAF, charity, Flying, God, help, hope, mission, Plane, Poverty

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is the world’s largest humanitarian airline, flying more than 2,000 partner organisations to reach people who

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Mothers’ Union announces sudden death of Mrs Joan James

19th January 201921st January 2019 Shirley McGreal 958 Views 0 Comments community, Death, Faith, Mothers union, Mrs Joan

The Mothers’ Union announces the sad and sudden death of Mrs Joan James,  Mothers’ Union Provincial Vice-President of the West

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International News 

Students made to look black in French art school photo

21st September 201822nd September 2018 Josie McFarlane 824 Views 0 Comments #black #artschool #French, #schoolphoto, black, community, students

A French private art college has apologised after one of its promotional images was doctored to include more black students.

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International News 

Boy dresses like Black Panther hero ‘to feel like himself’

21st September 201822nd September 2018 Josie McFarlane 887 Views 0 Comments #Boy #BlackPanther #hero, #superhero, black, community

“Co-worker made her 11-year-old a costume for his first Comic Expo visit. He was so excited to finally have a

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Business International Lifestyle News 

Hundreds of white workers picket SA firm to protest against a new share scheme for black employees only.

9th September 201810th September 2018 Josie McFarlane 984 Views 0 Comments #Business News, #Sasol, #South Africa, #Strike, #World news, black, community, News, Racism, Workers

Hundreds of workers and members of their family picketed outside petrochemicals company Sasol, in South Africa’s Free State province. The

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International News 

‘The devil beat’ Uganda ethics minister

9th September 201810th September 2018 Josie McFarlane 923 Views 0 Comments #Nyege Nyege music festival, #Simon Lokodo, #Uganda ethics minister, Africa, black, community, Faith

Uganda’s Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo has said the devil had beaten him after his failed attempt to ban this year’s

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International News 

Kenya deports Chinese man over ‘racist rant’

7th September 20186th September 2018 Josie McFarlane 1045 Views 0 Comments #Chinese Man, #Deported #World News, Africa, black, community, Racism

A Chinese man has been deported after a video emerged of him making racist comments, Kenya’s immigration department says. The

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International Lifestyle News UK 

Ascension Trust Evening Worship Celebration AND 25 Years Thanksgiving Service & Graduation Ceremony, 9th and 10th November 2018

2nd September 20181st September 2018 Becky Wybrow 763 Views 0 Comments #, #25 Years, #Christian #Event, #Church event, #Evening Worship, #Events in London, #Graduation Ceremony, #Thanksgiving Service, Ascension trust, BAME, christian, community, Faith

Ascension Trust is a Christian inter-denominational organisation with a passion to empower individuals to work together within their local community

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International News UK 

Project Lab 2018 winners

31st August 201830th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 899 Views 0 Comments artisanal bread, Asian or Minority Ethnic, BAME, black, Black African Caribbean churches, Breaking Bread, Chernise Neo, Cinnamon Incubator Programme, Cinnamon Project Lab 2018, communities, community, community projects, Faith, health intervention, Healthy Church Initiative, Living Loss, marketing, nutritional health, Proof Bakery, Proudtobeme, Shola Oladipo, social needs, support refugee women, The Mercers’ Hall

Proof Bakery and the Healthy Church Initiative fought off stiff competition to win Cinnamon Project Lab 2018 at The Mercers’

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International News UK 

Church faces Charity Commission inquiry

30th August 201830th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 967 Views 0 Comments administration, assets, Bible studies, Charity Commission, charity funds, christian, Faith, financial loss, governance, management, MFMMI, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International, safeguard, trustees

Charities regulator, the Charity Commission, recently opened a statutory inquiry into Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International (MFMMI). The

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International News UK 

Westminster Abbey celebrates the Spirit of Windrush

29th August 201829th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 1155 Views 0 Comments #Windrush, 70th anniversary, Bishop Blake, black, Caribbean people, christian, Church of England National Committee, Church of God in Christ UK, community, Empire Windrush, Evangelical Alliance, Faith, Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns, Pastor Agu Irukwu, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Reverend Canon Joel Edwards, Reverend Prebendary Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Right Honourable Justin Welby, Sadiq Khan, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, Thanksgiving, Theresa May MP, Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Westminster Abbey, windrush scandal

Over 2000 people, some representing three generations of Caribbean people in the UK, were present at a special Service of

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International News 

A nine-year-old Christian girl, Anjali Masih, was reportedly gang-raped and killed

14th August 201815th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 1311 Views 0 Comments Anjali Masih, christian, community, Faith, featureful, gang-raped, Henrietta Blyth, Hindu background, Hinduism, impunity, local pastor, lured, murder, Muslims, Open Doors, persecution, Radical Hindu, raical Hindu groups, religious persecution, strangled, telephone wire, three men

Anjali Masih was playing with her friends when three men lured her away with the promise of a guava. Anjali

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International News UK 

Lord Ahmad appointed as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief

14th August 201814th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 920 Views 0 Comments christian, community, Faith, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, inter-faith, Lord Ahmad, Minister of State for the Commonwealth, minority faith, persecution, Prime Minister, religious discrimination, Religious freedom, religious tolerance, worship

The role, which supports the Prime Minister’s commitment to religious tolerance in the UK, will allow Lord Ahmad to demonstrate

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Downing Street reception to mark Windrush Day

13th August 201813th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 1063 Views 0 Comments #Windrush, 10 Downing Street, 1948, 22nd June, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Alford Gardner, Baroness Patricia Scotland, Black Attorney General, Britain’s Black Community, Caribbean communities, Caribbean people, Daniel Tulloch, deeply sorry, Diverse Media Group, Floella Benjamin; Bishop Joe Aldred; Juliet Fletcher, Gospel Music Industry Alliance; Vanessa Kingorie MBE, Great Britain, Home office, Karen Gibson, keep the faith, national day, NHS, Paulette Simpson, Prime Minister, Rev Ronald Nathan, Royal Wedding, Shirley McGreal, Stand by Me, the Kingdom Choir, The Voice, The Windrush, Theresa May, Vogue, Windrush Day, Windrush fiasco, Windrush generation, windrush scandal, Windsor Castle

The great and the good within Britain’s Black community attended a special reception held at 10 Downing Street to commemorate

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International News 

Pakistani Christians are asking how Imran Khan’s leadership will affect them

30th July 20189th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 2775 Views 0 Comments Asia Bibi, christian, community, discrimination, Faith, Imran Khan, Islamic extremists, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf

Imran Khan is the chairman of the newly emerged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, a centrist party which, according to the party, aims

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