Houses of Parliament

Poll shows public opposition to bypassing Lords to legalise assisted suicide

Overriding the Lords to pass the bill would be "politically explosive", said Right To Life UK.

Headlines

Bangladeshi Christians 'living in fear' as election looms

Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had many flaws, but she was tough on radical Islam.

Bangladeshi Christians

Turkey taken to task over Christians banned from the country

Foreign pastors are often labelled "national security" threats.

David Byle

Britain 'monitoring the situation' with Armenian Church

The Armenian government has accused the Church of encouraging violent overthrow and assassination.

Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia, The Armenian Apostolic Holy Church
Spotlight

Seeing the gym as a mission field

Physical training has value, but godliness has far greater value, now and for eternity.

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World
Hong Kong
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison

The 78-year-old Catholic and founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper was convicted in December on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious articles.

Pilgrims Path, Jerusalem, archaeology
2,000-year-old 'Pilgrim's Path' opens in Jerusalem

An ancient road that may have been built in the days of Jesus and led up to the Jerusalem Temple Mount has been opened to the public for the first time.

Tehran, Iran
Christian group welcomes British sanctions on Iranians

Britain stopped shot of designating the Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organisation.

Bulus Madaki, Plateau state, Nigeria
Pastor, daughter and son-in-law slain in Plateau state, Nigeria

Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria.

News
Pilgrims Path, Jerusalem, archaeology
2,000-year-old 'Pilgrim's Path' opens in Jerusalem

An ancient road that may have been built in the days of Jesus and led up to the Jerusalem Temple Mount has been opened to the public for the first time.

Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop Mullally uses maiden presidential address to re-commit to better safeguarding standards

Dame Sarah Mullally has used her maiden presidential address to Synod as Archbishop of Canterbury to lament the Church of England's past failings on safeguarding and double down on raising standards. 

Bulus Madaki, Plateau state, Nigeria
Pastor, daughter and son-in-law slain in Plateau state, Nigeria

Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria.

Scottish families rally against home education proposals
Scots families send clear signal to government over home education

Proposals could disproportionately impact children with special needs or disabilities.

Cuba
Cuban bishops warn oil sanctions could deepen hardship and unrest

The message, read in Catholic parishes nationwide, warned that further pressure on fuel access would fall most heavily on vulnerable families already struggling to survive.

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Church of England directs £600,000 towards clergy mental health and financial support

The funding package includes new grants for two national charities working with clergy facing psychological strain and financial pressure.

Iraq
West has 'repeatedly failed Assyrian Christians'

A religious freedom activist warns that the Assyrian Christian community in the Middle East "does not have a chance of survival”.

Jon Ruben
Christian summer camp leader jailed after drugging and abusing boys

A Christian summer camp leader has been jailed for more than 23 years after giving boys sweets laced with tranquiliser and sexually abusing them.

bible, bible study, bible reading, christianity, young people, Gen Z, Gen Alpha, faith
Is New Zealand experiencing its own 'Quiet Revival'?

The so-called “Quiet Revival” report by the Bible Society noting an upsurge in Christianity among young people in the U.K. is also seen to an extent among young New Zealanders, according to a report by Baptists. 

Bethany Hutchison and Andrea Williams
Darlington nurse describes brave stand for biological reality in US speech

The NHS has been "ideologically captured" by transgenderism, nurse Bethany Hutchison said at an event on Capitol Hill in Washington DC.

Ron Kenoly
Worship leader Ron Kenoly dies at 81

Ron Kenoly, a pioneering Christian worship leader whose anthems helped shape modern praise music and whose ministry emphasized worship as service rather than performance, has died. He was 81.

Bible faith young people
Young struggle to understand 'problematic' Jesus

God and Jesus can occasionally offend "woke" sensibilities.

ukraine
Reports of persecution and church raids in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Churches not aligned with Moscow are being raided or closed down, as clergy are detained or replaced.

Darlington nurses
Darlington Nurses, Päivi Räsänen warn US about declining freedom in Britain and Europe

The Darlington Nurses may have won their fight, but Päivi Räsänen's ordeal is still ongoing.

school, education
Labour waters down controversial home education rules, but concerns remain

Christian homeschooling families were concerned about the proposals.

alcohol
Infidelity and alcoholism: The complications don’t always end with sobriety

Alcoholism affects families in deep and often invisible ways.

lgbt
New church movement seeks to overturn landmark gay marriage ruling

A coalition of Christian conservative organizations and leaders has joined a new campaign seeking to mobilize churches to push for the overturning of the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

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Assisted suicide debate exposes problems with proposed law

Assisted suicide may be used to terminate the lives of injured veterans.

St Andrews Anglican Church in Moscow, Russia.
Lone Anglican church in Moscow suspends worship services

The only official Anglican congregation in Moscow, Russia, has suspended worship services amid a reported internal dispute over who controls the church.

prayer
Deliverance ministry in the Church of England draws fresh attention

Requests for deliverance ministry reportedly rose after Covid-era isolation.