Andy Walton
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A warm welcome to church can change people's lives, and even the whole country
The Social Integration Commission has released research which shows churches are the best places in the country at bringing together people of different backgrounds. We should be proud of this â and redouble our efforts.
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Egypt's parliament meets after more than three-year absence
The new parliament, which will be dominated by an alliance loyal to now President Sisi, has 568 elected members plus another 28 appointed directly by him.
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Want your church to grow? Then it's time to surprise people...
If people have stereotypes about church as cold, boring, irrelevant, unwelcoming, cliquey, and so on, then we have the answer. Many of our churches simply explode that myth.
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Why are people in rich countries less religious?
Countries like Ethiopia, Pakistan and the Philippines have populations for whom well over 80 per cent see religion as important in their lives. In the US it's 53 per cent and the Uk just 21 per cent.
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Pope set to honour victims of worst anti-Christian violence in India
Extremist Hindus went on a series of murderous rampages eight years ago attacking and killing men and women of various Christian denominations.
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Anne Graham Lotz: 'I can feel evil approaching, our nation is enveloped in darkness'
"I can feel the encroaching darkness of evil that is like a heavy moral and spiritual fog. It's permeating our nation at every level" said Lotz in a piece which doesn't name specific issues, but has a grave tone.
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Clinton joins calls for attacks on Middle East minorities to be called 'genocide'
Presidential candidate says Islamic State is destroying not only the lives, but wiping out the existence of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East.
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'Keep praying' urges local bishop as floods cause chaos in northern England
Days of torrential rain in northern England have caused rivers to burst their banks and flood several villages.
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Glory to God in the lowest! How Christmas changes everything...
The Incarnation shows us that God is with us, that Jesus counfounds expectations and that it all began in Bethlehem.
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Hey, Christians. Isn't it time we stopped worrying about Harry Potter?
To ban children from reading and engaging with Harry Potter just seems lazy, says Andy Walton.
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The rise of ISIS, Christian persecution and an uncertain future: the Arab Spring, five years on...
What actually happened during the Arab Spring? How did it begin and spread? What has happened since its hopeful beginnings? And where might the region go from here?
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Christmas is a chance to tell people about Jesus. Don't let your rules get in the way...
Believe it or not, there are churches in the UK and the US that you could walk into this week and you wouldn't have any idea Christmas was approaching. Neither the decoration, nor the worship would give it away.