Christian Today staff writer

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  Argentina to celebrate annual 'Day of Evangelical Churches'

  A 'Day of Evangelical Churches' will be celebrated in Argentina each year on October 31 after the country's senate passed a bill with cross-party support to establish the commemoration.

• Terror can't keep Egypt's Christians from worship

  Devastating terror attacks have failed to deter Egyptian Christians from gathering for worship, according to satellite TV network SAT-7.

• Russian poet faces criminal charges for calling atheists 'despicable' in alleged hate-speech

  A Russian poet is facing criminal prosecution for hate speech after calling atheists 'despicable' in a poem written online, and incited violence against the group.

• Terrorists don't represent Islam, says OM founder George Verwer

  Fear of Muslims inspired by Islamist terrorist attacks is putting Christians off evangelising them, according to missions veteran George Verwer.

• Azerbaijan pastor fined for leading house group in 'illegal' trial

  Hamid Shabanov and another church member, Mehman Agamammadov, were ordered to pay a fine equating to $900 after a police raid on Shabanov's house in Aliabad.

• Witness of Pastor Raymond Koh's kidnapping says snatch resembled a 'police operation'

  A witness testifying to an inquiry into the disappearance of Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh described his February kidnapping as resembling a police operation.

• Mob attacks Indian church, two critically injured

  ICC says a mob of more than 300 suspected Hindu radicals attacked the Bastar for Christ Movement Church in Jaripara and left nine members of the congregation injured.

• Channel 4's 'brownface' controversy: Documentary causes storm after white woman goes undercover as Pakistani Muslim

  Channel 4 is in the midst of a 'brownface' controversy over a programme where a white British woman darkened he skin to go undercover as a Muslim in Manchester's Pakistani community.

• Church of England picks up award for 'best use of digital' for Christmas campaign

  The Church of England has won an award for its digital campaign over Christmas last year.

• What should we do when people fall out at church?

  Churches are meant to be places of love, peace and harmony, where God is praised and Christ is present by his Spirit.

• Male-only Mount Athos monasteries 'full of unease' after Greece passes transgender law

  The conservative Greek Orthodox Church has reacted furiously to the new law.

• Pastor's daughter kidnapped by Islamist militants in Niger

  The abduction appears to be the first targeting of a Christian by militants in the West African nation, according to the persecution watchdog.