Christian Today staff writer

• Samaritan's Purse to open Ebola treatment centre in DRC

  Now in its seventh month, the outbreak has been described as the second worst ever.

• Africa is now the most dangerous region for Catholic missionaries

  During 2018 40 missionaries were killed throughout the world, up from 23 the previous year.

• Methodist fund managers take Ted Baker to task over harassment allegations

  Kelvin stepped down when allegations against him surfaced of 'forced hugging' and 'ear kissing'.

• Holy Rumpus: New partnership for CMS pioneer mission programme

  Holy Rumpus will offer the CMS Certificate in Pioneer Mission and is for people looking to develop their understanding and practice of pioneering mission.

• Catholic Church in NSW loses 'Ellis defence' against child abuse claims

  Victims of sexual abuse perpetrated by Catholic clergy in New South Wales are now able to sue the Church after the abolition of the state's notorious 'Ellis defence'.

• Persecution of Christians is 'set to rise' in 2019

  Release said its partners support the view that persecution is rising and have warned the trend will continue into 2019.

• Romney blasts Trump in stinging editorial: President has 'not risen to the mantle of his office'

  Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential candidate, has launched an excoriating attack on President Donald Trump in an opinion piece for the Washington Post.

• Community is 'joy and blessing', says Archbishop of Canterbury in call for national unity

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged Britain to overcome the 'divisions' of recent years in a New Year sermon.

• Britain commissions review of Christian persecution worldwide

  Britain has commissioned an independent review into the persecution of Christians.

• Tributes paid to Sister Wendy Beckett, hermit and art historian

  Tributes have been paid to Sister Wendy Beckett, the nun and art historian who became an unlikely television star in Britain in the 1990s.

• Libyan authorities exhume bodies of 34 Ethiopian Christian martyrs

  The bodies of 34 Ethiopian Christians executed in Libya by Islamic State (IS) in 2015 have been exhumed from a mass grave, Libyan authorities said on Monday.

• Hong Kong Christians wear black to protest China church closures

  Christians in Hong Kong are coming to church dressed all in black as a protest against mainland China's crackdown on prominent congregations.