Christian Today staff writer

• Woods 'exploded': California pastor tells of surviving deadly Camp Fire by sheltering in church

  A pastor who has survived one of the deadly wildfires ravaging parts of California has spoken of how he and others escaped by taking refuge in his church building.

• Aid agencies call on Jeremy Hunt to back Yemen peace moves

  Aid organisations have implored Britain's foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt to use the influence of the UK government to bring to an end the long-running conflict in Yemen.

• Dare to Care: We should be kinder to each other, says Girls' Brigade film

  A Girls' Brigade mission initiative has launched a new film exploring the issue of kindness.

• 4 priests kidnapped in Nigeria are free

  The Catholic priests were abducted by gunmen as they returned from a meeting in Warri.

• Bulgarian evangelicals warn of parliament's move to take control of religion

  Bulgarian evangelicals have asked for prayer in the face of a new religion bill that threatens a draconian clampdown on minority faiths.

• Church of Scotland releases eye-witness accounts of Kristallnacht

  The newly-released document contains 'truthful observations and trustworthy accounts by eye witnesses' to the wave of Nazi-orchestrated violence on November 9-10, 1938.

• MPs urge Mike Pompeo to ban Tommy Robinson from US fundraising tour

  Robinson, a far-right activist and co-founder of the nationalist English Defence League, is currently banned from entering the US after being convicted in 2012 of entering the country on a false passport.

• Asia Bibi's lawyer says there are no grounds for keeping her in jail

  The lawyer for Asia Bibi has said he does not believe there are any grounds for a review of her case to take place.

• Archbishop, theologian, reformer: 9 quotes from William Temple

  William Temple is widely regarded as one of the greatest Archbishops of Canterbury.

• 79 children abducted from Christian school in Cameroon

  Armed men kidnapped 79 children from a school in western Cameroon on Monday and a local pastor said separatist militias were responsible.

• Survey shows massive engagement in social outreach by CofE churches

  The findings show that 80 per cent of congregations are involved in one or more forms of social action.

• The World War One soldier whose Bible stopped a bullet

  The Bible was a key part of every British serviceman's kit during World War One – and when death came very close to them, it often took on a deep significance.