Christian Today staff writer

• Protesters disrupt Pride service at iconic Methodist chapel

  Protesters disrupted a service on Saturday at the oldest Methodist building in the world, John Wesley's New Room in Bristol.

• Picturing South Sudan: Powerful photographs by Game of Thrones' Liam Cunningham

  Game of Thrones star Liam Cunningham has travelled to South Sudan with international children's charity World Vision to photograph some of the people it works with in one of the poorest countries in the world.

• Trump apologises to May for Sun interview, blames 'fake news'

  President Trump has said he apologised to Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May over the interview with The Sun newspaper.

• Methodist peer launches fierce attack on Trump over criticism of prime minister

  'Who is this tyrant, this gas-filled, empty-headed foreigner who has so callously treated our prime minister with his public, on-the-record outbursts?'

• Gen Z is most open to faith, says new survey

  Post-millennials are more open and positive about faith than older generations, according to a ComRes survey about perceptions of religion in the UK.

• Chilean police make first arrest in church abuse scandal

  Chilean police have arrested a former Roman Catholic Church official after he confessed earlier this year to sexually abusing at least five children, a state prosecutor said on Thursday.

• 'God is stupid' jibe hits Philippines president's ratings

  Satisfaction in Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte fell to the lowest of his presidency since coming into office in 2016, an independent survey has shown.

• Christian parents of boy rescued from Thailand cave thank God he's safe

  One of the 12 boys rescued with their coach from the flooded cave in Thailand is a Christian – and his parents are thanking God that he is safe.

• 20 Indian Christians hurt in attack on prayer meeting

  Local reports say 35 Hindu radicals stormed a prayer meeting in Raikashipur village as more than 150 Christians met for prayer.

• The World Cup is 'an incredible ministry opportunity': How Russia's evangelicals are using it to spread the gospel

  For a few weeks, everyone goes soccer mad – and for churches, it's an unrivalled opportunity to share the Gospel.

• Church of England goes for growth with more than 100 new churches planned

  The scheme will see new Christian communities in areas including the Kent coast, housing estates in Plymouth and market towns in Cambridgeshire at a cost of £27 million.

• Brett Kavanaugh wins evangelical backing ahead of confirmation hearing

  Evangelicals have welcomed President Trump's pick to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy at the US Supreme Court.