Christian Today staff writer

• Church investors join campaign to enforce gender diversity in major companies

  The Church Investors Group (CIG), whose 61 members have around $17 billion invested between them, has told businesses they must appoint more female board members.

• Former child slave rescued by Durham vicar fights 'grotesque' deportation decision

  A child slave and forced-cannabis farmer who was trafficked into the UK at aged 10 is pleading for a stay on his deportation to Vietnam by the British government. He has the backing of the vicar and family who rescued and raised him three years ago, as well as the support of more than 119,000 in an online petition.

• Rachael Denhollander reignites Sovereign Grace Church controversy

  Rachael Denhollander, the former US gymnast who was the first to bring accusations of abuse against the disgraced Larry Nassar, has hit back at Sovereign Grace Church (SGC) after the evangelical outfit denied allegations of abuse cover-up.

• UK government blamed for failing to tackle North Korea's persecution of Christians

  The UK government must shoulder some of the blame for not tackling ongoing human rights abuses in North Korea, a British peer has said.

• 75 killed in Nigeria as Fulani herdsmen go on killing spree against Christian community

  Some 75 dead bodies have been recovered following a series of attacks by Fulani herdsmen on the predominantly Christian community of Miango, in the Bassa local government area of Plateau state in central Nigeria, according to World Watch Monitor.

• Vatican hit by scandal as it emerges Pope Francis DID receive letter outlining abuse in Chile

  Pope Francis received a victim's letter in 2015 that detailed sexual abuse at by a priest and a cover-up by Chilean church authorities, according to the Associated Press in a report that contradicted the Pope's recent insistence that victims 'haven't come forward'.

• Israeli minister says Poland cancelled his visit amid furore over Holocaust 'denial' bill

  Israel's education minister's trip to Poland this week has been cancelled amid uproar at the Polish government's plans to outlaw suggesting Poland was complicit in the Holocaust.

• Archaeologists uncover one of oldest churches in Turkey

  One of the earliest churches in Asia Minor, modern day Turkey, is thought to have been discovered in an archaeological dig in the Black Sea province of Karabük's Eskipazar district.

• Evangelical Christian is front-runner for Costa Rica presidency

  A conservative evangelical Christian has emerged as the front-runner to take the presidency in Costa Rica.

• Former Brixton Prison chaplain ousted for 'extreme' Christian views

  A former prison chaplain has claim he was forced out of his job at Brixton prison after the Muslim managing chaplain accused him of holding 'extreme' views.

• Syrian church devastated by ISIS holds first prayers in 6 years

  A Syrian church has held prayers for the first time in years amid the rubble left by Islamic State fighters there.

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  Majority of Anglicans want immigration levels 'reduced'

  New research on attitudes to immigration reported on BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme, found that nearly nine in ten people, 87 per cent, who describe themselves as Anglicans believe immigration to the UK should be reduced.