James Macintyre

Christian governor in Jakarta faces election defeat while on trial for alleged blasphemy

Jakarta's Christian governor today looked set to lose office to a Muslim former government minister in a highly divisive election that has been going on while the Christian is on trial for blasphemy.
Ancient Sinai monastery targeted by Islamic militants in Egypt a week after Coptic church bombings

Islamist gunmen attacked security forces near St Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's south Sinai yesterday, killing at least one police officer and injuring four others outside one of the world's most important and oldest Christian sites.
$Hope that \'something good will come\': How victims of rape and conflict in Uganda are being aided by this Christian charity$
Hope that 'something good will come': How victims of rape and conflict in Uganda are being aided by this Christian charity

In northern Uganda, the leading Christian charity World Vision is helping victims of rape and conflict.
$\'A gift in God\'s story\': rare 1866 gold coin helps fund new church$
'A gift in God's story': rare 1866 gold coin helps fund new church

An extremely rare 19th century US gold coin featuring one of the earliest uses of the motto, 'In God We Trust', will help an Indiana congregation secure its own church building.
Growing majority of Americans do not trust Trump to keep his promises, new poll finds

A growing majority of Americans no longer trust President Donald Trump to keep his promises, a new poll by Gallup has revealed.
$\'Atheists in the closet\': New study suggests US could have twice as many non-believers as previously assumed$
'Atheists in the closet': New study suggests US could have twice as many non-believers as previously assumed

There may be more than twice as many atheists in the US than previous studies have found, according to a new study which takes into account people's tendency to lie about whether they believe in God.
Canadian church celebrates Easter by hiring helicopter to drop 45,000 chocolate eggs

A Christian charity in Canada hired a helicopter this Easter to drop 45,000 chocolate eggs to children waiting below.
Analysis: Fresh start for all parties as PM produces an Easter shock at Westminster

Westminster cynics got the shock of the year this morning when it became clear that the Prime Minister, Theresa May was calling a snap general election on June 8.
Inquiry begins into sainthood for Jacques Hamel, killed while celebrating Mass last year

A formal inquiry has begun into the cause for beatification of the French priest Fr Jacques Hamel, who was killed last July while celebrating Mass.
$\'There was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb\': Is this the true site of the Resurrection?$
'There was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb': Is this the true site of the Resurrection?

Tucked away off an inconspicuous side-street near the main bus stop in rowdy north-east Jerusalem is an oasis of a garden, one which organisers insist lays no claims to be even 'probably' the true location. But it is nonetheless an intriguing spot, where Christians come to meditate on the death and Resurrection of Jesus.
Prostration, veneration and adoration: how Good Friday is observed in an Anglo-Catholic church

In contrast to most 'high church' or Anglo-Catholic affairs, the service on Good Friday is markedly stark and bare.
Pastors who have gay children should resign and repent, says conservative pastor

A pastor from Colorado known for his condemnation of homosexuality has said that any other pastor whose children are gay should resign, repent and recognise that 'there may be something very, very wrong with the pastor himself'.