Joseph Hartropp
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Classical star Katherine Jenkins 'hugely excited' to join BBC's Songs of Praise
The world-renowned classical singer Katherine Jenkins is to join the BBC's flagship Christian worship programme Songs of Praise, as a main presenter.
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WATCH: Dash-cam footage released of US Episcopal priest's arrest on road rage gun charge
A US Episcopal priest was arrested last week after allegedly threatening someone with a gun from his car. Police dash-cam footage now shows his capture and arrest.
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Farewell, Eugene Peterson? Why evangelicals can do better than start a heresy hunt over gay marriage
Many have taken Eugene Peterson's 'change of mind' of gay marriage as a tragic apostasy, but should division really mean despair?
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'The Message' author Eugene Peterson backs same-sex marriage â Christian retailer plans to stop selling his books
Influential evangelical scholar Eugene Peterson, the author of The Message translation of the Bible, has said that he would officiate a gay wedding ceremony, appearing to now affirm same-sex marriage. The comments have divided progressive and traditionalist Christians, with the conservative retailer LifeWay now preparing to stop selling Peterson's books in response.
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Under Trump, most refugees entering the US are now Christians
Under the Trump administration, Christians now make up an increasing share of refugees entering the US, reversing a trend that had seen Muslim immigration outnumber that of Christians under President Obama.
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The 'death spiral' of decline looms for Southern Baptist churches â can it be stopped?
Southern Baptist Churches in America are facing a crisis of growth: 65 per cent of them are plateauing or diminishing in numbers, and many risk entering a 'death spiral' of decline. Can the trend be stopped?
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Christians unite to back historic UN treaty banning nuclear weapons
Leading Churches and Christian groups have welcomed an historic United Nations (UN) treaty calling for the global ban of nuclear weapons.
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ISIS has been purged from Mosul â but many Iraqi Christians fear returning home
ISIS militants have been purged from their occupation of Mosul, Iraq â but while some Christians are eager to return home, many have no home left - or fear that an Islamist ideology may yet remain.
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Abortion splits America and the Church â evangelicals strongly oppose but most religious 'nones' want it legal
American society is increasingly divided on the issue of abortion, not just across party lines but within political and religious groups. White evangelicals strongly oppose it, while most religious 'nones' say it should be legal.
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US divorce rates hit new low â while religious acceptance of it reaches new high
Divorce rates have fallen in the US, while a majority of the 'very religious' now consider it morally acceptable â matching the trend of the nation.
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Why has the Catholic Church banned gluten-free wafers for Communion?
The Catholic Church has ruled that congregants must not be allowed gluten-free wafers as part of the holy sacrament of the Eucharist. But why?
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God v evolution? How science and faith fought at the Scopes Monkey Trial
Is it a crime for a schoolteacher to teach students about evolution? Can creationism be questioned? The infamous American trial that debated the very question began on this day in 1925.